The Atlético de Madrid midfielder and international with the Spanish team Virginia Torrecilla underwent neurosurgery, which was carried out successfully at the University of Navarra Clinic in Madrid, where she will continue her rehabilitation supervised by the rojiblancos medical services, according to the club.

The Spanish international, world champion last summer in France 2019, explained on her Instagram profile that last week she returned to Madrid "with a headache and cervical pain." The CT scan revealed that he had a tumor on his head.

"When they saw it they thought it was not evil, so it was a positive thing. Think for me what it was like to have something like that. I, who am a person who lives my day to day like crazy and who always try to enjoy moments of I was told about it on the 14th of last week. I had to go to the University of Navarra to undergo surgery, because the small tumor was no longer so small and it could be that it had been a tumor for some time. They came in right away. I was here Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on Monday they did everything to get me into the operating room. Everything was great. The operation was a success, "he explained. Virginia Torrecilla was discharged from hospital and will begin rehabilitation.

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"Everyone is happy with the evolution I am having. I think that is super important and I just wanted to let you know that I am making this public because it is important for all people who have diseases and struggle in their day to day to overcome any obstacle they have in I really, never in my life would have imagined that something like this could happen. Neither I nor anyone in my family. But it was my turn, "he said.

The Mallorcan said that she faced the surgical intervention "with optimism" and prepared to "work hard with the rehabilitation". "I start tomorrow and I am looking forward to starting now," he added.

"You get out of anything, all you need is desire and strength. I am the most positive aunt in the world. I only had one way and that was to do this to be able to continue. I hope this is the beginning of something great. If before I lived life, now I will live twice as much. Thank everyone who has been with me. My family, my friends, my doctor and Atlético de Madrid, who has given everything for me, "said the Balearic midfielder.

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