"Nie czerpię frajdy z gry"

"Nie czerpię frajdy z gry"
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Javier Mascherano przyznał, że nie czerpie radości z gry w piłkę nożną. Kojarzy mu się ona bardziej z cierpieniem.


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- Nie jestem jednym z tych piłkarzy, którym gra w piłkę sprawia frajdę. Dla mnie to 90 minut cierpienia, ponieważ jestem w pełni skoncentrowany na tym, żeby nie popełnić żadnego błędu. Nie zgadzam się z innymi zawodnikami, którzy mówią, że dla nich mecz to zabawa. Ja się bawię na treningu, ale z gry w meczu nie czerpię radości








- Gra w obronie nie leży w mojej naturze. Czuję się pomocnikiem, ale doskonale zdaję sobie sprawę, że gra w Barcelonie na tej pozycji jest w moim przypadku niemożliwa. Gdyby Guardiola nie cofnął mnie do pierwszej linii to pewnie dzisiaj nie byłoby mnie już na Camp Nou






Javier Mascherano admitted in an interview published in the magazine 'Panenka' that rather than enjoy himself, "he suffers playing football" and that he is not one of those players "who enjoys playing the game".The Argentine said that "it's 90 minutes of suffering because I'm fully focused on not making a single mistake". "I mean, I don't agree with many footballers when they say 'I go out on the pitch to enjoy myself'. No, I don't go out to enjoy myself, I enjoy myself when I'm learning in training, but I don't enjoy the 90 minutes I spend out on the pitch during a game", he said.Mascherano admitted that if he hadn't moved from midfield to centre-back, he "probably" wouldn't still be at Barça. "I already knew as much: playing in central midfield at Barça was going to be almost impossible". He said that he suffers more at centre-back. "It isn't my natural position, even though I now feel like a centre-back. However, saying that I 're-trained' as a centre-back would just be an excuse on my part, but I insist that I do see it as a reward when I play in midfield and I, therefore, enjoy it much more".When Pep Guardiola told him that his chance of playing first-team football was moving to centre-back, Mascherano knew full well that he needed to learn his new role: "There was no other way. I realised that what I brought to Barcelona wasn't enough, not even to stay at the club".




Read more: Mascherano: "I suffer playing football" - MARCA.com (English version)Javier Mascherano admitted in an interview published in the magazine 'Panenka' that rather than enjoy himself, "he suffers playing football" and that he is not one of those players "who enjoys playing the game".The Argentine said that "it's 90 minutes of suffering because I'm fully focused on not making a single mistake". "I mean, I don't agree with many footballers when they say 'I go out on the pitch to enjoy myself'. No, I don't go out to enjoy myself, I enjoy myself when I'm learning in training, but I don't enjoy the 90 minutes I spend out on the pitch during a game", he said.Mascherano admitted that if he hadn't moved from midfield to centre-back, he "probably" wouldn't still be at Barça. "I already knew as much: playing in central midfield at Barça was going to be almost impossible". He said that he suffers more at centre-back. "It isn't my natural position, even though I now feel like a centre-back. However, saying that I 're-trained' as a centre-back would just be an excuse on my part, but I insist that I do see it as a reward when I play in midfield and I, therefore, enjoy it much more".When Pep Guardiola told him that his chance of playing first-team football was moving to centre-back, Mascherano knew full well that he needed to learn his new role: "There was no other way. I realised that what I brought to Barcelona wasn't enough, not even to stay at the club".Read more: Mascherano: "I suffer playing football" - MARCA.com (English version)

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