The Ivorian footballer Aboubacar Basinga declared he was “fulfilling dreams” after making his debut on Friday in the First Division with UD Las Palmasonly four and a half years after arriving at Gran Canaria on the boat looking for a better life.
In an interview given this Tuesday on the club’s official radio, the 19-year-old midfielder said he wants to “focus” to “manage” all the good things that are happening to him in a very short time, but “step by steps.”
Bassinga admitted that when he took the field to change Moleiroin the 87th minute of the match against Sevillewas “freaking out, in shock” because he did not expect to debut in the yellow shirt at Stadium of Gran Canariabut he was “very happy” to do it at home. “My dream is to continue to enjoy, learn with my first teammates and grow,” the midfielder added to the entity’s radio station.
The director of training and recruitment of UD Las Palmas also participated, Tono Rodríguezwhich highlighted that the premiere of Bassinga represented “a great pleasure for all the people in the club”, and he recognized that “every boy is a world, but he is a world different from all”, highlighting his “perseverance and perseverance” in a particular case “that teaches us to appreciate what we have.”
For his part, the footballer thanked the manager for his commitment to him: “He was with me in difficult times and I thank him for everything he has done for me, he is a wonderful person,” he said , in addition to always keeping in mind a phrase that He said: “Sleep with the ball and wake up with books. Very important, because life is not just football, I must have a plan B,” he emphasized.
Source: La Verdad
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