According to his representative, the 20-year-old is going through a bad time on a personal level, which is why he decided to keep him away from the professional team. “He is supported by his mother and his family,” he clarified.
Looking ahead to the start of the 2025 season, La Plata Gymnastics decided to give the player an indefinite license Matias Abaldoa 20-year-old Uruguayan striker, for mental health reasons. According to his representative, Edgardo Lasalviathe footballer is going through a difficult personal moment and left concentration.
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It was his agent who told him about the situation he is going through. Abaldo, who did not appear on the roster of the team led by his countryman Marcelo Méndez. “He is supported by his mother and his family. This afternoon we have a consultation with the psychiatrist to see how we can really help you. We want to move this boy forward in the human aspect“said the agent. Regarding the present that the young man is experiencing, he regretted not accompanying him more closely in recent times. “I think that the distance, even though it was short, It was long in that we were not with him all day. “It remains to me that it should not have been a little closer.”


Concern for the mental health of Matías Abaldo
In turn, he expressed concern and launched: “I don’t want the same thing to happen as with Morro García”said in relation to the Godoy Cruz forward who committed suicide in 2021, a fact that generated a strong commotion in Argentine football.
“I talk to Matías all the time, we are worried, We don’t want what happened to Morro García to happen to himthat due to some situation that cannot drive put a rope around your neck. Mental health is essential. The money comes and goes, I want Matías not to get hurt, I want to see him happy“Lasalvia continued in dialogue with Radio Provincia.
Abaldo is one of the greatest Uruguayan promises. The footballer came to Gimnasia from Defensor Sporting and was Under 20 world champion in 2023 with La Celeste. He played 24 official matches with Gimnasia LP, scored three goals, and had just recovered from an injury.
Finally, Abaldo’s representative explained: “Let the people of Gimnasia stay calm for the economic part because he is not going to lose. We will return the necessary money. In any case I lose. Here the important thing is mental health, the humanthe person.” And he concluded: “Let’s surround Matías with the three or four real friends he has to help him. When you are a soccer player many people surround you who do not love you well… A lot of times those situations can’t be handled.”
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