Arsenal Player on Being Benched and Staying Professional
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At Arsenal, you're a hugely important player, then you see the starting lineup and you're not in it.
Then the next week you see the starting lineup, and you're not in it.
And you come on in the 80-somethingth minute.
Hmm, how do you deal with that? How do you deal with it?
Well, you deal with it by... by keeping a level head, by trying to understand the situation.
It's not easy, as I've said many times, but you understand it's also a test for you and it defines you as a footballer and as a professional.
I wouldn't... I wouldn't want to be the typical footballer who only is happy or only acts a certain way when things are going his way and when things are going against him, well, pulls faces or doesn't contribute to the team.
I've always understood football as something where you have to be, uh, responsible, professional, and respectful. with your teammates and with the profession.
And, well, I take it as a chance every time I'm not starting and have to come on, it's a way to show, uh, what I'm made of and to do it as well as possible.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
En el Arsenal, jugador importantísimo y tú ves el once inicial y no estás.
Y otra semana ves el once inicial y no estás.
Y sales en el ochenta y pico. Mmm, ¿eso cómo se lleva?
¿Cómo lo llevas tú?
Pues bueno, se lleva con... con cabeza, se lleva con intentar entender la situación.
No es fácil, como he dicho muchas veces, pero entiendes que también es una prueba para ti y que te define como futbolista y te define como profesional.
A mí no me, no me gustaría ser el típico futbolista que solamente está contento o solamente actúa de una manera cuando las cosas le van a favor y cuando las cosas le van en contra, pues bueno, pone caras o no aporta al grupo.
Siempre he entendido el fútbol como que hay que ser, eh, responsable, hay que ser profesional y respetuoso con tus compañeros y con la profesión.
Y, y bueno, me lo tomo como que cada vez que no soy titular y tengo que salir, es una manera de demostrar, eh, de qué pasta estoy hecho y de hacerlo de la mejor manera posible.
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