much more than football

On the first day of the Christmas break and just hours after commenting on the World Cup final for Radio Nacional—a story that was accompanied by many inmates sitting in the boardroom yesterday—he visited Teixeiro and talked about it. How did he handle those who told him to work? Football I wouldn’t give it to live”, what it’s like to leave home, maintain a competitive mindset when things go wrong and a decision unrelated to sports performance hinders athletes’ opportunities to play in World Cups and European Championships, as well as fight for a dream, don’t give up, persevere and strive to move forward. and knowing that you have gained a lot but lost more.

Many of those who sat down yesterday to listen to him and watch him touch the ball a few times, some of his experiences resonate and resonate, especially Ambra, currently awaiting pre-trial detention, is a prisoner who had to play football “hidden from her parents” as a child.He became a professional until he took the weekends off and with time and effort. Things went wrong and ended up in Teixeiro, here, For several weeks, she has been one of the prison team competing in A Coruña’s first regional competition and the only federal record for a woman.. It was the center’s director, José Ángel Vázquez, who wrote a letter to the Galician Football Federation to make an exception and allow the young woman to join the futsal team. Eventually the federation relented, and now Ambra says she has more fans than she has in prison. “It’s not that I don’t want to be here, I just want to go out and play again. It was a misfortune that happened to me and I hope it gets resolved quickly and football wins,” he said. learned all the Spanish he spoke “by watching soap operas””. What he lacks in words is to describe what it was like to face a decisive game on the field.

“It’s something that is felt in the body. It seems to you that you are already conquering the world,” he comments, appealing to this feeling to face the days deprived of his freedom. “Football has helped me a lot, I thought it would be harder for me but now I have a chance to train with the boys. When the ball comes to my feet, I forget everything. I think a lot about football and although the days are long, I get along better between training and my teammates who support me,” says Ambra sincerely, wanting to continue playing football in order not to lose the guiding thread of her life before, during and after Teixeiro.

He also talked about the future Vero Boquete, who wants to retire “at home” after touring 14 clubs in eight countriesand he admits that for now he can only do it in Dépor, but his dreams do not end there. wants to be a male soccer coach and is “not first” if possiblebecause it means that others are moving forward by clearing the way and “breaking through the ceilings”.

When Vero Boquete arrived at the prison center yesterday, several inmates had picked up their mats, relatives at the door and happy faces as they had reversed the path they had taken so long ago. They all left prison to settle in the Center for Social Insertion. She, like them, first left the prison with her hands full, confident that “comrades would no longer change the channel when they showed women’s football on TV”, because the prisoner responsible is Génesis. the interview assured him; the second with a pencil portrait made by one of the prisoners; with the handicrafts and advice gifts they made in the workshops. “You can always be ahead.” He knows this, and so is Teixeiro.