Chilean football has temporarily come to a halt in the wake of the terrible earthquake that recently brought devastation and tragedy to many parts of the country.
The disaster has led to the suspension of the national Apertura championship, the cancellation of last Wednesday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ warm-up matches between La Roja and Korea DPR and Costa Rica, and the closure of several stadiums around the country due to serious structural damage.
The Chilean football family, many members of which experienced the earthquake at first hand, has been spurred into action, however, responding to the crisis en masse and demonstrating its heartfelt support and solidarity.
'Everything started to shake'
The earthquake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, proved a terrifying experience for Juan Antonio Pizzi, the Argentinian coach of Santiago Morning and a former striker with Barcelona, Tenerife and his adopted Spain.
“I was asleep and all of a sudden everything started to shake,” he says, recalling the dramatic events of Saturday 27 February. “After another 20 seconds the electricity went, there was this terrible noise and everything started falling over. It was deafening and I was lying there thinking ‘What’s coming next?’ It went on and on and I just curled up in a corner of the room and waited.”
"I took them in my arms and, as there were bits of ceiling falling on top of us, I decided to jump from the fourth floor." (Ruben Dario Gigena, Santiago Wanderers forward).
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