06/18/2021 6:52 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 06/18/2021 6:52 PM
Uruguay is mourning the sudden death of
Robert Lima
, one of the members
of Peñarol's
'second quinquennium'
(1993-1997).
Former Chacarita Juniors died in the last hours of this Thursday, at the age of 48, after suffering a heart attack while daddy played soccer with his friends, who could not revive him.
But the drama did not end: this Friday, the day that Lima would have turned 49, the mother of his children also died.
Pain and more pain
.
Verónica Sánchez Laín, who was hospitalized with serious health problems due to liver problems, became unbalanced when she learned of Lima's death.
She was the mother of Julieta and Andrés, the result of her relationship with Lima.
The remains of
Bola
Lima, who played as a defender and also played for Olimpia of Honduras and Sporting Cristal of Peru, were veiled this Friday at the Campeón del Siglo, the stadium where Peñarol plays his home games.
Robert Lima was a collaborator of Roberto Matosas during his cycle in Students.
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) decreed "a minute of silence" for the matches of the sixth day of the Apertura Tournament to be played this weekend.
We regret with pain the death of former soccer player Robert Lima.
Our condolences to his family, friends and Club Atlético Peñarol, a team for which he was a reference.
The Executive Board ordered a minute of silence for the matches on the 6th date of the Opening.
RIP pic.twitter.com/WtGhFYwMDO
- Uruguayan Championship (@CampeonatoAUF) June 18, 2021
"Our condolences to his family, friends and Club Atlético Peñarol, a team of which he was a reference," he spread on his networks.
"The Peñarol Athletic Club deeply regrets the death of Robert 'Bola' Lima, Uruguayan champion and figure of the five-year period. Goodbye 'Bola'," published the official account of the Aurinegro club on Twitter.
Following Pablo Bengoechea's words, the main squad and officials paid tribute to champion Robert “Bola” Lima.
pic.twitter.com/oJckuuXKbv
- PEÑAROL (@OficialCAP) June 18, 2021
Also the National Party, a formation in which he began to serve in the military in the 90s, left a message on that social network about "the sensitive death of comrade Robert 'Bola' Lima."
Lima made his debut for Peñarol in 1993, the year in which he won the Uruguayan Championship, which would mark the start of the club's second five-year period - after the one achieved between 1958 and 1962 - and became an iconic figure.
Part of our history
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/2tmoiXUGGr
- PEÑAROL (@OficialCAP) June 18, 2021
Later he played for Chacarita (1999-2000), the Honduran Olympia and the Peruvian Sporting Cristal.
He also tried his hand at Chinese Harbin Lange and Shanghai Huicheng and returned permanently to Uruguay, where he played for Liverpool, Durazno and Cerro Largo before retiring in 2008.
After hanging up his boots, he began his role as a coach, in which, among other jobs, he was in charge of the lower divisions of Peñarol.
In addition, he participated in television programs, such as Masterchef and participated in the 2019 elections under the list "La barra carbonera", in reference to the club of his loves.
Source: EFE
