Mikel
Merino He is excited about the dream of playing the Olympic Games: “It is something unique in a person's life and in a football career it is even more complicated to live, many factors have to be given to play the Olympic Games and in my case a tad more complicated to be older than allowed, “he acknowledged.
“It will be a unique experience that we will remember all our lives, the beauty of playing football is combined with some Games that will be something different from what we are used to. I want to seize the moment and live the experience, ”said the Real midfielder.
The Navarrese, who has not played since he suffered a stress fracture in the right pedicle of the L4 vertebra in March, confirmed that his sensations are good and he only lacks competition rhythm: “The back is a delicate subject, I have not played several months but I feel fine. I'm happy because I'm feeling pretty good in the training sessions, at first I had a feeling to see how the body reacted, but all the work of these months is paying off. I don't think I'm one hundred percent, but neither are any of my teammates and rivals because it's the start of the season, but I don't have any pain and I'm looking forward to testing myself in the competition, “he admitted.
For the midfielder there has hardly been a change in the weather thanks to the adaptation they made in Benidorm, “it has helped us to adapt to the humidity and high temperatures”, and he does not see fatigue in the players who have joined after playing the Eurocup with the absolute like his peers Mikel
Oyarzabal: “I see them well. It is true that they have been a very long season and the body gives what it gives, but they have had a week to recharge their batteries and in two or three days the body has memory and they will become competitive. They are going to help us a lot ”, he declared.
The Real player was full of praise for Pedri
Gonzalez after the Eurocopa that the azulgrana starred with the absolute: “It is something impressive, all the players at 18 years of age are still to do and in the process of understanding our body and how football works, but he seems that at such a young age it he has caught everything very quickly, he has adapted great to a club as difficult as Barça and to a European Championship with a level as important as the one that has been shown these days, “he valued at a press conference.
“Pedri He has incredible merit after playing so many games during the season to reach such a big tournament and have the ability and character to play so well. He has a very great talent and a very beautiful future ahead of him ”, he added.