The Italian Nicolò Barellamidfielder Inter Milan, He reflected on some of the losses in his career, especially the fight City of Manchester in the final of the 2022-23 Champions League, and ensured that everything he lost served as a “stimulus”.
“Losing is an incentive to try again, but not for everyone,” he declared in a fragment of the podcast ‘Senza vendesi mai’ (‘Never selling out’, in Spanish), which will be published in full this Thursday.
“I lost the U-19 Euro Cup final, I had to leave the U-20 World Cup because I broke my hand and my teammates finished third, then I was relegated to Cagliari and with him Count. I lost in the final of Champions League and another one at European League. So I know what it means to lose,” he recalled.
The 27-year-old midfielder, settled in Inter of Simone InzahiHe also knows what it means to win. He is champion of Europe together Italyand the ‘Scudetto’, Italian Cup and Super Cup with Inter.
“It’s easier to explain what it means to win. You see it when you win: I’m filled with joy. Losing, you don’t know what it will bring you afterwards: an ugly summer or thoughts like ‘But will I play in the final again?’ Champions Leagueor another championship like that, or another final of European League‘” he explained.
“A lot of things go through your mind. Personally, it’s not that I want to lose, I want to win everything, but it’s an incentive to say: next year I want to try again. Many people don’t work like that.” , he pointed out.
Furthermore, he revealed that last season, where he was instrumental in achieving the ‘Scudetto’he felt alone at first.
“The year of the ‘Scudetto’ I felt alone. When everyone criticized me at the beginning of the year, they said: ‘Hey, that’s not Nicolo from the beginning’. But I’d rather be hated than liked by selling my image,” he said.
Barellainjured since the end of September in the femoral biceps of his right leg, returned on Tuesday to train with the group for the first time and will be available against Rome this Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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