IS it all started with a promise. If with his fundraising against brain tumor had reached the figure of 30 thousand euros, the Australian footballer Aivi Luik yes it would shaved her hair. So it happened. And the 37-year-old midfielder in this way she became the protagonist of a truly exciting moment. And a demonstration of true love.
Footballer Aivi Luik shaves her hair on the pitch for brain tumor research
Aivi Luik (pictured right via @matildas IG, Official account of Australia’s Women’s National Football Team)
The Australian footballer who plays in Italy in Pomigliano he decided to make this gesture after a friendly for his national team against New Zealandin Camberra.
In fact, immediately after the game, Aivi Luik she sat in a chair on the sidelines, in front of all the other players and the public. And there it was done shave the head. One way to make a his brother Noah, only 27 years old, cancer patient, all his closeness. And all the courage of him.
“Hair will always grow back”
In just under four days, the fundraising started by the player exceeded the hoped-for ceiling of 30 thousand euros. And the sportswoman commented to the local media in this way: “Hair will always grow back. So… why not? Honestly every single person who donated is a great hero. It was really moving to feel all that love and support from people. “
A healed soccer player cut Aivi Luik’s hair
But that’s not all. There is not only the moving story of the great love that binds the player to her brother. This gesture allowed another meeting: that of Aivi Luik with New Zealand footballer Rebekah Stott. The latter, at the beginning of last year, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a disease that he defeated, as he proved to everyone by returning to play in December 2021.
It was she who cut the hair of the Australian player. A nice way to overcome rivalries on the pitch. And to prove that there isn’t no limit when the good begins to be transmitted.
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