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Players from a Swedish club have encouraged a teammate who is battling with group shaved head.
Swedish amateur club Kalmar AIK FK players recently shaved their heads short in the locker room, holding 'barikan'. They include defender Stig Rageval, striker Bengan Bunkuntod, midfielder Carl Alexson, goalkeeper Gustav Bexel, playing coach David Steglander and trainer Ludvik Edman.
According to the video released by the Kalmar club on its official SNS, captain Marcus Herrmann, who is battling the disease, visits the locker room wearing a hat. Immediately after checking his colleagues' changed hairstyles with his eyes, he shed tears as if he couldn't believe it. Colleagues gathered around the tearful Hermann and shared warm hugs.
Herman, who is 24 years old this year, is reported to be suffering from a neuroendocrine tumor. He lost his hair to chemotherapy. Colleagues' group shaved their heads to show their support for Herman. The video quickly spread around the world on social media. The club is also holding a fundraiser to help Herman heal.
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Teammate Ole Björnegren even had a tattoo 'MHFC' on his arm. It stands for 'Markus Herman F*ck Cancer'. In Korean, 'Am I wrong!' It's going to mean something like that.
Speaking to Swedish media, Herman said "It was a very beautiful gesture from my colleagues. It was a great act of tears and joy. I felt good, even though I was undergoing chemotherapy."
He "I felt pain in my right stomach last June. At first, 'What's this?I thought ' The pain disappeared when I took the medicine. But the next day, the pain came back, and the pain didn't go away after that. On July 1, the hospital said there was a 90 percent chance of cancer. He was confirmed on July 11. You can't imagine how a young, athletic man would accept that fact. I'm suffocating."
Hermann "I know it sounds strange, but I felt good throughout my illness. When I heard that I had cancer, 4 team members were already by my side in the hospital. They didn't leave me alone for a day. I have never done anything that deserves such support from them" "The feelings I feel now are mainly thanks to my family and colleagues"I am encouraged by my family and colleagues.
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