Christian Piccini returned to play apsoccer game this weekend against him Villarreal. The footballer entered the second half, in the 82nd minute, replacing José Luis Gayá. More than the time he had not played, his last meeting was last season against the Eibar on May 16, the Italian side saw again again the light at the end of a tunnel that seems to have no end. From the Sep 28, 2019, when he broke his kneecap in training in Paterna, still with Marcelino As a coach, Cristiano Piccini is no longer the same.
And he recognizes it in a sincere interview in the official club media. Since that fateful day, he had only been able to play 124 minutes of official competition in four games -one with Atalanta and three with Valencia-, to which now The eight he added in the derby in front of the submarine are added: “Obviously I feel joy and happiness. Unlike the last time I played last year, this year I have entered with other sensations. I felt very good, ready to compete and I think that in the short time I played it showed. The stadium was very good, full, last year it wasn’t like that. The reception was very warm and exciting for me. It means closing a complicated circle on a personal level. ”
I’ve had days and even weeks of emotional downturn, of saying I can’t take it anymore and I want to quit
Only Piccini really knows what happened to him and how it has affected you. Just five moments of play for more than two years, after a very aggressive surgery on the knee and a recovery that seemed to have no end.: “What has happened to me I do not wish anyone, cI believe that many would not have been able to get out of such a complicated injury “, sentence the Italian side. “I think that, in the end, when you find yourself in adverse and difficult situations somehow you have to react, I have known how to do it. I do not deny that it has been difficult, I have had days and even weeks of emotional downturn, of saying I can not anymore and I want to leave it. I’ve come to think about it, but in the end work always pays off“.
Own Valencia footballer acknowledges that he has demonstrated a character and a fortitude that, seen with perspective now, he believed that he would not have been able: “I was surprised to see myself react to all this. It was a very hard injury, with relapses that have not stopped for two years, it seemed that you were there and then you were two or three steps behind. This is how it becomes complicated. What has surprised me is the perseverance and the desire to want to return. I have achieved it and I am very proud of myself, at this moment I am very happy “.
