After Real Madrid were eliminated from the Champions League by Ajax in 2019, he was severely scolded by his wife Mina Bonino. Real Madrid’s Uruguayan midfielder reveals this The Players Tribune.
Valverde looks in The Players Tribune back to Real Madrid’s 1-4 loss against Ajax on March 5, 2019. Real Madrid had won the first leg in the round of 16 1-2, but was eliminated due to the beating in the return. Afterwards, Valverde was tackled by his wife.
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“We got in the car after the game. I was furious. The first thing she shouted at me was: Fede, really? Are you serious? What was that? Is this how you play in Real’s shirt? You didn’t accomplish anything today!”, recalls Valverde.
“She said: you haven’t taken any risks, you have to shoot. That is the strongest point of your spel,” the midfielder continues. “I had to turn the music up to the loudest to drown out her analysis. I hope she doesn’t read this because I’ll never tell her, but she was certainly right.”
Bonino comes from Argentina and already made a name for himself in the South American country as a football journalist.
2024-01-02 19:26:28
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