The match that Celta and Sevilla played tonight in Balaídos had a special meaning for Cesar Azpilicueta. The central hang up your boots after completing the clash in Vigo with the black t-shirt of the Nervionense club, and wearing the captain’s armband. It’s goodbye to a professional with capital letters. The Navarrese jumped together to his three children to the pitch of Balaídos, the stadium that has put the finishing touch to his outstanding career.
“It means everything, since I started walking I already had a ball with me, you don’t think about anything other than enjoying yourself. I have felt this way since I was little, when you get closer to professional football you realize that there is much more pressure, that sometimes you have to be mentally strong. The seasons fly byyou go and come back, there is no time to enjoy anything. This is football, I have been able to do it enjoy to the fullest. Today they gave me the bracelet, play 90 minutes, enjoy with my family. I leave calm and in peace“he commented after the game.
Azpilicueta he hasn’t had any luck this course with injuriesbut he did not want to leave Sevilla relegated in another difficult season. “My children are getting older, physically this season it’s been hardyou want to go faster than you can, the team’s situation also leads you to that, to try to help as much as possible. I had something inside me, I couldn’t leave, leaving this club in the Second Division, I wanted to help. My physique has allowed me to be in the last five games, participating in two. Very grateful, happy, we knew it was a difficult season after Pamplona, but we have achieved it“he noted.
Finally, he defined his career with one word: “Job”. “I started as a right winger, I have played as a left winger, defense four, three, two… everything. That discipline and being willing to help from wherever I play, with humility… until today I have learned from football. Above all, I always follow this club and all my former teams, I will now follow Sevilla. “It has been a pleasant experience and I am very satisfied to have been able to defend these colors this season,” he explained.
