Stuani: “Life is a moment”

The Uruguayan attacker Girona Christian Stuani he said, about the benign cardiac arrhythmia suffered in recent weeks, that “when something like this happens, one sees that life is a moment and everything can change in the blink of an eye”.

“Perhaps you appreciate many things more and give importance again to what is really important. Health and family, first of all, and then you will be able to be happy and enjoy what you want,” explained Stuani in an interview with Panenka magazine.

The Uruguayan forward even thought that maybe he had to retire, but “simply” it has been a “sporadic” event, with “nothing serious”, although he admitted that he experienced “a blow” and “a big fear “.

Stuani, who reappeared this Saturday in the match against Atlético Madrid in Civitas Metropolitano (2-1), will be 36 on October 12, but wants to “prolong” the “joy” of playing football in Girona and continue to -score goals because it’s what keeps him “alive,” he explained.

Regarding Girona, he emphasized that he can say “in all letters” that he is where he wants to be and admits that, despite the existence of “possibilities”, at the moment he does not consider- consider returning to Uruguay, as Luis Suárez did, for example, because Girona is “also” his “home”.

It did not close the door to play the World Cup

Regarding the Uruguayan national team, he explained that “playing with the national team is something indescribable. It is the best, the greatest” that has ever happened to him. At this point, regarding the options of participating in the World Cup in Qatar, he admitted that he is “a bit far” because he has not been called up since 2019, but he said that he is not giving up. “In football you never know and you can’t close a door,” he concluded.