Iker Casillas is experiencing some very complicated days. The footballer has lost one of the fundamental pillars of his life: his grandmother. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper himself was in charge of announcing the fateful news through his public profile: “For all those times and for the sausage sandwiches. RIP Grandma Nica”. Some words that he has accompanied with several images of Nicasia as a tribute.
Casillas wanted to open his heart and shared one of the most intimate moments he could experience with his grandmother. A video in which the athlete appears holding her hand in the hospital and caressing it. A very emotional moment that will remain forever recorded in the memories of the former soccer player and in which she wanted to remember some of her moments when she was little and Nicasia prepared her sausage sandwiches to marinate.
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He has also taken the opportunity to share other snapshots with her. In one of them, he poses smiling accompanied by his grandmother and her brothers, after a family meal held in 2022: “My grandmother and her brothers. My great-uncles. Good food! Good afternoon! Good weekend to everyone,” he wrote at that time. He has also rescued another image, even older, in which her grandmother appears in the foreground and in which the player has written a concise message: “Rest in peace”.
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Such is Iker Casillas’ love for his grandmother, that over the years and even though he is very reserved with his privacy, he has shared the best moments together through his public profile and even dedicated very emotional messages to her. . For example, one day he made reference to the desire he had for them to meet again: “Come on, Grandma Nica! There’s less left for those mega salami sandwiches with mortaleda! And to give me my 100 dogs for candy!”. In fact, during the presentation of his documentary ‘hang the wings‘ recognized that one of the hardest things about the pandemic had been not being able to visit Nicasia: “I suffer when I can’t see my grandmother after so much time away from home. Now I can’t go see her. I hope this is temporary and we find a vaccine. and be able to go see to my grandmother every day.
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Iker Casillas is a person deeply rooted in his roots and traditions and that is why, whenever his busy schedule allows, he escapes to Navalacruz (Ávila), to enjoy time with his family, since the former goalkeeper owns a house in this town. Every year the neighbors receive with great joy and much affection the arrival of their most illustrious vacationer. In 2010 Casillas was named Favorite Son. “For me it is a pride to carry the name of my town around the world,” said the Porto FC goalkeeper. And it is common to see him at the town’s popular festivals where there is no shortage of brass bands, popular food and the orchestra.
