One of the Sergi Darder in Majorca This is not the expected return. The magician from Artà, incorporated in the summer after paying eight million euros to RCD Espanyol -second most expensive signing in the history of the vermilion club-, it was not easy for him to adapt to the idea of the game of Javier Aguirrebased more on defense and direct play than possession of the ball.
This is reflected in his numbers this season, where he has dished out just three assists in 26 games, 18 of them as a starter. “Maybe a player is expected of me that I am not, some people compare me to Kang-in Lee when I say that I am more like Galarreta,” he said recently. darker in an interview with ‘Sports Cope Baleares‘.
“They expect me to make a difference in assists and goals, that I have to make a difference offensively because that’s what I was signed for… But I’m not that player, I have to make the team play, and that will get a Kang-in type player that ball.” “, insists the Mallorcan ’10’, who just finished his best scoring campaign (6) with spanish.
Knowing the level he can give, darker He also intoned the mea culpa. “That being said, maximum self-criticism because I was not good enough for what was expected of me. It’s my fault why I’m not at that level that I should be giving,” he admitted.
“I saw myself as a Third Regional player”
The midfielder signed for Majorca after reaping their second relegation in three years with spanish. The first is especially difficult, as he has already explained on more than one occasion. “I saw myself as a Third Regional player, my career going downhill without brakes. I saw big problems that weren’t really big problems, I locked myself in the room for hours and hours. He was a First Division player who in my mind I thought was not good enough to play in the Third Division. These things need to be explained because we forget that players are human,” he said. darkerwithout mincing words when it comes to talking about mental health.
“Because I had a psychologist, it didn’t reach me,” he said when asked about the criticism footballers receive on social networks. “You don’t have to be smart to know that I don’t give a level yet and that criticism is part of any person.” exposed. It’s very easy to criticize after the avatar. This was one of the first topics I discussed with the psychologist. Some people write something down and forget it after five minutes. Will that person make my day bitter? I understand the criticism that “It is part of football, but it must be done with respect. Many times there are 100 positive comments and then one negative and one stands out, it cannot affect you,” he concluded .
Source: La Verdad
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