Sergio Rico: “My return is a miracle”
Sergio Rico, who just signed with Al Gharafa, played a professional match again last Tuesday, 878 days later. This return to football and his new goals were among the topics that the goalkeeper analyzed in his book. Stringer belonging SER Network:
Play again: “It was very nice to feel like a goalkeeper again. It was a brutal experience, as if I was debuting again. I’m very glad that we were able to win. An incredible feeling: your hair stands on end when you smell wet grass again. The nerves of competition are sorely missed and I longed for it with all my heart. I felt very good and told my wife that although everything was going well, until she saw me at the gate again, I was not completely happy, and now I am happy.”
After the game: “It was difficult for me to sleep. I fell asleep at 6 am from the tension and that wonderful feeling of feeling like a goalkeeper again, seeing yourself there, under the sticks. It’s a unique feeling and I think any footballer can say the same.”
If you think about everything that happened during the game: “Of course, in the end you remember, look back and see what I was like a year and a half ago and what I am now, back in football. As I said, it’s practically a miracle. Not only because I’m alive again, but also because I’m like this, there are no consequences for me. “I lost 20 kilograms.”
Help with preparation: “I started a training plan on my own, with a personal trainer. So it was easy for me to plan my workouts. It was a very quiet job after the month and a half I spent in Paris last season, which also played a key role in making my return the way it was.”
If you doubted your return to football: “I never thought I wouldn’t be able to play anymore. It was always believed that I needed to come back, that I needed to continue to be a goalkeeper, and that my time had not come yet.”
Target: “At the moment I’m focused on getting back to 100% fitness, but we’ll see. What I am clear about is that I want to continue playing football and wherever I am, I want to give 100%.”
Luis De la Fuente: “He texted me the other day after the game. I would like to thank you. “It was a great detail.”
Joselu: “It’s always good to have another Spaniard in his category. “It helped me adapt.”
Expressions of affection after an accident: “It’s very emotional to see all these outpourings of love from the football world and outside. Thank you again.”
PSG: “It was an honor to be there and learn from all of them.”
Seville Derby this Sunday: “As always, it will be a very even game. I hope the victory will fall on the side of Sevilla. Navas is one of those who wrote to me a lot.”
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