MADRID, 16 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Former footballer and former coach Juan Carlos Unzué has returned to Tajonar, Osasuna’s training place and where he trained as a player for several seasons, to offer a message of optimism to the players of the red box, whom he invited to “enjoy the life “like him, despite suffering a disease without cure like ALS.
“I do not want the talk we have to be sad. What I transmit is precisely the opposite, that despite the difficulties of having a bastard disease, very screwed up and without a cure, there are many reasons to enjoy life,” he said the Navarrese in a video published by the Pamplona club.
??? Today, Juan Carlos Unzué has returned to Tajonar, to his home, to give us a life lesson.
?? His words have been pure gold. A teaching that deserved to be shared. pic.twitter.com/ivNgzDWKwD
– CA OSASUNA (@CAOsasuna) October 16, 2021
In a nice talk, the former FC Barcelona, RC Celta or Girona coach wanted to convey “two suggestions, a request and a wish”. “The first of the suggestions is to encourage you that if one day you have a weakness or an important problem that you are not able to solve, let someone know. In my generation, it seemed that men could not complain, but if you do not complain “How the hell are they going to help you? There are many people around us who want to give us a hand. It is something that I have suffered at some point and I encourage you to do so,” he said.
“The second suggestion is that you be brave and daring. It gives me a lot of comfort to look back and see that when I have wanted to do something, projects or dreams, I have thrown myself into the pool. That helps me carry the disease. One is very much calmer when he looks back and sees that he tried, “continued the former Osasuna player (1986-88 and 2001-03).
He also asked them to be aware that they are “privileged” because they are dedicated to what they are passionate about and, above all, because they are healthy. “The moment it appears, and I hope it takes a long time, a defeat, a bad day, a moment in which nothing comes out, I hope you remember me, a guy who four days ago was playing like you, what does he do? two was training and today is in a wheelchair. I do not want you to remember as something sad, but with the objective that that thought helps you to think that this is worth it and that you are privileged. To be healthy, to work in something you like is the host, “he stressed.
Finally, he wished them to be able to achieve a victory against Villarreal this Sunday at the Estadio de la Cerámica. “The wish is that you go to training, that you enjoy it as the best in the world, and that tomorrow the plan will come out as you have planned it. I hope you can convert the effectiveness into points and come from Villarreal with three dots to enjoy your dear people, “he said, ending his talk with an ‘Aupa Osasuna’.