Lthe second round of the course should be the springboard of Fernando llorente to shine again after a few months as a gunsmith in which he has barely had a leading role. The striker has not been a starter in any league match and has not been able to debut his goalscoring account with the Barça shirt in the 217 minutes he has been on the pitch. With the adaptation process completed and a demanding set-up, everything should be easier in the coming months, although for this he will have to fight with a Blanco Leschuk who is making the position at the front very expensive.
The former Athletic and Juventus player has acknowledged that it has cost him more than necessary to regain the sensations he had in the past, but he sees the light at the end of the tunnel and is eager to finally celebrate something as an armored footballer . “Having been unemployed for five months is not easy and it hurts you a lot. I’m looking forward to giving my best again. Hopefully it will be soon and I can score my first goal with Eibar,” he explains in statements made to the official media of the Eibar club.
Llorente reconsidered many things during the time he was without a team, but he assures that at no time did it cross his mind to hang up his boots. “When you’re stopped you start thinking about what you’re going to do after football is over. I don’t feel ready to quit. So far I haven’t had any physical problems and that’s why I wanted to keep going and give it my all”.
Review of his career
The world champion explains that while he was rojiblanco he did not see himself outside of Athletic. “It’s something that came about like that. When I was at Athletic I didn’t think I was ever going to leave there. Circumstances arose and I’ve had very nice experiences. You encounter many difficulties because when you change countries you have to adapt to the culture and join the group as soon as possible. In England it was harder for me, because I didn’t have much idea of English beyond the basics and what you need is to talk to your teammates and understand yourself on the pitch. It’s one of the beautiful challenges of going outside.”
Llorente highlights the way British football feels about football. “I really liked how they live football. The passion there is and the intensity with which it is played. When the games are over, everything is over. You have your privacy and you are one more. All your life you are used to being a public person, to be asked for photos and autographs, to not go unnoticed, and on the other hand there you can go unnoticed”.
In Italy there are more similarities with Spanish football. “It’s more like our culture. They live football with a lot of intensity and you also feel the pressure depending on the team you are in. They are hot like us. At Juventus the teams were very closed to us, with defenses of five players and it was very difficult for us to open the games. You could not neglect yourself because they could catch you on the counterattack. We had a system that I loved and in the end, whether it was in the 60th, 70th or 80th minute, we ended up scoring and winning the game”.
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