Chilean National Team
El Niño Maravilla put Chilean soccer and young players on the ground in the midst of indirect criticism, and constant advice, to the young promises of national football who are clouded after getting some good performances in the Creole pastures. Alexis explains his harsh statement that was exemplified by the big three.
Alexis Sanchez He gave an extensive interview to the journalist Gustavo Huerta and TVN, in which one of his topics was the mentality of young soccer players, leaving behind a harsh reality for Creole football and the so-called three big teams.
The forward of the Chilean team and Olympique Marseille revealed that Colo Colo, University of Chile and the catholic They are not as well known abroad as is believed, and the national promises should not take their feet off the ground when they gain some prominence in Creole pastures.
“I am a lot to say what I think, what I feel, I do not keep it to myself. If there’s something I don’t like, I’m going to tell you, black and white, I can’t be different. I have always been like this and life has made me grow and mature in all areas, personally, and you also have to want to”, said Alexis.
AS7 adds that “a lot happens here with Chilean soccer players, and when I was a kid it happened to me, they score a goal and settle. I went to Cobreloa’s sub 17s and scored three goals in Calama, at one point I scored against Católica and said ‘I’m the best’, but I was wrong because three people watched that game, and no one in the world saw it ”.
“Outside nobody knows Colo Colo, the U or the Catholic, but we in Chile think they are known worldwide and we are wrong. I think the same thing happens to the boys, they have to understand that the mentality of scoring a goal is that the next weekend it has to be the same, perseverance and continue ”, El Niño Maravilla emphatically complemented.
Professionalism, dedication, maturity and his love for soccer
These words from Alexis came from the feeling of maturity that the striker left Huerta. So, the star of Marseille explains that his virtue has been his professionalism to be able to stay in the demanding European football.
“I think that this is dedication for what one does, I think you have to understand the Chilean player. The career is very short today, it lasts 28 years, I think, and it is very difficult for the player to maintain himself, they are satisfied with doing two or three goals, they don’t go to the gym, they don’t eat well, that’s all; it’s also a proof on a day-to-day basis of being able to develop so that the day comes when you’re 34 or 35 years old, you’ll still be elite, and that’s obviously given to you by day by day, perseverance, showing in training. There are things that people don’t see. For example, you see me play one weekend and I can score a goal, but what’s behind, taking care of yourself, not going out so much , to eat well and many other things”, he explained.
Alexis states that “I do what I like, I love this sport, football, and I think I’ve done it well throughout my career. There are moments in which they have given me the opportunity, others in which I could not due to injury, but today I feel very, very happy with what I am doing and I believe that there is no reason, I believe that it is the opportunity more than anything, I believe that people say they haven’t played or things like that, but this is the opportunity. If you give me the opportunity, I am going to show you why it is what I love, what I am passionate about and what I do every day”.