A charity action commemorates the year of the plane crash that killed almost all Chapecoense players in Brazil. Several former Chapecoense retainers who survived the nahas tragedy took part, including goalkeeper Jackson Follmann who lost his right leg due to the accident.
In the game, Follmann entered the field as a substitute, but the 25-year-old man was not playing as a goalkeeper. Although his movement is a bit limited because his right foot should be supported by prosthetic limbs, Follmann still enthusiastically following the game. He even scored with his prosthetic limb after receiving Alan Ruschel's pass.
After Follmaan scored, all the spectators cheered. The players from both teams were busy coming and hugging him. Follmann so enjoy the charity game. But before the game ended, Follmann suddenly dropped his body while holding his right foot.
The players from both teams went straight to him with a worried expression. But a moment later, all smiles after knowing that Follmann just poked at them, pretending to have cramps in his false legs.
Follmann is one of three Chapecoense players who survived the tragedy of a La Mia Airlines plane crash that flew from Bolivia to Colombia. The plane carrying 77 passengers fell in Cerro Gordo, allegedly because it ran out of fuel.
As a result of the incident, 71 passengers died, including 22 people consisting of players, coaches and staff of the Chapecoense team who will then travel to Colombia to face Atletico Nacional in the final leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana. From the list of Chapecoense players who took part in the flight , only three survived.
The three Chapecoense players who survived the tragedy were Follmann, Alan Ruschel and Helio Zampier Neto. Pascakejadian, Ruschel undergo surgery on the spine, while Neto undergoing treatment to heal injuries in the bones of the head, chest, and lungs. While Follmann, his right leg should be amputated.
After the incident, Chapecoense was crowned as the champion Copa Sudamericana 2016. The decision was taken after Atletico Nacional, FIFA, and CONMEBOL agreed to give the title as a form of appreciation. In addition, Chapecoense who lost many players were still competing with the support of loan players.
Paralympics are Follmann's wishes
Calls rose also shown the players Chapecoense who survived the incident. Through a long process, gradually the players who survived the incident of accident nahas successfully erode the trauma experienced, and resume their lives.
Likewise with Follmann, despite losing his right leg he still struggled back to his old life. In the last month it is known that he started back to practice football. One of the reasons that make Follmann enterprising soccer practice is his desire to return a career as a footballer. He wants to be part of the Brazil squad at the Paralympic 2020 event in Japan.
Not an easy matter for Follmann to be back to footballer, even in the paralympic arena. For Follmann will face some barriers from physiology and psychology to becoming a disability athlete.
Reporting from 5 Hot News, one paralympic bike athlete, Alexey Everyday explained that in paralympic sports there is a category of amateur football games (amputee football), which is played by people who do not have legs. Some people will get used to it, but for someone who has a physical disability not from birth they will undergo a long adaptation process.
In the process of training, those who experience physical disability due to accidents will undergo a training process that impressed imposed. So it will feel very sick for those who live it. But if Follmann can overcome that difficulty, his comeback in the sport will be one of the greatest acts done by humans.