Chimy Ávila: “My representative was talking to Barça”

Barcelona interest: “They did not contact me, but I know that my representative spoke with them. It is nice to know that people loved me in Barcelona.”

The hardness of its beginnings: “At Empalme Graneros I was hungry, sad, happy, I learned to walk, to kick the ball. Every time I take a breath, I reflect and remember it.”

Enjoy your passion: “If I have been through so many risks in the neighborhood, why shouldn't I be happy here? I don't feel pressure. There is pressure from those who have to feed their children, get up at night to work on a farm. Soccer it's not pressure for me. “

Sharing costumes with Messi: “In the national team or at Barça? Where God forbid. But if I grab the captain's armband, it's going to be screwed up for me to take it off (laughs).”

Soccer in your area: “It has happened to me many times to be shooting penalties and at four in the morning to start running because two started shooting themselves. He who forgets where he comes from, does not know where he is going.”

Chimy Ávila, a soccer worker: “I collected cardboard, I worked in a demolition plant, I cut the grass of the neighbors … I did everything before dedicating myself to soccer.”

Recovery support: “Ramos encouraged me, his brother called my agent to get interested. It will be because of the hosts that he hit me and I never complained. Felipe, from Atlético, also kicked me, I got up and said 'what's wrong, you're Crazy? 'But nothing happens, I'm used to shooting penalties to a goalkeeper with a gun to my waist. “