If in England they even pull out their hair when they see that Alexia Putellagrab the prize’The Best’ a Beth Mead, MVP and top scorer in the Eurocup, the truth is that the Barça captain still has to rub his eyes to believe that yes, he has once again been proclaimed the best soccer player on the planet for the second year in a row despite being seriously injured – rupture of the cruciate ligament of the left leg- since July. “I didn’t expect it,” he released without filters from the stage.
And that’s exactly how it is. Alexia He did not prepare a speech nor did he travel with his mother Eli Segura and his sister sunriseyour unconditional support. He was one of the favorites, but he was surprised by the victory. “Usually they notify you ahead of time with these kinds of vagaries. In this case it wasn’t like that and he believed he wouldn’t win. Not because I thought I didn’t deserve it, but because I’ve been hurt for a long time. It would have been normal for them to forget me, because I’m not in eurocup. But they have taken into account the entire season and the merits achieved”, he explained yesterday after the morning training session for TV3. “It was a 100% surprise.”
Alexia she woke up excited to see that she was on the cover of World of sports with Leo Messi, another cover he will keep in his particular museum. Happy, proud and eager to share the prize with his Barça teammates, he first worked out at Sports City, where he was greeted and covered by her. I barely sleep. On her way back from Paris to Barcelona, , her image is that of a woman who continues to make history.
He had the detail, upon receiving the award, to shake hands with his two rivals, the American Alex Morgan and English Beth Mead, before carefully climbing the stairs to the stage. “Not because of the knees, because of the heels. I went up and they did me some damage. With so much risk, I preferred to go little by little”. No one will alert a recovery that continues to strengthen to the point that it could return for the second leg of the semifinals of the Champions League in Camp Nou, at the end of April. “Now I have even more desire to play again,” he sentence. The return of La Reina is approaching.
“Now I have even more desire to play again. I’ve been seven and a half months, I’ve burned stages of recovery. But I don’t want to take any risk,” he added. And he decided that, to finish a fantastic season, “above all I want to recover properly, for my knee to be in perfect shape and to help the team, which is performing very well, and win many titles. It would be perfect, but I don’t want to take any chances.”
He had some final words when he was asked about his participation in the next World Cup and the ’15’ conflict. “There have been talks, it’s been said. Options or not? I don’t know. Personally I’m injured, we’ll see.” The return of La Reina is approaching.
Source: La Verdad
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