He went with the highest expectations to Holland to fulfill the European dream in the summer of 2019, but the first year was well below expectations and Edson Álvarez accepts that he came with fear to Ajax, together with the family distance with his partner and daughter that he must have kept by the laws of the Dutch country.
“Of course I came with fearLike all new players, my Argentine teammates helped me with the language, it is easier to approach them and ask questions. Then I came to understand the system, “Edson said in an interview with the club.
“In my personal life it was difficult not to be with my girlfriend and my daughter, it was to get home alone, with cold, complicated, but they are things that happen in life. She – her partner – was here and I was able to be at the birth of my daughter, it was in the match against Chelsea, at night she was born, it was the happiest day of my life, “he added.
‘I have no excuses, I can only succeed’
On the sports level, Edson Álvarez barely completed 4 games out of 12 played in the Eredivisie, in a season that was canceled after 26 dates due to the coronavirus pandemic. His most important moments came in the Champions League with two goals, but the club failed, leaving out in the Group Stage when a year earlier he was a semi-finalist.
“I want to keep those good moments … The first year is always difficult for everyone because of the adaptation, but this year there is no excuse, I want to keep everything. The desire to lift the title remained because it was going that way, but the coronavirus changed the world, not just soccer, and there are priorities like everyone’s health, “he said.
Although he said that the coach took away his confidence when he was beginning to feel better in Ajax, the one from the Americas does not make excuses and accepts that he did not give what was expected.
“When I arrived, I felt good, at the rhythm of the team, I played important games, but decisions that do not correspond to me -they are from coach Erik ten Hag- and I stopped playingYou lose a lot of rhythm, but I think about leaving everything bad behind, I am very happy and convinced that it can be a great season for me. “
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