BARCELONA, 3 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Barça Femení player Alexia Putellas assured that she is “excited and eager” to be able to play again as soon as possible but recalled that it will be her knee, seriously injured, that will mark the ‘tempo’ of her return, although she is confident that she will be able to in the final stretch and play a ‘Champions’ in which, in the quarterfinals, they face AS Roma.
“As for me, well, it’s going through phases of rehabilitation and for the moment I’m happy because everything is going well, but we’ll see. The knee will mark the time to return to the field. Out of enthusiasm and desire they will not be missing, “he assured in statements to Europa Press after an event with Mango.
Alexia, who has just won her second FIFA ‘The Best’ trophy as the best player of last season, is confident that her teammates can beat Vicky Losada’s Roma and reach the semifinals. Round in which, if everything goes perfectly, she could already be recovered.
“I hope so, I hope we can reach the semifinals, it will be a difficult game because the quarterfinals are always difficult. But I fully trust the team,” said the Catalan player.
Regarding the ‘The Best’ award, he assured that his injury did not influence anything. “The truncated half-season has nothing to do with it, the voting period was last season and I wasn’t injured. I only missed three weeks of the voting period,” she explained.
“So, well, the injury itself is a shame, I lost a lot of this season, but I don’t think it will affect anything at ‘The Best'”, added Putellas, who is already working on the grass in the phase end of your recovery.
On the other hand, regarding the public recognition that he has, he assured that it is good and even more so if he can take advantage of it to help others, as is the case with the project that he is carrying out together with the clothing firm Mango.
“The recognition is nice, in the end to be here today and see so many people, and if it is to support a good cause and to help finance all those educational centers, it is something nice and I am very excited to be here today” , he pointed.
Alexia Putellas held an event with the clothing firm at her ‘flagship store’ at number 36 Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona. A t-shirt signing by the Mango ambassador that brought together a lot of fans.
Specifically, the footballer signed the solidarity shirt co-designed with the company within the framework of the Goals project, an initiative promoted by Mango and ‘Save the Children’ that aims to promote access to education and sport for more than 4,000 people, 70% of whom will be girls and women, in Bangladesh over the next two years.
The t-shirt has the message ‘Girls should play with dolls or whatever they want to’ (‘Girls should play with dolls or whatever they want’) and is available in some of its stores in different countries and on the website of the company.
The benefits derived from the sale of the solidarity t-shirts, which on Tuesday went on sale in selected stores in Spain, Portugal, France and the United States, and through the website, will go entirely to ‘Save the Children’ for the future development of the second phase of the Goals project in Turkey.