Lisbon, Portugal
Na wah o! Antunes, di popular Portuguese international, don sit down for CNN em Jogo chat, dey yarn plenty about hin national team and di big boss, Roberto Martínez. E talk wetin we fit expect for di upcoming matches. If you no sabi wetin e talk, make you no vex, I go drop di gist for you.
Antunes no dey shake matter at all. E dey drop facts like say e no go carry dem go club. Di player don emphasize say di team go need blend of experience and fresh legs to face di tough competition wey dey come. E no wan make dem underperform like last time, abi wetin you expect?
E follow up with talk about Benfica season wey don pass. Di guy go explain say dem “external issues” dey affect di players, like wetin dem go hear for social media, and diminishing form wey dey show for field, like when person no fit hold im ginger after heavy chop. Na true, players dey easier to scatter if dem no balance their head.
But wetin be dis external wahala wey Antunes dey talk? Maybe na di pressure from fans or di constant talk for media. E go dey hard to perform if every eyes dey on you like sey you be superstar. Antunes sabi wetin e dey talk well-well, no be play.
As e dey drop di gists, dem still dey ask wetin dey next for hin career. Antunes wey now dey play for Paços de Ferreira, don show say e no wan just stand there dey collect yellow cards. He dey ready to take hin career to di next level, and no be every day sey dem go dey ask you about wetin you wan do next. Dem see am like talent wey don sour for inside kitchen, you don know wetin fit happen next!
Na so e go dey hustle hard to make sure say hin next move go be correct. Di way wey football dey go now, na so e go one day wey dem dey scream hin name for di field. Maybe one day, we go fit dey talk say we sabi Antunes, di legend.
Wetin we fit learn from Antunes now be sey, no matter wetin dey happen around you, your eyes suppose dey in di game. No allow external wahala affect your flow. Na wetin dem dey call ‘mental toughness’. If e fit do am, you self fit try am too, no be so?
