Diego Aguirre on ADN Gol: "When I heard the news, I couldn't stop crying" | OneFootball

Diego Aguirre, father of Misael, the young man who today will have the chance to concentrate for the first time on the first division bench of Unión, spoke on ADN Gol about his son's first call-up and how his beginnings in football were.

The truth is, to describe it... Look, I'm going to say something, every time they talk to me about him they have called me or they tell me, look, you know what, excellent kid, he's respectful, he's polite, the truth is, I congratulate you.

And when they tell me that, I believe that I have already won, because in these times that they say he is respectful, that he is a good person and on top of that they say he plays well, well, someone who has played football and likes this sport, loves it, I think it also fills you a little more, isn't it true? And I think he has that, he won you over, he won it from a young age because he came looking for it from a young age, he always, always, always said he wants to play football. And I think he proposed it, worked for it and today I believe that he himself is seeing the fruits of the effort he has made for a long time.

Well, Misa starts in Athens, isn't it true?, the mother every time she came from work always me, you know, kicks everything, has me up to the colonicia, broke sneakers but you have no idea, so I tell her well, I'm going to take him to the little school, because he wasn't old enough for any category, so I took him with the teacher, Gato Aguirre, who is also known here in Santoto for working in the football schools. And well, he started and as he was already a tall boy, for his age with the boys of his age he was already tall, that week he started there in the school and you know there is the Preliga, isn't it?, of the infants that can play with the document, then the coach himself tells me, look, can I take him on the weekend?, can he play with the document and everything? Yes, I tell him, I have no problem, we are going to ask him, and he yes, wanted to go.

He wanted to play football, and you know that on Sunday I take him, you know? And I want to say something, maybe it was the 2006 category, he is 2007, the 2006 category, and there we met Benjamin Pérez too, who is a boy who is also playing there, he is in the reserve. And the truth is that when he entered, he put him in the second half, I will never forget this, because they made a wall with Benja, they put Misael on the left, and he crossed with his left foot.

Maybe when I tell this I go crazy, because I tell them, first time, first week, I had never taken him to play, more than playing a little at my house, you know? But nothing serious, it would be playing so that he just has a little fun. And that he does that, the truth is that it surprised me, imagine, you know what, I saw it and I said... Of course, already the ease that he handled profiles and the left foot too. He is right-handed.

But let's see, I never, I never trained him, I had never gone anywhere, and that week, the truth is that I was, I'm going to tell the truth, because I fell in love that day, because I say, why did he do that? And there it began, there it began, it began in Atena, he was formed in Atena, isn't it true? The truth is that always him, isn't it? In love with his club, and he after a while because of some friends, isn't it? Goes to Quijá. Well, he meets new people, you know? He relates to other boys, he did well, he became the top scorer, they also became champions, the boys made a beautiful group, he learned a lot too, and the truth is that from there were his beginnings of formation in football.

And he tells me to pick him up, because well, they bring him here, to the toll, and we pick him up there, you know? And he tells me, no, I have something to tell you, he always does the same to me, you know? Imagine that, to all this, I imagined something, because if they didn't take him, we were always chatting, we were chatting, you know? With the brother, with him, the older brother, with him, we always chatted, you know? The illusion that we always say, that there are many boys who deserve it, because there are many boys who deserve it, there are very good players, but well, he has to trust that with his characteristic, he can have many possibilities.

And when he tells me, when I see you, I'll tell you, imagine that I go, I pick him up, he was telling me all the way, and I think this was on Wednesday. Clear. And I ran out of tears, because I cried all day.

Imagine, out of joy, isn't it? Of happiness, of feeling that which he so, so longed for. Because this, let's see, doesn't it happen to all footballers?

And unfortunately, I think that sometimes it can be harsh to say it, but there are very few who have this possibility. To all this we always have to fight for dreams, isn't it? Sure. And we always talked about these possibilities, and the truth is that it came, it happened, and today he is enjoying it, the truth is that... And I repeat, I ran out of tears, because... I remember and the truth is that it moves me so much that it makes my heart happy, I don't know how to say it, you know? Because such a beautiful feeling to know that he has strived for so long, he loves this too, and that today he has this possibility, I think it is deserved.

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