Limia: "I felt for Tagliamonte, I’ve been through it myself" | OneFootball

The former Unión goalkeeper spoke on ADN GOL and analyzed the controversial play that led to Independiente Rivadavia's definitive draw against Unión last weekend, where the sun bothered Tagliamonte when he came out.

I suffered with him, I suffered with him because I know what it's like, the timing is terrible, the sun hits you directly, no cap can withstand it because the sun is very low and shines directly at you, it really dazzles, it dazzles a lot, you can't see anything, many times you guess the play because you're completely dazzled, not just the goalkeeper but the defenders, everyone, but perhaps one suffers the most because you're the one watching the whole field, and yes, the truth is I felt bad when I saw it, I was watching the game and when I saw it, I really felt bad along with him.

Yes, it affects a lot, a lot because, as you say, it's always during the second half on that side and it depends a lot on the match time, it's like that, you see, as you said, because of my position at that time, being one of the captains in the locker room and those kinds of things, obviously, and because of my relationship with them, I always had these kinds of talks, mainly what I expressed was to try to avoid playing matches at that time, of course, that's what I asked, to be attentive to that, but well, many times it depends on television, on other issues that are beyond the club's control, even if the club sends letters and those kinds of things, it's often difficult, but well, I always expressed myself, I tried not to play at that time because it's deadly, the truth is it's deadly, it's very difficult, it's a very difficult situation, beyond how one plays or whatever, it works against you, the truth is it works very much against you.

No, it's useless, it's an accessory you wear just to say, well, in certain situations it can save you, in quotes, but nothing, you have to lower your head a bit so the sun doesn't hit you, because the sun is very low, it's a time when it's very low and hits just right, the truth is it hits just right, you can't see anything. Well, the people behind the stands can confirm everything I say, because you really can't see much.

Yes, yes, because you can't see, you can't see, and notice that Arce starts from a lateral, practically from the side of the area, and enters diagonally towards the ball, so he manages to see it well, but if you're right in front of the sun, it dazzles you, it really dazzles you.

Yes, you see, what I always talked about with the directors was that, trying to change the time, but there was also that joke of saying, well, make me a 40-meter-high sign so that the sun doesn't hit me, or doesn't hit me so much, because the truth is it's difficult, the truth is it's not easy, it's not easy, you know when, let me give you an example, when you're driving and the sun hits you directly and dazzles you, and the first thing you do is brake because you can't see what's in front of you, well, this is similar, because you move your head a little, lift your nose a bit and it hits you fully, besides, I don't know, but it seems that in Santa Fe the sun is much bigger, or dazzles much more, because the truth is you can't see anything.

No, it's, you see, in the 45 or 60 minutes that the second half lasts, you have it there, you have it constantly and obviously in certain situations the sun dazzles you much more, but it's like it keeps getting lower, you have it more and more, it lets you see less and less of the match situation, the field, you have to constantly make a visor with your hand or whatever, and the truth is it's very complicated.

See, I go back to what I said at the beginning, I suffered, I suffered with Tagliamonte, because I know what it's like, I lived it, I saw it firsthand and well, the truth is I don't know, the solution is not to play at that time, I think, it's the simplest.

Yes, of course, of course, there are moments when you lose sight of it, you lose sight of it because you're dazzled. It's normal, the example I gave you before, when you're in the car and you turn and the sun hits you directly, it's something similar, you lose the sense of distance from where you are.

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