The junior from Barranquilla was crowned Colombian football champion after a victory Independent of Medellin. In this way, he won this title for the tenth time and secured a ticket to the next edition of the Copa Libertadores 2024. After the final whistle, Carlos Bacca, striker and figure of Tiburón, collapsed live as he remembered his late mother.
The 37-year-old soccer player, who was a goalscorer in the three tournaments he won with Junior and scored in all the finals, confessed that one of his mother's dreams was to see him return to Colombia and win the championship with the Tiburón de to see Barranquilla win. Unfortunately, his mother passed away a few years ago COVID-19 and he could not fulfill this wish.
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What did Carlos Bacca say after the Junior de Barranquilla title?
“I worked hard for it. Only God brought me out. Nobody knows what I experienced, I came here because I lost my mother. I came a little late because she wanted to see me play, and I came late…” “But I know that heaven is happy, I love you, old lady,” were the first words of Carlos Bacca, who couldn't avoid breaking down in the middle of the interview.
In addition, the junior goal scorer pointed out that he could cry for the first time: “My mother wanted to see me again as a junior champion and goal scorer, but I couldn't achieve her goal because she is in heaven. That's how it was.” “A difficult moment that no one knows, only God and my family. It is not easy to lose the driving force in the family and today is the first day that I cry for her,” he concluded.