Thiago Yossen: Not worried about final opponents, ready for anything | OneFootball

The former Colón defender spoke with our colleagues from ADN Gol and shared his thoughts on the upcoming final for promotion to the first division, defending the Deportivo Madryn jersey. He also took some time to comment on the current situation Colón experienced this year in the Primera Nacional.

No, no, well, I think it’s been a year of growth for everyone, with a lot of seriousness within the group, hard work, and the desire to achieve something big, which, little by little, has been happening and today we are one step away from achieving it.

Well, I think it’s largely thanks to him as well as the entire coaching staff, who have been a great help because of their personality, because of how close you feel to them, you know? The way they treat you, the way they try to reach you, so together with the great group we have, they played a very important role.

No, no, it was good because of the people I’m working with today. It was complicated at the beginning of the year, you know? With the whole issue of finding a club, and well, in the last weeks of the transfer window there was some interest, it took a few weeks, but in the end, I ended up coming here.

Yes, honestly, yes, the guys had already had almost a month of preseason, I was clearly training in Santa Fe, but yes, I arrived a little later than most of them.

No, yes, yes, honestly it was tough, I was there with my family suffering, because a few months earlier I had received some news from Colón that I wasn’t expecting, so suffering for so long over there was also complicated.

I knew it was a team that had already done it last year, that wanted to fight for the tournament and, above all, had put together a great squad with important names.

Obviously, it’s a beautiful city, I never get tired of saying it, the city is gorgeous, the club is very nice, well-organized, doing things right, so, clearly, I was able to talk, it’s growing very quickly. And then, good people, who are eager, as I said, to move forward, to help the club progress, and I think it’s bearing fruit.

No, honestly, no one told me the news, in fact, as far as I knew, months before, when I started playing in the first team again, I was told I was going to sign a contract, that something had been promised, and then, after being a starter for several matches in a row, they stopped calling me up for no reason. And just as I asked questions and requested answers, I never got them from the other side, until I understood that maybe it wasn’t the intention of the directors or the person in charge at that time for me to continue at the club. And well, honestly, with everything that had happened in recent years, I decided not to keep digging and to step aside from the club.

No, well, honestly, yes, I was pretty clear about what I wanted for my future, that it didn’t matter if it was at Colón or somewhere else, I wanted to dedicate myself to this, dedicate my life, because it’s what I’ve always dreamed of. And well, also with the help of my parents, it’s a little easier, as you say, sometimes there are conditions or needs that you can’t afford, or you reach an age when you have to fulfill certain responsibilities at home. And luckily, with my dad’s help, I didn’t have those obligations and I could stay calm and focus on this, or be able to dedicate myself to this.

No, no, honestly, very well too, I got to play in the local league, the first division, let’s say, in the local league, sharing with the guys. I’ve seen some very high-level players. I know, in fact, just a week ago, two youth players were promoted to the professional squad, and from what I know, for several years in a row now, they’ve been promoting youth players. So, honestly, the youth divisions are also doing a lot, they want to grow in that aspect too, and as I said, I think in every area, in every place, the club wants to keep growing a little more.

Yes, honestly, as I was saying, from the beginning of the year the idea was to fight for the tournament, we didn’t want to settle for less than that, because we knew what we were capable of.

Well, with a lot of work, a lot of humility, which I think has always characterized us, things started to work better, and just before the end of the first half of the season, we started, we changed our style of play a lot. And little by little, we found that path we wanted of winning, of not dropping points, of practically not losing.

Yes, exactly, as I said, at the beginning it was tough, we had more doubts than certainties, and then we were able to get settled.

Yes, yes, of course, it’s a very even tournament, where you compete and fight on equal terms all year long. And honestly, yes, we’re already thinking, without taking away merit or importance from this last match, we know they’re all equally important for us. But really, yes, we’re already thinking about the upcoming final and waiting for the match. No problem, whoever it is can come, honestly, we don’t care much about the opponent now, we know what we’re doing and we know we’re ready.

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