The most personal Falcao: football, journalism, reading, Colombia…

The signing of Falcao by Rayo was one of the most shocking news of this season. The initial expectation turned into madness during his presentation in Vallecas and Tiger He had a spectacular start to the season. However, injuries have weighed him down and he has not been able to have continuity. In fact, his last appearance wearing the Strip dates back to February 26, against Real Madrid. Since then, little else is known about the Colombian, who continues his recovery to try to help the team in this final stretch of the championship. Despite his absence, the striker is still the team’s top scorer with five goals —the same as Álvaro García— in 662 minutes in the League, spread over 17 games (seven of them as a starter).

While he returns to the playing fields, the Rayista fans have been able to get to know Falcao a little more, thanks to an interview in Vallecaswebwhere the coffee grower reveals his most personal side. “My first memory of school was playing football and taking exams. In Colombia they demanded a lot from us despite our young age. I fell in love with Physics and Chemistry in Secondary, although I have a pleasant memory of a Mathematics teacher for how he transmitted the subject. He was a very diligent boy and at the Christian College, on the outskirts of Bogotá, where he studied they understood that I had above-average ability in sports, so they helped me to reconcile it. I’m thankful. Sometimes they end up losing great writers, painters, athletes or artists, for not giving them space “, she defends.

His training continued when he went to River he also chose to study Journalism. “I thought I could adapt it in some way to the sporting part. Shortly after I started with the first team and I had to leave it, but it was a good experience. It may be an area where I can maybe continue… Although I never really considered another profession other than football. I never felt a passion like this”, confesses Tigerwhose incentives also run through “reading, watching movies and series, interacting with classmates… They made us read ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ at school and it is very representative for all of us. My two oldest daughters like to read“. Precisely promoting reading is the main engine of ‘Vallecas Calle del Libro’, an initiative that this edition will feature Colombia as the guest country. Something that Radamel applauds: “That people can open their minds to a world as spectacular as the reading, imagination, creativity, it will serve for the new generations to become more prepared people“.

Falcao also spoke of his roots, of gastronomy, of what unites him to many of his compatriots. “I love rice with coconut or coconut rice and also sancocho, ajiaco…Well, in Colombia there are many places to see, such as the Coffee Region, the Caribbean Coast, Bogotá has its charm, Medellín…”, enumerates its best ambassador, who explains the reasons for his signing with Rayo: “It seemed like a very good opportunity for my career. Coming to a club wanting to grow and being able to contribute all my skills and experience to achieve it is a challenge for me. We have to experience these matches as finals. We have to fight and trust ourselves, because it is the only thing that will lead us to victory“.