Tears of debut, for Santamarina’s mother

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Special Envoy) — “Mom knows well, I lost a battle. “I want to go back, just to kiss her.”. The tears of Valeria Santamarina, Paula’s mother, They are and were the tears of many mothers who were in the stands watching their daughter celebrate her birthday. the dream of debuting with Las Leonas. And Puli’s year was difficult. He had to leave his native Tucumán to travel more than 1,200 kilometers to Buenos Aires for that long-desired goal of a lifetime. “She dreamed of it”Valeria told AM850 Hockey.

“The support is unconditional. Unconditional. From a very young age she was preparing for this, to do something in hockey. And that I was going to enjoy it like crazy. His path from the age of 9 started with hockey. And at 14, almost at 15 he had his first national concentration. Thus began a path that never ended.”said Paula’s mother.

The road was not so easy. But, yes, full of joy. puli was runner-up in the Junior world, lor that later earned him, among other things, staying in the Argentine capital to play for River in the Metropolitan Tournament. “We have seen her convinced from minute zero, even though she already practically lived in Buenos Aires. We always thought that the final decision to stay was going to cost him. He took it and found a family there. A tremendous group of friends,” said Valeria.

Tucumán Rugby Club was the cradle that sheltered Santamarina and his love for hockey and his great dream blossomed: play with the Argentine shirt. “I remember an image of my daughter at a Champions Trophy who was clinging to the railing crying because Las Leonas were warming up and when she greeted no one saw her. Then he ran to the bus and there he was able to meet them. He came back happy because they had signed his shirt. Seeing her on the court now was like a beautiful movie“, closed the mother of puli.

“It takes time to come and in the end, there is a reward in the end. In the promise zone.”