Mexico City
Gerardo Arteaga, player of the Genk from Belgium, admitted that Mexican footballers have a major disability that prevents them from making the move to Europe: his lack of mindset, which is reflected in the constant complaints that flow out as soon as they come to training.
Santos’ youth team remembered seeing his teammates questioned the jobs they had to do, the field where they train and even the meals provided by the teams, a constant contrasts with what lives on the old continent
In Europe I have not seen a single player complain complain about training, complain about being tired; nothing here, everyone works here and from the start of the training you can see that everyone is focused, everyone involved, ”he said. Arteaga in an interview with ESPN.
When asked about what compatriots need to grow professionally and compete in football at a higher level, he felt that in addition to talent, he “have professionalism and dedication”, something that his colleagues make clear in every session.
“You can’t be told things to do here, you know what to do, how to do itIn addition, if it is what you do, if it is your dream, you know you have to do it with professionalism and dedication, ”he said.
“I don’t understand why there are players who complain when they start training; they come to practice and already complain about anything, when it’s all we doThey pay us for what we do, it’s what we like, it’s been our dream since we were kids ”.
Although this season has seen through ups and downs, Arteaga has established himself in the starting eleven of Genk in recent weeks and already added 17 participations in the season, where he scored a goal and given five assists