Edinson Cavani is better than a few weeks ago.
At FC Valencia, the Uruguayan, who has been in advanced contact with Unai Emeri's Villarreal, is trying to forget his failed last season with Manchester United.
Now 35 years old, the striker has not yet found the rhythm of the goleador (2 matches, 0 goals) which was his when he played in the capital, but this is not the main thing for the moment .
“I am very happy to play again”, tells the former Parisian to the Spanish media Relevo, then adds in his interview to have followed his first therapy after the trauma of the historic comeback (1-6) suffered by PSG against Barça there. five years in the Champions League.
💬 "La primera vez quefu a terapia fue tras la remontada del Barça al PSG".
Cavani, nuevo fichaje del Valencia, nos recibe para hacer un balance futbolístico y vital, a mes de su cuarto Mundial.
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Cavani had however maintained hope by reducing the mark shortly after the hour mark, before the surge of the Blaugrana on the goal of Kevin Trapp.
“The first time I went there for therapy was after Barça came back against PSG.
It touched me a lot and there are things that overload you.
In five minutes, everything we had done changed.
It's such a big blow, that you can't control and although it's only football, it affects other parts of your person, with symptoms of anxiety, cold sweats, I have I felt dizzy falling asleep and I was already afraid to fall asleep... I asked myself: 'Do I have a problem in my head?'
I went to see the PSG doctor, whom I adore, and he said to me: “What is happening to you is happening to a lot of people in different fields.
I realized that I was not a superhero.
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For the Uruguayan, well settled on his sofa, everything can be explained if you know each other well: "We grew up in a generation with these parents who tell you not to cry, that you cannot relax or express your emotions.
Since you cannot show weakness, you are raised with a shell that makes you think you are stronger than everyone else.
(...) My theory is that we all need everyone, life is a wheel.
It's a lie to fight to always be the best.
There will always be someone above you, who has or knows more than you, who is more beautiful than you..."
Reviews, notoriety.
The man with 200 goals with PSG hides nothing.
“On social networks, it is as if your value was estimated according to what you seem to be or according to what you have, denounces the Uruguayan.
That's why we need more and more (follow-up).
And there is no struggle to improve and grow.
We wasted a lot of time on things that don't matter.
Football is becoming more and more media-friendly and influential in the lives of others.
But mental health is fundamental and in football it is lacking.
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