For Jackson Martínez, football is already just a memory, one that hurts, which is not yet a closed chapter.
Now retired, the Colombian drew his attention and told how and where, in his opinion, the difficult physical problems started that forced him to say goodbye to the field.
As Win Sports explained in an interview, the story started badly at Atlético de Madrid: “where the injury was, to say the least, my injury took place in the game against Chile, in 2015 in Chile. From here it comes, I came to Atlético de Madrid and started to treat me for a sprain, when I had that injured about five times, I know that what I don’t have is that, because of the pain, because of the way, I knew that not so much. I knew all kinds of injuries, but I didn’t know how serious it was. “
The pain became common, but he did not want to give up: “as a player you play with discomfort, you recover and continue because you trust doctors who say you have nothing serious. When I start for China in a game, I got a very strong input and that made everything worse, they almost broke my tibia. And after a few games, I didn’t have surgery and there came a time when I couldn’t even step. “
At that time, retirement began to be the only option: “after 2015 it was a struggle, many people told me not to give up, but I did not give up, but I could not and should not, it was 5 years of difficult because he never expects to retire due to an injury, but making the decision to say so far I want to play, but in my case it was an injury and it’s even harder. I watch football a little bit because everything gets mixed up and the emotion takes part again in something loved, football is a passion that those who know about football will only understand “.
Jackson did not leave due to lack of offers, but because, according to him, his body did not allow him to continue: “I had club proposals, but I did not want to go to a club where I did not have to make an effort. , I could have played more in another club, but it could have hurt me more, which I thought I needed to go to another club where it cost me, where I had to put more effort and that’s what happened , I came to Portugal, the first year was difficult, but it went well, after 2 years without playing I scored goals that helped the team stay in the First Division. The second year was already quite difficult, with a lot of games outside, but it never occurred to me that I had to stop. “