In dark times, with a third decline in five years threatening the stability of the entity, the RCD Espanyol seeing the light again in this always abundant quarry. What is now called ’21’, which he reached more than five years ago Antonio Rocaestablished as the great perica revelation in the late games.
“When he came in he had the personality, the desire and the love that every coach wants,” he recalled in an interview with MD Moisés Hurtadoformer football player spanish and technicians Antonio in his first year as blue and white, in Juvenil B. With a past in AE Martorell, UDA Gramanet, CF Badalona, FC Barcelona, Jàbac Terrassa and CF Dammthe Martorellense winger joins the Spanish discipline after suffering a growth problem similar to his Leo Messi in his day. A disability which, far from destroying him, brought him an unusual maturity at a very early age.
“He’s very mature”
“He is a very humble boy, super hardworking. A self-demand that I have never seen before. He had some physical problems, which we already know were the result of the excessive growth he had for some time. He is very mature, so he already knows. No problem,” he recalled. Moses. At seven years old, tests determined that the bone age of Antonio Three and a half years old then. He is only 1.14m tall. Today, at 22 years old, he is more than 175 cm tall.
What has always been natural is his technique and speed, virtues he is already showing in the First Division. “We need him to take steps forward, because he is an asset to the club and because he is in a good moment. If you look, one-on-one situations that happened in the first half, Roca came out and it didn’t happen again ” he lamented. Manolo Gonzalez after a 1-1 match Leganes.
“You’re hyper tense”
As in his three previous league starts, all of them consecutive, stone He had to be replaced after the hour mark. That’s one thing Hurtado He denies that it has anything to do with his past growth problems. “In the first games, you have a lot at stake whether you are elite or not. And that ultimately causes a lot of cramps, even more than the physical condition. You are hyper tense. I don’t know if he will go that way,” said the man from Sabadell.
“He is also a player who sprints a lot, very intense… And that is not the same as a player who is more diesel, more durable. With the coach, normally the one at the top, if they give you 60-70 good minutes, that’s important,” he continues. Mosesvery attentive to the evolution of his former student. “The other day I talked to him a bit, I gave him some advice. He is always very grateful for everything you tell him. He’s so absorbed, he’s so smart. He’s one of those players that makes you happy that he got there,” concluded the former Copa del Rey champion with spanish in 2006.
Humility, work, resilience and talent. That’s the formula for success Antonio who, despite his unstoppable rise, continues to combine the practice of professional football with his studies in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. A real gem with a contract until June 30, 2026 (and the possibility to extend it for another year) that spanish should be tied as soon as possible.
Source: La Verdad
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