Retirement from professional football for Jackson Martinez it arrived early. And it is that the Colombian had to hang up your boots at the end of 2020 because of a strong Ankle injury, which he started wearing since 2015 when he was active in the Atletico Madrid
The former player of the Chiapas Jaguars detailed that his ordeal began because in the painting Mattress the doctors gave him insufficient care, a situation that only made the injury worse.
“After 2015 it was a struggle, a lot of people told me not to give up, but I did not give up, but I could not and must not, it was 5 years of fighting. It’s still tough because you never expect to retire because of an injuryBut when I made the decision to say so far that I want to play, but in my case it was an injury and it’s even more difficult, “he said in an interview for First Touch of Win Sports.
“Where the injury was, little is said, my injury occurred in the game against Chile in Chile in 2015. That’s where it comes from. I arrived at Atlético de Madrid and they started treating me for a sprainAbout five times when I’d had that injury, I know that what I have is not, because of the pain, because of the way my foot felt, I knew it wasn’t. My ankle wasn’t swelling … I knew all kinds of that injury, but didn’t know how serious it was. And I go on, I go back to court and I go on with the annoyance. Because You trust the doctors to tell you that what you have is nothing serious
Martínez explained that once the Atletico Madrid decided to sell it Guangzhou Evergrande from China, there he also continued to treat the injury: “In China, I have a very strong entrance that almost broke my shin and made everything worseHe also came back and I kept playing on that injury. In the end I couldn’t walk anymore, ”he explained.
Why did Jackson Martínez retire?
The Colombian striker He indicated that he still had offers to continue playing at the end of 2020, although he decided to stop for fear that the injury to his ankle would become even more complicated.
“I had club proposals, but I didn’t want to go to a club where I didn’t have to try, I could have played in another club for longer, but it could have hurt me more“, He’s ready.