The Chilean goalkeeper reviews the news of the Verdiblanco team and clarifies doubts about the duration of his contract with the club
Claudio Bravo, goalkeeper of the Betis, has passed this noon through the microphones of Radio MARCA Sevilla to analyze how he is living his first season at the Verdiblanco club, how he is on his return to ownership in recent weeks, what expectations he has regarding the possibilities of qualifying to play competitions Europeans next season … and to clarify his contractual situation with the club.
It would not have been fair for Atlético to win
“In general terms, we had a strange taste in our mouths, because of how the match took place. We played a very positive game, which in the long run gave us to think or visualize that we could win. If you watch the second half, we practically always play in the opponent’s field. . We are the ones who carry out the process of the meeting, the ones who do the highest pressure and I think that the game changes or the sensation in the final minutes where there are two actions of them, in the discount, that maybe they make up the work they did. But the great effort we did, that’s why we had that feeling that we could have won. “
A change in the mentality of Betis
“The demand always starts with you, I think that each one has assumed that role, it is demanded in the week, the days before, in the games, playing, not playing … That also leads you to these things happening, to to have a sympathetic group in terms of the thought of obtaining this type of season. That is what we all aspire to, I do not train to do a season and be fighting to save the category or that type of thing. I aspire to work, to the fullest And it is a little what one tries to spread “.
Yesterday he turned 38 years old
“Thank you very much, it is not easy with 38 years to stay in good shape, competitive, although your head continues to work and setting the bar high day after day. But I have managed to carry it in a good way.”
His contract with Betis
“I said it the first day, at the preseason press conference. I signed for two years. I had options to go to many places, where the option was to go for a season. But for a season I was not going to move, I was leaving. to go to my house and I ran out of football, it was clear to me from that point of view. Because moving your family for a year and when you are getting settled back to pack your bags to leave, at this point in my career, no It made a lot of sense. I came here for two seasons, which I hope to be able to fulfill also because of the club’s expectations, mine and because of how my family is in the city. It’s what we want. “
Do you consider traveling less with the national team?
“Not because it catches me very calm, it is something that I have dominated for many years, it is not that I am going for the first time, I have been going with my team to different places for 15 years. I have had episodes here at Betis, that I was injured in three opportunities in a month, something that had never happened to me in my entire career. But anyone who knows me and knows what my day-to-day is like, how I take training, realizes why sometimes this kind of thing happens to me I am too demanding, I always want to work more and that is what I have had to measure myself in. Since my arrival at the club I have been learning a little, learning to control myself, not to work overtime, to enjoy football in a different way In that I have gotten to know myself a little in this last stage “.
Over-training injuries
“Partly yes. My wishes are always to compete to the maximum, to contribute from wherever, playing, not playing, is the way of seeing my work. As an example, we played a game, I don’t remember where, we went back to Three in the morning, the next day I do a normal practice, I remember that it was even a day of physical work, but I resent it, I had slept four or five hours, because I had not rested well, I came from playing … always, but now I no longer do it. Now the day after the game I regenerate, I jog around the court a couple of laps with my teammates, I do stretching, which I never did because I usually trained normally after the games, like the player who did not have to play the weekend and came as if nothing had happened. But in this type of thing I have had to get to know myself a little more, knowing when to rest or work a little more. That kind of thing they have passed me by wanting more. “
Do you control your weight?
“No, no, I generally enjoy my work, when I’m at home, I’m not obsessed with these kinds of situations. I know what I have to eat, when, where, I know how far I can … I try to stay On the subject of weight, it is always the same, it does not depend on the years or anything else. I have had to lose a lot of weight and feel with feelings of fatigue, tiredness. Yes, lighter, but of course, the feeling in a match It’s totally different. I hit the ball three times and the next day you’re fatigued. That’s why the knowledge you have to have of where you have to be with your weight or where your fat percentage has to be. It depends on each one because in the end we are all different “.
I am too demanding, I always want to work more and that is what I have had to measure myself
Competition in goal
“Well, great, I take it in the best possible way. One needs competition, that the partner next door is pressuring you, that he trains well, that he does good performances. That leads you to raise the level. It happens in the others. positions. But the one who sets the bar is oneself. You have to decide if you want to compete, do better than your partner, train better than your partner. In the end you are one regardless of who you have by your side or who you bring. It has nothing to do with it. It is you who has to set the perspectives of this or the bar, it is you who defines what you want to do. “
Where should Betis be
“Obviously, seeing from the outside when it was time to come to play here as a visitor, you find a club that has very positive conditions to be able to become strong in every way. Not all clubs have a stadium of this size, a hobby like the one that we have, which unfortunately we are not enjoying. But all that leads you to think that a club that has to be up, not competing for the category or having trouble in the final stages. It has to be the other, what you find at Get out of here, let people cheer you on, put pressure on you. That speaks well and keeps you alert. I love it when people on the street tell me ‘you have to win’ or that they are on top of you when you lose. Those are the clubs that in the end make a difference “.
Do you expect help from Sevilla on Sunday?
“No, I never expect anything from others, I only care about what we have here in our day to day, about our teammates, that we do things well … Our rival is ourselves, if we do things well between week, if we maintain the level of competitiveness in the matches and we continue to be an aggressive team in defense and attack, and we are together when it comes to competing, things will happen by themselves. But if we fail during the day to day, We take our foot off the gas or in the competition we start the game thinking that we are going to win easily, we are going to escape. The most dangerous rival is ourselves, rather than waiting for someone’s help or for someone to do the task for us. We have to focus on doing our job in a good way, on continuing to push until the end, not only those who are playing, those who have fewer minutes as well. That has also been very positive this season, the people who have come off the bench and have given a amount of points not given anywhere. And also a bit because of what is done during the week. “
The key to change in 2021
“I think that at work, also in waking up a group and putting it in everyone’s head that it was possible to have a good season, play good games competing at the highest level, working hard during the week. Like it or not, it has been a Little that has led us to be where we are. If we relax and think that we are going to win by walking, it does not go that way. We have to continue with the same humility, with the same essence that we have tried to impose this season, to see an aggressive team at home and abroad, that wants to play football well, that when it comes to putting pressure on you see the 11 players involved in this aspect … The results are given by themselves. When you have a clear head in terms of knowing compete and work, things go by themselves “:
The most recent calendar
“The truth is that they are difficult games, in these final stages the level of demand and tension is higher because everyone is playing something. It is difficult to find an opponent who comes home relaxed to spend the day. We do not have to lower the bar, You have to keep pressing the accelerator. But the secret is not to look too far, to look only at the next opponent. This week work thinking about Valencia to win that game whatever it is and we will think about what comes later. This week we have to get into Valencia in the head and nothing else “.
How is Borja Iglesias?
“Well, well, we talked about it on match day, he got a tremendous injury, a big bruise in the hip area, and he has the courage and strength to take the penalty and he puts it where he puts it. That kind of Things tell you about everyone’s desire and desire to do things well. Another player could have perfectly said “no, I’m not in a position to shoot, let someone else shoot.” In the end, each one wants to contribute while being as is and so on. they speak highly of the whole group. “
The Qatar World Cup, his goal
“Yes, of course, and I hope things go well with the national team. We play the most difficult qualifying in the world and I hope things work out well. I am physically privileged. I have had these accidents also in my own way. to look at my work, to be demanding with myself, but it is the learning of every human being. Now I take it more calmly the days after the game and then I push harder. I feel good. “
Will you see Manchester City in the Champions League today?
“Yes, when the time at home allows me, yes. But I am special when it comes to football. I try a lot to disconnect, when I leave the Ciudad Deportiva I am not a footballer, I am the father of the family, the husband, the friend. .. The one in my house does not see a soccer ball, does not see things related to my work. I try a little not to involve my family in my work, it is my way of escaping from all this and feeling normal and enjoying little things”.
