AS Roma players show their support to Abidal before the match against Genoa.
via sel-is-bornthisway (originally killerqueeen)
AS Roma players show their support to Abidal before the match against Genoa.
With the strength that you have shown us, no doubt that he will be back soon and stronger than ever. A big hug. #animsabidal

I was basically crying in my office at this point.
^^ creys at my desk, creys in the restroom, creys during conference calls, creys in the demos, creys in the copy room— tears all over the place

An hour before the game against Manchester United started, he didn’t know yet he was going to play. “Guardiola showed us the last videos, gave some last-minute advice, read out loud the players’ shortlist. No one looked surprised. No one but me, obviously. I sought Puyol out, I walked up to him and asked “Why aren’t you playing? Did you know he was going to leave you out?” He looked me in the eyes and said “I’m not important right now. You are what matters; don’t worry about me.” Do you have any idea what a fucking badass we have as captain? Do you? Champions League final, they tell him he’ll be warming the bench, and he’s the one comforting me! This is Barcelona. And of course I didn’t know I would be the one to lift the cup, everything happened in a blur, I could hardly grasp what was going on. Do you have any idea…? I had cancer, I had surgery, I played the CL final, and I lifted the cup, all in the span of three months. What more could I ask?”
#eternal creys

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