The midfielder recovered in America de Galle, but his path was not easy.
Edwin Cardona vs. USA DIM.
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Futbolred editorial
September 29, 2023, 08:09 am m.
It’s easy to criticize bad competition, point out flaws, make jokes about weight, and throw out memes when things go wrong. The hard part is what Edwin Cardona tries to do every day: wake up for himself, for his family, and for the dreams that football still awakens in him.
The América de Galli player spoke candidly about everything that happened in his life and career and revealed little-known details of his days at Racing de Argentina, battling depression, taking sleeping pills, and being alone with his 9-year-old. – year old son, his wife was battling illness in Colombia.
“In the end we are human beings, I took sleeping pills, I got depressed, I had to be with a person in the car 24 hours a day, who would sleep with me. I realized that I only had my family, my 9-year-old son, because my wife had to travel because of my “health. Couldn’t, seeing as it was my son who saved me…” he said in an interview with DSports.
“My son saved me from any misery that I might have done personally. “Nobody asked me why I wasn’t playing, why I was so bad,” he revealed.
Life did not place him at Atlético Nacional, where he wanted to be after his time at Racing, but at América de Cali, which chose him and today, after a few hiatuses due to physical problems, he enjoys the best version of the footballer he can be. Always the same ambitious dreams on the field and excited to return to the Colombian national team.
“Of course, that’s my goal now. The first thing is to position ourselves in America, to put the team in the place it deserves. Create the dream we want, which is obviously 16″, he said in the aforementioned speech.
“The summons will be issued in due course. I know that God will give me the opportunity to be in the Colombian national team again,” he concluded.
