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The time that Roberto Soldado (Valencia, 1985) does not devote to football, invests it in another even more relevant issue. «I dedicate my afternoons to being a parent. I pick up my children from school and do a bit of a taxi driver, ”summarizes ELMUNDO the center striker of the amazing Granada, now engaged with the Animal Kingdom series. No memory like that first goal in Champions (2005), which won the victory at the Bernabéu against Olympiacos and no teammate like Zidane: "It was impressive to see him play and train." He acknowledges that it is not difficult for him to draw on Twitter to comment on politics. He has shot Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias, shown his support for Citizens and, yesterday, gave a 'Like' to Rocío Monasterio, deputy of Vox in Madrid. Without complex. "Everyone can say what they want, as long as it is with respect." Today, although he has only scored one goal in Granada, it will be one of Atlético's biggest threats in Los Cármenes.

Your mobile phone rings in summer and you get the offer from Granada to return to Spain. Did you have to think about it? I wanted to be given the opportunity to return to LaLiga and Granada gave it to me. I did not hesitate for a moment because I was clear that I wanted to return to Spain. I knew I was coming to a team where things were going very well. I knew a lot of people who are working in this club [David Belenguer, CEO of the Holding Group Hope, the club's owner, was his partner] and I didn't doubt it. Diego Martínez is the youngest coach he has ever had (five years apart). Is it weird? No, because I don't look at his ID every time I have a technical talk. It is seen that despite his youth he is a coach with enormous abilities. What's so special? He is very good at sending the message to the locker room. All the work we do in the field is easy to understand and that is why the coach is succeeding. We know that he will have a very good future because of his ability to work and knowledge. Did he ask you something specifically? Since I arrived we have had many talks. The coach had already been informed of how I was as a person, on a day-to-day basis, and that is why he only asked me to go myself. To try to help the team with my experience. He knows my whole career and I knew what he was going to find when they brought me in. He is one of his team's top assistants, but he has not scored since the first day. Do you still spin your head a lot? Yes, I spin it, because every striker wants to score. Unfortunately, I am not succeeding. I miss the goals when the team does not win. If the team wins and I do not mark, it gives me a little more equal. But if we don't win, my goals are missed and that pisses me off. Individual goals do not matter to me.

Soldier tries to steal a ball from Gayá, from Valencia.Kai Försterling

Do you ask advice from the youngest being the oldest? I am older in age but in mentality, on a day to day basis, I like jokes and go into them a lot. The card should not look so much. Although it is true that when you speak, young people listen to you a little more. It has happened to all of us. They beat Barça at home and now a renewed Atlético arrives. Atlético has changed players, but their style remains the same. In our stadium we don't have to look at the rival. You have to be at 120% and not make mistakes because we know that they can severely penalize you. Recently, part of the rojiblanca fans took Koke and Simeone, they are things that happen everywhere. They come from some impressive years and at the minimum there is a little doubt, people whistle a legend like Koke, who has been in Atlético for a lifetime and has rejected tremendous offers. They also call Cholo, who has turned the club around since he arrived. In football there is very little memory with people who surrender and give everything. Soldier could have been the center forward of Atlético. I know there were contacts the summer that I went to Tottenham (2013), but in the end it was not reached specify anything. With the situation that occurred in Valencia, I thought I had to leave and the club also had to sell me. Atlético showed interest, but in the end nothing came true and that's why I went to England. The following year could not be given either.It fit his style with the Simeone scheme? In my stage of Valencia, where I performed better, I was making goals and my way of playing could have fit in with his style. He has shared costumes in the selection with Albiol and Cazorla, who are still being summoned, is it healthy to see them still with Spain? I don't close any doors. Hopefully, but I know how difficult it is. It is true that both Albiol and Santi are making many merits to be in the national team and every time they go they perform at a high level. And that has to be worthy of motivation for the rest. The selection does not look at ages but performance. His only title is the League with Real Madrid, in 2008. There were Marcelo and Ramos and there they continue. I feel very happy for them because there is nothing more difficult than staying so many years in a club of so much level as Real Madrid. It has a lot of merit. Does LaLiga miss when you're away? Yes, although I don't regret the decision I made at any moment. I have lived exceptional things in Turkey and England, but when you turn years and spend so much time away from home you need to return. Not only for me, but also for my family and my children. He has no qualms about giving his opinion on social media policy. Has it been a problem? In the end, the one who gets wet has to follow the consequences. I don't care if people criticize me for saying that I support one or the other, because I know that not everyone will like it. We are a democratic country and everyone can say whatever they want, provided it is with respect. There's no more. He who does not respect it is his problem. We are all free to say who we like.

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