MLS fans, mainly those from Real Salt Lake, you will have fond memories of Robbie Russell, a seasoned and always reliable defender, who also was in charge of scoring the last penalty in what would become the player’s most important night and the Utah franchise so far, since that night they got the only title in the history of the vinotinto, now he lives the most important moment in his life outside the courts, since he is a doctor and will have to fight the coronavirus in the front row of the fight.
Well, the champion in the United States and Norway, now lives one of the most important moments in his life. 12 years after lifting the MLS Cup and 7 years after retirement, the right-back will face the COVID-19 first-hand as he is in his first year of residency in the University of Virginia emergency room.This is clear after graduating as a general practitioner from George Washington University in 2019.
Russell agreed to speak for Extratime, where he confessed to the tension he lives in the hospital, in addition to mentioning that he misses his family very much. and lastly, that his 13-year career as a footballer will help him to overcome change, to better deal with cases related to COVID-19, when they arrive, of course, since It is in a place where there are not yet so many confirmed cases. There are currently 1,249 people infected in Virginia.
“It will definitely be part of our experience, in terms of our first year as doctors. We will be the generation of doctors with that type of experience and that affects our training. It is an adjustment process. My experience as an athlete helps, you are used to a type of adjustment, you don’t know what one day will bring and that helps to have that strength and those resources in your pocket ”, Robbie started the talk.
Separated from the family
Despite being in a state where the situation is still not so serious, the now doctor, prefers not to visit his family, who live two hours from the hospital where he works; this in order to keep his wife and children safe by not exposing them with his visit, since it is in a place where anyone can have the virus. Russell prefers to focus on doing what he has to do day by day to get through these moments.
“The most important thing I have done is try to take it one day at a time. You show up and do what you’re supposed to do that day, and then if it changes, you adjust and you do your best to achieve it ”, to later comment that she misses her children. “I don’t always feel good. I miss my children, my wife. But I would always hate to put them at risk … In the end, I think this will be a problem, ”said Robbie.
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