Argentinian footballer Emanuel Ortega foretells his death in chilling Facebook post

Argentina was rocked by the news of one of the death of one of their young footballers today.

Emanuel Ortega, 21, died tragically on Thursday after sustaining a fatal head injury during a fifth-tier match in the Argentinian leagues. Ortega was playing for San Martín de Burzaco when he lost his balance challenging for a ball and crashed head first into a concrete wall that separated the crowd from the field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBk7eM12xQ0 Ortega received immediate medical treatment on the pitch and was rushed to hospital, where it was discovered he suffered a double skull fracture. After spending 10 days in hospital and undergoing emergency surgery on his skull, he passed away early on Thursday morning. A heart-wrenching Facebook status update from Ortega has emerged, written back in 2012, which he appeared to foretell his own death. https://twitter.com/MarinaButron/status/598869914619871233 The English translation of the post is as follows:

"Perhaps I won't ever play football professionally," he wrote. "Maybe I will, or maybe as an amateur, but when I go for each ball I am going to die, when my legs say STOP, my heart says CONTINUE. "The difference between me and professionals is that when my boots break, I don't change them, I spent all night tidying them up and gluing them back together so I can play again because it is what I love. "Football is my LIFE, not only a past-time, it is what makes me forget everything else, and I will give my life for it. "The day that I can't play anymore, that is where my life ends."

Chilling. Hat-tip to the Mirror