His friends call him a “librarian.” In concentration, it is normal to find him reading a book or watching a documentary on television. It is Diego Valeri, Portland Timbers player, a lover of reading. He speaks four languages: German, English, Portuguese and of course his mother tongue, Spanish.
He is Argentine, was born in Buenos Aires and grew up in the lower ranks of Lanús, since 2013 he is part of Portland Timbers from MLS, a team that this Tuesday will face the Marathon for the CONCACAF Champions League. Valeri is a breakthrough in terms of studies.
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Diego is also a fervent Catholic, a lover of theology and philosophy, just by listening to him, you realize that his answers are thoughtful. He does not repeat the words and talks about his rivals, whom he studies very well and this always gives him results.
Portland Timbers, Argentine striker Diego Valeri, at a press conference on Monday in San Pedro Sula. Photos courtesy
“I am a Catholic and I enjoy reading about religion. I know things about saints that feed me spiritually. And I like to read things about football. I really like Theology and Philosophy. More than anything, I like those branches “, Valeri commented in an interview some time ago about her spiritual life.
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The Argentine is one of the figures he will have at Timbers on the field on Tuesday. Its history is impressive. This religion. He attends Portland Catholic Church in Oregon, where he says he hopes to study theology later in life because he enjoys studying the Bible.
For now, Valeri has taken a turn, he is in Honduras and it is time to talk about football and the marathon, the team they will face in the CONCACAF Champions League. “It’s an elimination match. A competition in which the best from North and Central America play and if Marathon is there, it is for something, beyond the fact that it is not having a good time in the local tournament. But he has the material to suit anyone. I saw their duels and they are an aggressive team, they have talent and they do very well in the air and they know what they are playing. This competition is a great motivation for them and they will use it to reach the highest possible level “, confesses Valeri.
Diego Valeri is the big threat that Marathon has in this Tuesday’s duel for the CONCACAF Champions League.
“We know that it is a team with personality, we have to play football, to play very well, better than them because that is the reality, to take advantage of the moments we have to take advantage of and manage the game. The games here and the ones in Portland will be different, but now what we have to think about is to think about how to solve tomorrow’s duel “, Diego continued regarding the commitment against emeralds.
The rains prevented Portland from training in one of the three stadiums that San Pedro Sula has and were taken to the synthetic field located on the outskirts of the city, to the stadium in the La Pradera neighborhood, a very conflictive area, but the Argentine Valeri he says they have never seen anything strange and had a great time.
“The reception was great, the guys who are here and those at the hotel, even at the airport, greeted us warmly. Yesterday we decided to go to a synthetic yard to train, because it rained a lot and there was no suitable land. We did the training without any problems and we were glad to be here for a while. There is a lot to do, but we are in quarantine, we had a good reception and we just have to prepare for the game “, said Valeri.