Luis Advíncula was angry about the versions of his retirement: what did he say

Luis Advíncula is one of the great figures and references of Mouth and by force of personality, goals and determination, he gradually entered the hearts of the Xenezize fans.

“Now that I am almost at the end, I am 34 years old, I have become almost a ‘veteran’ player. For life I am young, but for football I am a veteran… One has to think that it is getting closer (the retirement). I prefer that time decides but I do know that it is getting closer.”

These phrases that he expressed Advíncula, In an exclusive interview that he gave to his compatriot, the journalist Horacio Zimmermann, it generated a strong impact on social networks and it was even thought that it was like a possible farewell not only to Boca but also to football.

This caused the annoyance of the side who spoke out with a post on his Instagram account, which has 2,300,000 followers. There he was very angry and asked to see the full interview.

“How badly they inform people, for God’s sake! Look at the entire interview and listen to my words carefully, it’s incredible!!!”, wrote the Peruvian, somewhat annoyed.

The truth is that Luis Advíncula’s contract with Boca ends at the end of 2024. Therefore, the Xeneizes managers began to move to secure one of their current figures until 2026 and not run the risk of being left without a right back for the next season.

There have already been surveys by Brazilian teams to find out the Peruvian’s contractual situation. Botafogo and Saints are some of those who asked about the defender. The latter ended up being relegated to the Second Division, a reason that caused his signing to only be of interest.

Rayo has played 118 games wearing the Mouth, with a balance of 5 goals and 8 assists. Since his arrival, he has been shown 18 yellow cards and has only been sent off once, in the 2-1 loss against Racing in it Champions Trophy 2022.

Advíncula’s mentions of Ricardo Gareca

Advíncula made public an anecdote in which he recalled that he had an encounter with the man who was then technical director of the Peru national team, Ricardo Gareca.

The event dates back to 2016 when Advincula He was called up to the Peruvian team. In one of the engagements, the player decided to go out to a nightclub thinking that he would not have any major repercussions. But that didn’t happen.

“There was permission from Saturday to Sunday, I left on Saturday, I never went out in Peru, I went out and they recorded me, I was out of the National Team for eight monthsI didn’t go to the Copa América, It was my lazy stage because I said ‘What happens if I go out? “Nothing happens if I go out,” he said.

For Advincula, that moment was decisive. When she approached to speak with the coaching staff, the return was not what she expected. “The response was not very positiveit was with the friends of the ‘top’ (members of Gareca’s CT), the ‘top’ in quotes left me calm because he told me ‘calm down, I don’t see your private life’. I said ‘I’m fine, I’m cool’Am I cool? I was away for eight months, they were the ugliest eight months of my life.“, revealed.

Ricardo Gareca decided to give it a exemplary punishment by go out and appear on a show. At that stage the Agenitno coach did not call him to several games and He did not take him to the Copa América Centenario. Advincula eight months went by without being taken into account Peruvian team and that is a fact that he remembers with great pain to this day.

“They never told me that I wouldn’t be thereonly I realized in the first call. In the second one I cried and everything. I said I’m not going to watch the national team’s matches and I turned off the TV. “I didn’t see them,” she confessed. And then she added: “When I came back I said ‘no one takes me out of here‘They have to take me out of here with the paw first.’ Because of my stupidity, they’re not going to take me out, maybe the coach may like it or not like it, that’s another issue.”

That anecdote with him Tiger Gareca It marked him to this day and determined another way of seeing his career. “I could go out, but If you ask me now, I wouldn’t do it, now I try to expose myself less or think about things completely differently.

The footballer admitted that he works on his mental health

“Many times I am even self-destructive. When I grew up I began to discover other things about starting to do coaching, starting to go to a psychologist.“, expressed the leading scorer in the aforementioned interview.

And I add: “When you’re a kid out there you say: ‘the psychologist is for crazy people, why am I going to go? I don’t need it.’ I believe that in a footballer’s career it is very important to channel things better, to let off steam, to also let go of people who neither added nor subtracted from my life.”