Philip Luis He announced this Thursday that he is hanging up his boots. “A very difficult decision,” according to the player from Flamengo and former of Atlético de Madridwhere he is idolized by the fans, and on Sunday against Ciuabá he will play his last game at the Maracaná as a professional.
Filipe Luis joined Atlético in 2010 from Deportivo and there until 2019, with a season in between Chelsea. The Brazilian wanted a change of scenery after winning the Liga as a colchonero, but after a year in London, he did everything in his power to return ‘home’. After leaving the Metropolitano with honors, he decided to return to Brazil to play for the team he had been a fan of since he was a child.
“I want to tell you that I will retire from professional football as a player. It is a very difficult decision, I want to play until I am 45 but unfortunately it is not possible. I have physical problems that preventing me from doing it. I promised myself that if I can’t play at the same level and feel the way I feel on the field, I will do it. “I came back to Brazil to play for Flamengo and since I couldn’t, I’d rather retire and start a new phase.”explained.
The full-back wants to thank “every fan who supported me, those who wrote to me on Instagram, those who criticized me, everyone who was part of the journey.” “Thank you so much, they were the best years of my life and on Sunday I will play the last game in the most special stadium in the world, where I always dreamed of playing as a child, the Maracaná,” he said, in a video where you can also see some of his best moments at Atlético de Madrid. .
Source: La Verdad
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