Richarlison’s Amazing Goal Scoring Streak and Journey to Depression Recovery

13/01/2024 14:32hs.

Richarlison has scored five goals in the last six games. A great streak for the Brazilian, who had just gone through a drought of almost three months that earned him, for example, not being called up in the middle of the double date of the South American Qualifiers in November. It was there when He decided to have an operation on his pelvis, which he had been suffering from for some time. But he knew that physical appearance was not enough…

In all that time, he admitted, logically, that he had not felt well at all. And her situation seemed to get worse and worse, to the point of repeatedly not wanting to leave her home. But things, as he explained in an interview with ESPN, improved when he started therapy…

“I think the main thing is happiness. I think I managed to find my happiness again. I felt a little depressed, sad… It was not the Richarlison that everyone knew. Even the training was different. So, I think I managed to rediscover that (with therapy), that hope that I had. This joy that I have inside me”, expressed the 9 of Tottenham.

“I managed, with the help of the club, to seek this help. There were days when I didn’t want to leave the house, leave my room… I would go to train, go straight home and lock myself in my room. So that was difficult for me. And like I said, it seems like I talk to people more, I vent, I think it seems to have improved,” said the Brazilian.

And he said that it was not easy for him to start sessions with a psychologist, due to the prejudices that his family had regarding therapy. “I’m from the countryside and it’s like that, with ‘I’m not going to do these (therapy) sessions, because I’m not crazy,’ or something like that. Because rural people have this prejudice, my family has this prejudice. But there came a time when I understood that I needed help,” concluded the scorer.

Richarlison and a goal celebration at Tottenham. (Photo: AFP)

His streak at Tottenham

Before this streak, Richarlison had not scored a goal since September 16, 2023, when he scored a vital goal on the hour for Spurs to turn the game around Sheffield United and take a 2-1 victory in the Premier League.

Then began the stormy drought that lasted a total of ten games (with the injury in between) since that match against Sheffield. Although, like all bad streaks, at some point he cut himself. For Richarlison, it was last December 10, when he scored twice against Newcastle in the Premier League and he hasn’t stopped since then.

Just five days later he scored a goal against Nico Dominguez and Gonzalo Montiel’s Nottingham Forest in Tottenham’s 2-0 victory. Similar was what happened in the match against Everton, his former club: At 9′ minutes he nailed the first in the 2-1 victory.

Richarlison, at Tottenham. (Photo: AP)

In the match against Brighton, he did not have the same luck, and without being able to score, his team lost 4-2. But in his team’s last match against Bournemouth, also in the Premier League, He scored a goal for Tottenham to win 3-1.

The curious thing about his streak is that in all these games in which he found the goal, His team took the three points.

Now, he will have competition with the arrival of Timo Werner. The former Chelsea arrived on loan with a purchase option of 17 million euros, and will be another option to fight for the position with Richarlison.