It was a tradition in South America, however in Mexico were José Saturnino Cardozo and Fabián Estay Who imported the tradition of not bathing before games with Toluca, the club where the Paraguayan and the Chilean formed a devastating duo.
In accordance with Fabián EstayThis was a very common cabal in the South American leagues because soccer players considered that they lost energy if they went through the shower.
“Not that we never bathedIt was an issue that we came to a South American school where we, who debuted young, are acquiring hobbies or tricks and in that sense we thought, or was the belief that we had, that bathing before the game took your energy, “he said Backstay in interview with Halftime.
“Suddenly we were training on a Saturday morning, we were playing on Sunday, and all Saturday we didn’t bathe until after the game. Unlike today that the boys put perfume to enter, They brush their hair…”.
‘IT WAS DIFFERENT TIMES’
Laughing, the former scarlet midfielder commented that this practice gave them results with the title of Summer 99, as it should be remembered that Fabián was between 1996 and 97 with the Scarlets and then played Summer 99 before going to the America.
“It was other times, there were not so many social networks, you could grow a beard if you wanted to, the subject was very different and it was the upbringing we had from South America and there are the results thanks to God. Pepe is a historian and I did very well in Mexico, it was worth not bathing a day before the game“He pointed out.
Thistle He is the best scorer in the history of the Devils with 249 goals, a figure that even places him among the best scorers in the history of the mexican football.
“It was only a day, a day and a half, for believing that you have the strength, the power, and you try to keep that cabal, but I didn’t care, knowing that first you had to win, then you put yourself as you should be “, he said Cardozo part-time.
“We followed the same line and we were champions (laughs) I know that’s not why, but I didn’t want to lose strength. I would rather follow that line than change because I didn’t know what could have happened ”
He clarified that it was a cabal that he kept all night. “I suffered when we played at night, it was difficult there because not bathing all day was like in Paraguay because of the heat you can have a different aroma but it kept me cool.”
FOOTBALL AND CABALAS
Estay remembers that this is how the rites of the players are. Some of his classmates used to put a picture of the Guadalupe’s Virgin or some rosary in their places in the dressing room. He even revealed that he had another cabal, since he used to enter the field dominating the ball before the games began.
“And if it went well, I kept seeing those rosaries, that Virgin, those rites before playing next to my place,” he said. “For example, I entered with the right foot, left with the ball in my hand and reached the half court dominating it.”
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