Cristian Alvarezgoalkeeper of Argentina Royal Zaragozaacknowledged that they were “very far from where we wanted to be at the start of the season”, although he refused to classify the year as a failure because he does not use the “measure of success or failure” to measure.
“I have never measured my life on that scale, of success or failure. If I say it is a failure, that means that all my work in the seven seasons is because I did not achieve the goal of climbing to First“, he reflected.
And he asked himself if he could consider himself a failure and he answered: “I think not. I work every day to achieve the goal and I have made many mistakes, but no I felt a disappointment.”
He also lamented that, after the hopes raised by the extraordinary start to the season with five consecutive victories, now “it feels like ten years have passed.”
Regarding his return to ownership last Sunday against the Burgos After six months in dry dock due to an injury in which he suffered several relapses, he clarified that “this is not the dream comeback.”
“The positive note after six months is that I finished well and without any problems. I started strong and full of energy this week,” he added.
The captain of Zaragoza He commented that it is normal that there is concern in the squad because the 1-3 loss against the Burgos team was in a match that “it was important to win to get away from the compromised place of the classification and we did not achieve it and the result was painful .”
“We are reset to finish the final stretch of the season as best as possible,” he said about the spirit of the entire Zaragoza squad.
Regarding the long road he had to follow to feel like a footballer again, he revealed that he went through “many moods” that sometimes he felt the illusion of seeing himself coming back but others were not easy like the situations the team went through that “from the outside is not easy.”
“I had relapses because it was the first time that I had no action for so long. I felt a lot and it was a very strong learning experience for the rest of me. I had a lot of emotional states. In difficult situations, the learning persists over time. confessed.
Last month, when he started working normally, his main goal was “to feel like a goalkeeper and a footballer on the field after a long period of inactivity and at my age to know that I’m fine.
“Recently a friend told me: When the child dies, the footballer is finished and my son is wide awake,” he said.
What he clearly denied was at the time he was injured thought about retirement. “I’ve experienced many situations like relapses, especially when you’re only one step away. I’ve been in a hurry twice and with relapses it’s very complicated and that’s where the learning comes from. I never thought about retiring,” he concluded. .
SA Oviedo He assured that they will travel responsibly with what they are prohibited as the only goal now is to achieve permanency as soon as possible. “We have to put aside the nerves and anxiety and take the game forward with success,” he assured.
Source: La Verdad
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