Local child undergoing cancer treatment has wish granted by Starlight Children’s Foundation to meet Steven Gerrard
Last month, Starlight Children’s Foundation granted 19-year-old Cara Wall’s wish to meet her idol, Steven Gerrard. The teen, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, described the meeting as ‘perfect’ and even got some coaching advice for herself from the Liverpool legend.
Cara was diagnosed in January with a type of soft tissue cancer that grows in active muscles of the body. Cara is a huge football fan and her idol has been Steven Gerrard ever since he played for her favourite football team, Liverpool FC, so it’s was no surprise that her Starlight Wish was to meet Steven Gerrard.
On the day, Cara and Steven spoke about all things football, from who his favourite team were to play, how he got into football, being a manager and a dad. Cara has admired and watched Steven play since she was a child and he is her hero! As Cara is a coach herself, she was desperate to pick the managers brain, and Steven even gave her some coaching tips and offered to send some of his own session plans!
One of Cara’s burning questions was of course whether Liverpool FC might ever be managed by Gerrard in the future. His reply was, “Of course one day I would love that opportunity but right now I’m happy where I am and really enjoying Jurgen Klopp leading my team to success.”
Remarking on Liverpool’s iconic game against Barcelona and Trent Alexander Arnold’s perfect corner kick, Gerrard comments ‘I had to leave the stadium because my heart was coming out of my chest. He’s doing ever so well. He’s flying.’
Starlight Children’s Foundation is a nationwide children’s charity dedicated to preserving childhood through serious illness. This is done by a variety of services including granting wishes for children with life-threatening conditions.
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