Paola Ramos

From what he describes, it comes down to penalty kicks. All this tension building up, whether they make it or not, depends on these penalty kicks. Then what the coach says is that Diercy's team scores, so all eyes are on him. Right?

From what he describes, it comes down to penalty kicks. All this tension building up, whether they make it or not, depends on these penalty kicks. Then what the coach says is that Diercy's team scores, so all eyes are on him. Right?

Yeah. Will he stop the next goal or not? He just needs to do this one save. Crowd goes wild.

Yeah. Will he stop the next goal or not? He just needs to do this one save. Crowd goes wild.

That he becomes a hero, he becomes this idol, and that I think is one of the reasons why to this day he's so beloved and remembered.

That he becomes a hero, he becomes this idol, and that I think is one of the reasons why to this day he's so beloved and remembered.

Because he proves he can take this small, humble team to the next level, and that's exactly what he does.

Because he proves he can take this small, humble team to the next level, and that's exactly what he does.

Life gets in the middle. I mean, I think the reality of Venezuela in that time is that many people like Herse have to leave. So Herse is a soccer player, but he also suddenly becomes an immigrant. And he goes to Colombia to find better economic opportunities to support his two daughters, to support his father, who needed a very expensive treatment for a glaucoma that he had to deal with.

Life gets in the middle. I mean, I think the reality of Venezuela in that time is that many people like Herse have to leave. So Herse is a soccer player, but he also suddenly becomes an immigrant. And he goes to Colombia to find better economic opportunities to support his two daughters, to support his father, who needed a very expensive treatment for a glaucoma that he had to deal with.

So in 2016, just he's 26 years old, he goes to Bogota, to Colombia. He finds money and he keeps playing in Colombia because that love for soccer is always there. He kind of keeps in touch with this soccer club that sees him growing up. He returns to that beautiful feel that the coach shows me on his phone.

So in 2016, just he's 26 years old, he goes to Bogota, to Colombia. He finds money and he keeps playing in Colombia because that love for soccer is always there. He kind of keeps in touch with this soccer club that sees him growing up. He returns to that beautiful feel that the coach shows me on his phone.

And so not only does Jersey come back, but he starts coaching some of the very same kids that grew up in the same town that Jersey does.

And so not only does Jersey come back, but he starts coaching some of the very same kids that grew up in the same town that Jersey does.

The coach is saying that every time Dersi would come back from Colombia, he would visit the soccer club and he would train the kids and he would train some of the goalies.

The coach is saying that every time Dersi would come back from Colombia, he would visit the soccer club and he would train the kids and he would train some of the goalies.

He had no ego. He sort of never forgot where he came from.

He had no ego. He sort of never forgot where he came from.

I'll put it this way. The coach at one point tells me that when he looks at his team, he sees, in his words, una crisis de fútbol. That means that at one point, he sees that most of his soccer players are gone.

I'll put it this way. The coach at one point tells me that when he looks at his team, he sees, in his words, una crisis de fútbol. That means that at one point, he sees that most of his soccer players are gone.