Last Saturday, in the Archipelago classic of pending accounts and revenge, Kirian Rodríguez presented Jonathan Viera with the LaLiga trophy for the Best Player of October. The 26-year-old attacker, who has already undergone six chemotherapy sessions within the Hodgkin lymphoma treatmentfight to recover his federation token in the next market.
The Pejino sector
It was the Kirian Rodríguez derby. Greetings to the rapper Quevedo and continuous winks from the stands. With 100 games in yellow, the midfielder has spent 117 days fighting a monster called cancer. He is winning by a landslide. The tifo of the Federation of Supporters Clubs of UD Las Palmas was another tribute to ’20’. A Kirian with blue letters flooded the entire South stands, from left to right except for the cheese of the 690 faithful of Tenerife.
That blue and white spot has been baptized as the Pejiño sector. In a night to frame, that he raised to the altars to Pepper, Kirian received dozens of ovations. At minute 20 of the pulse, 60 seconds of recognition. There are nine games, the nine at home for a team and a feeling that he shares every minute of Koraje’s recovery. From chemo to the gym and the stadium. But there was more.
At the end of the contest, in that liturgy of exchanging harangues with Ultra Naciente, Kirian left another image of impact. A new nod to his giant heart. Acclaimed by his companions, he addressed them with his stamp of humility. With arms to the sky, defying death, dancing with life. The integrity of the ’20’ does not stop surprising a sensitized dressing room. Viera’s look -image on the left- says it. As well as Vitolo’s smile.
vital example
The importance of the work of the coach Richi remains in the background. Kirian’s light is what illuminates a dressing room accustomed to beating on the edge of the abyss. The man from Tenerife works out in the gym and has completed running sessions in the David García field in the sports city of Barranco Seco. A road book that is worth a vital example.
«He teaches us every day, he comes with a smile and leaves the same. Every point, every ball that we recover is for him. He deserves it all, he is a light. He comes and enlightens us », please rate a fountain of the booth. In that vault, awaits a hero without a number. While waiting for the token, this Tarzan of courage is obliged to score the promotion goal and close the circle. Kirian’s challenge is to live and become the Araujo of 2022. A goal to the death. In the shield of the UD, there is a manual for life.
