Valverde: “We’ve taken a lot of crap”
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Real Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde talked to the press after the team’s victory over Real Sociedad in La Liga. It was a solid performance and a statement win, so Valverde wanted to send a message.
“Well, I think in the end that’s what I’m telling you, the energy, the good results that come as they arrive and that the team feels good. We have had weeks where we took a lot of shit and I think that helped us grow as players, grow as people. As I was just telling you, we have been through bad times, I think well deserved. In the end, it made us change, mature as players who haven’t won anything during last year, we haven’t won anything this year. So the first thing to do is to settle down, grow as individuals, grow as players day by day. Knowing that things need to change, that they weren’t right and I think now is the time,” he said.
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The midfielder was asked about the dressing room and the unity.
“The unity was always there, as I tell you, I think at least what I personally think is that also when you keep winning it helps a lot to have another kind of flow when working in training sessions, to have less anger, in the end we are 25 players. We all fight to play, 11 of us play, there are 5 substitutions, there will always be some player who is a little less happy than another because they would like to play more, but well, I think when things go like this, the way we win, players change, come in, contribute and do well, I think it helps everything to go better,” he explained.
Valverde reflected on his first season as a captain.
“Well, it was my first year as the captain and, well, it was tough obviously. If I told you it was incredible, I would be lying. One is responsible for all of this, one feels responsible. I feel responsible when things are not going well; that’s just how I am. It’s not just because I’m also the captain; whenever things aren’t going well or we don’t win, I’m always the first one to blame myself. At least I get home and try to do everything possible, watch football, the match we’ve played to be able to change attitudes among teammates and do the best I can do to be able to change all of this. It doesn’t matter if others are being booed; we as teammates have to stay strong. We know we’ve been through very bad times, as I said many times, well-deserved because of the moment we were having during the season,” he concluded.