Álvaro Morata did not pass the best Eurocup. In addition to the difficulties that have arisen since the isolation due to the positive cases of Covid-19 just before the tournament, the Spanish faced harsh criticism and even whistles during the European Championship, with the group stage played in La Cartuja in Seville.
In an interview in El País, Morata tells how he lived the tournament, what experiences he has, how he sees the selection, the arrival of the new ones, his experience at Juventus on loan from Atlético, etc. These were his statements.
Pressure in the Eurocup: “The European Championship started as it started, I had a couple of occasions that I failed … We have to assume it, it is not pleasant, but I felt overdressed. If it weren’t for the coach and for the teammates I would have had a much worse time. in my head that it would have happened to win against Italy because with our game against England we would have had many possibilities. But the best thing is that outside we have earned the respect of the rivals and the fans “
Whistles after failures: “It’s unpleasant. When my family or my friends try to take away iron so that you can be well they say ‘they didn’t whistle at you, it’s that they didn’t like the change …’ I always tell them: ‘Imagine a cousin of mine who works at a gas station and they start to whistle and insult him because he has run out of gasoline. ” There is no one perfect, we are not machines, I know what is required of me here. I can’t get angry, even if it bothers me, but there are things that have to be done, such as hatred that is shown. It is not a good education, I have seen children with parents and these with angry faces and that is what his son learns. Anyway I think something is changing, that people are realizing that there are limits. Inside the field they can insult me or spit on me, but outside when I go walking I, or my wife, with my children, no , is different”
Eurocup as a stage of overcoming: “I have said many times that unfortunately I have had a lot of bad times and that if I had had a different mentality, maybe I would have been a better player, but I would not have had the trajectory that I have had. It is said many times that I have bad periods, but I also have a lot of willpower to get out of the bad times. Although it sounds strange, winning the recent European Championship would have been a victory, but for me it was already overcoming a situation that was truly tragic. There were times when I woke up in the room And I had no desire for anything. Until I went down to breakfast and saw my colleagues or spoke to my wife on the phone and regained the desire for everything. At the time when I was the most observed person in Spain I shot a penalty against Slovakia, We then thrashed, but that could have eliminated us. Then, against Italy, I threw the one that left us out, but I think there are few people who would have given everything they have like me to win with Spain. “
Unlock after injury: “I’ve been away for almost a month and because of the rush to get back I wasn’t physically well. I had to work a lot for the team and I wasn’t clear-headed to score goals. The last few games I’ve been playing on the left, almost covering the side. . The important thing is to play and do what the coach asks for. Obviously, I would like to play better and score more goals. Before the injury I was feeling well and it was difficult for me to come back. “
Pressure to score without Cristiano: “We all have pressure, as I am yielded [por el Atlético]It may be that they talk and they are looking at me more, but when you are not the master of your destiny, the only thing you can do is work “
On ‘being soft’: “I’m not 20 years old anymore, I can’t be worried about those things, I have children, a woman and I have to teach them that you have to go forward even if you don’t feel like it. It was really very hard because I was in the room and with anything. Whatever he did I received messages, the press I don’t even want to tell him, television five minutes a day … In the end you get messages like: what a bastard, look at what this guy has said about you … It’s complicated, the luck I had is that I had some colleagues who did not look at me like: ‘this one is being killed’, I was one of the group “
About Gavi and Pedri: “Now it is amazing, when I was 17 years old it cost me a lot to train with the first team and the first time I came here, I don’t know if to see Iniesta, Cesc … But now you see Pedri or Gavi and it seems that They are 32 years old, it’s crazy. Today [por ayer] I was talking to Gavi and I asked him where he lived and he told me that in La Masia because he just turned 17, the mother who gave birth to me took more than ten years out of him! You have to have the technique, not just the maturity, and they are technically privileged. Pedri’s European Championship was spectacular and with Gavi I saw the game live against Italy and I didn’t think it was his first game. He hit and ate them all “
What does Luis Enrique ask of you ?: “Give everything until I have no more strength and then raise my hand and ask for the change, that is non-negotiable. Then, give support so that the team can leave, I have adapted to that game. […] In the European Championship I scored three goals and it could have been five, the Golden Boot of the tournament was in those figures. It’s all a matter of centimeters, maybe the ball that you think goes out by half a meter comes in and from there the thing will spin “