Luis Suarez, footballer of the Atlético de Madrid, is right now the rojiblanco team’s top scorer this season. Add seven goals between League and Champions. It was recently known that the player wants to continue in the mattress club beyond the contract until 2022 that he has signed. He feels confident in his physical condition and his contribution to the team.
The player was interviewed by the program ‘ball of the time‘, from ESPN Brazil and that has as driver Diego Lugano, former partner of his own Suarez in the Uruguayan national team.
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“I am 34 years old and I have one contract left in the Athletic. I appreciate so much the effort I have made to be at the top of football and leave a good image, that if I return to South American football with 36 or 37, people will demand of me as if I were 27 or 30. And if I cannot perform at that level, I prefer to try to avoid that they say that I do not run as before or that I do not make the same goals ”, explained the forward.
“In order not to leave that image, I prefer to continue enjoying myself somewhere else, where my physical condition gives me as much as I can. That I can continue to enjoy football without that pressure that you feel in South America, which is more than in USA, Asia or wherever you want to enjoy being 37 years old “, he added Luis Suarez.
THE INVISIBLE WORK
The Uruguayan spoke about the ‘invisible’ work he is carrying out to prolong his physical condition as much as possible. “If you see that you are having physical difficulties, you should look for the best solution. I have been working with professionals for two years who are helping me on a daily basis. I lose many hours of being with my family to prioritize my physical condition and to recover. You realize that this helps you and it is a benefit that makes you improve in small details ”, he explained. A physical condition that has even surprised the Uruguay coach: “El ‘Maestro‘A few days ago he told me that he was surprised by how I tried to go back to being the Luis of before, with the age that I am and with what they are costing me with the start of the season and the injuries. The ‘Maestro‘He was surprised and it is nice that they recognize you for that daily work, because it is not just coming to train. I have many hours that I miss being with my children trying to be physically well to continue performing at their best. These efforts are changing the times and one is being aware of the age, the physical state and the performance that you want to give ”.
In the same way, his diet and routines have also changed. “At 25 or 27 I had discomfort and said ‘nothing happens with this’. Today all that influences and you have to take other personal care. The diet changed a lot. The rice pudding from Celeste Complex I just see it happen. And after each game the ice cream with dulce de leche is there, but you know what you can eat and what not. You are learning. Today’s generation is learning all that, “he explained to remember that before, he only did preventive work Forlan on Uruguay, now 15 or 16 players do. “Today in European football it is like that and many got used to it. Today I need that preventive work that I didn’t do before to get to the games in the best way possible. There are many games during the year and you have to try to be current and arrive in conditions at the Qatar World Cup, which is the desire I have ”, he concluded Suarez.
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