“The disease is going to beat me”

Former soccer player and former coach Juan Carlos Unzué, who announced last Thursday that he suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), said on Wednesday that now his “objective” is that he “dedicate time to research” on this disease.

The Navarrese, who was Sevilla's goalkeeper for seven seasons (1990-97), related, in statements to the official media of the Hispano club, that this is his “demand” because in the end everyone is “clear that someday” they will leave ” from this world”.

“The thing about Sevilla has been incredible, I have been able to contact many colleagues from my time with whom I had not spoken for a long time”, Unzué commented, who pointed out about his illness that has “led a life of uncertainty” and that what has happened to him did not “have a great impact”.

“From the first day I accepted it as part of life, adapting and living with it as part of life. It is a disease that will overcome me, hopefully it will be very little by little, because the doctors say that in my case it is slow, but with this good humor we will try to make it even slower “he added.

The ex-Sevilla player affirmed that he felt “relief when recounting it, like the sensation of a game day”, but also that “then fatigue appears, but everything has been translated into satisfaction” because he “has received a lot of love from many people.”

“There are many more good people than bad, only the bad ones make a lot of noise. Soccer transmits many values ​​as a collective sport,” said the exporter, who insisted that his time in Seville in the 1990s was “very much” enjoyable and that he will be “eternally grateful to the city and to Sevilla fans.”

“I have never stopped feeling the affection of the Seville fans, even when I have been a rival I have felt loved, they have stopped me on the street reminding me of moments, experiences, etc. In moments of difficulty it is fantastic that so many people appear and It helps a lot, “he stressed.