Rune Hansen, Digi Mart USA News (Nykøbing Falster, Denmark): Rune Hansen says it is impossible to put into words how happy a special experience at the stadium in Nykøbing Falster has made him. The experience came on Sunday, after Nykøbing FC was featured on DR P3’s Drømmeholdet, where the club was in contact with Hansen, who has cancer and is scheduled to have one of his legs amputated on Wednesday.
Hansen grew up just outside Nørre Alslev and currently lives in Jutland. He said he had one wish before the operation: to experience as many things as possible on two legs.
He sat in the stands at Falster ahead of the day that awaits him on Wednesday. “Mainly I think it’s just a leg, compared with not having a father in a few years, it’s an easy decision.
But it is a little strange to think about,” he said. “But it is a decision that has been made now.”
Frederik Scheuermann, commercial director at Nykøbing FC, said that when the club heard about Hansen on the radio, they wanted to give him a good experience during a difficult time. “We heard the Drømmeholdet on P3.
And then we heard he was from Falster. It was very, very moving: a family father going through a difficult period, and it was simply an obvious opportunity to make a difference and give him a great experience,” Scheuermann said.
The club invited Hansen to Lollands Bank Park on Sunday, when it played Brabrand. He was given the chance to try to kick the ball into the goal from the middle of the pitch and win 5,000 Danish kroner.
Hansen said the experience was great, even though the ball did not reach the goal. “It was so cool.
It was what I expected. It didn’t come all the way down, but I didn’t expect that support.
It was really nice, I could feel that,” he said. “It was completely crazy,” he said after the kick.
Scheuermann said he hoped Hansen would receive plenty of support and good wishes from the club. “There were certainly rounds of applause and good cheers for him from our partners and spectators.
So I hope he takes a little smile with him in an otherwise difficult time,” he said. Hansen said he had an enjoyable football match with his family and would carry the smile with him.
“And the support I received on my way out, I’ll take with me all the way to Wednesday, and after that too,” Hansen said.
