Santiago Silva broke into tears after scoring his first goal in Aldosivi after the suspension that took him away from football

The story of overcoming Santiago Silva shocked all Argentine football. El Tanque had received a disputed sanction after having tested positive for an anti-doping control for “a higher than usual hormone” following a fertility treatment he was carrying out at that time with his wife. In April 2021, he had already received a provisional authorization to play again, but legal times were delayed until he was able to seal his return to play at Aldosivi in Mar del Plata.

Today, at the start of date 7 of the League Cup, the so-called classic day, the 41-year-old Uruguayan striker broke a long 762 day run without scoring and scored the third goal of the Tiburón 3-0 win against Patronato in Mar del Plata. With a great free-kick performance, Silva once again celebrated after that last time, on February 15, 2020 against Atlético Tucumán, when he was wearing the Argentinos Juniors jersey.

As soon as he saw the net inflate, Santiago ran out and began to celebrate with his traditional cry. But once he stopped, he grabbed his face and burst into tears. Then, all his teammates came up to celebrate the conquest with him while Martín Palerm, coach of the locals, applauded the conquest of the player who passed through 10 clubs in Argentina.

“I'm really good. He sincerely won a difficult match. We have been adding, growing and I had to convert. A huge emotion, many people experienced it closely and the institution in this case,” said Santiago Silva in dialogue with SportsCenter for ESPN once the duel at José Minella in the city of Mar del Plata ended.

“I always had good performers. Always copying... And I just asked for it and it came in,” added Aldosivi's 9 on his return to the goal.

Despite the fact that the news of his positive doping came when he was already defending the colors of the La Paternal team, the controversies meeting took place on April 12, 2019 when he was a member of Gimnasia de La Plata and faced Newell's for the Super League Cup.

“When I enter a court I'm going to be very excited. I'm going to get excited... I'm pretty tough but I'm not a stone either. I'm going to thank you, as I was grateful every time I entered a court from a certain age. I was grateful for all the games I had to live on a court. And enjoy it because I'm privileged. Already when I was 33 I was privileged to be able to maintain myself, to have this record. So I'm going to be very elated. I imagine myself very euphoric,” he confessed to Infobae months ago when he was in the middle of the legal battle to obtain his authorization. “I'm going to keep playing football. They're not going to retire me. It's very easy to throw in the towel, but no,” he had warned.

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