Silvia Grecco, the winner of the 2019 Best Fan award from FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and her 12-year-old son, Nickollas, pose for a photograph on Oct. 6, 2019, during the Brazilian league match between Palmeiras and Atletico Mineiro at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira
Silvia Grecco (R), the winner of the 2019 Best Fan award from FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and her 12-year-old son, Nickollas (2-R), pose for a selfie with a fan on Oct. 6, 2019, before the Brazilian league match between Palmeiras and Atletico Mineiro at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira
Silvia Grecco (2nd-L), the winner of the 2019 Best Fan award from FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and her 12-year-old son, Nickollas (L), pose for a selfie with a fan on Oct. 6, 2019, before the Brazilian league match between Palmeiras and Atletico Mineiro at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira
A Brazilian mother has made soccer come alive for her blind 12-year-old son, with her devotion to the boy and the sport being recognized by FIFA, soccer's international governing body, with the 2019 Best Fan award.
"With the award, I realized that disabled people are invisible," Silvia Grecco told EFE.
The 57-year-old Grecco adopted Nickollas, who came into the world as a 5-month-old premature baby and suffers from slight autism.
