He confirmed that he does not know his future with the "leader"

Shiotani: I suffered from depression during my career ... and my experience with the eye helped me recover

Japanese player Tsukasa Shiotani.

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Al-Ain team player, Japanese Tsukasa Shiotani, revealed that he suffered from depression during some stages of his life, due to the poor level he was presenting in the stadiums, but he recovered thanks to his current experience with Al-Ain, which helped him to recover and gain confidence, but he indicated that he does not know his future with Al-Ain. , Given that his contract expires at the end of the current season, after he had renewed it in May 2019.

In an interview with the Japanese site Football Zone, Shiotani indicated that his suffering with depression was in August 2012, when he moved to the Hiroshima team, and said: “The players around me in the team were so good, that I could not cope with that. The matter, I was depressed, and I was asking myself: (Why am I so bad?) ».

The player, who is spending his fourth season in the Arab Gulf League, said that the football environment in the Middle East was unknown to him before his arrival, and that he nevertheless decided to play outside Japan, adding: “I decided to play in the Arabian Gulf League because I wanted to play abroad. I think I am now more mature, and I have good memories here, as I scored against Real Madrid in the 2018 Club World Cup Final.

Shiotani (32 years old) added that, currently, in the stage of football maturity, and that he is able to provide stable performance with the team and in multiple positions, and said: “Currently I participate in the heart of defense, due to the absences the team suffers from. I have participated since my arrival here in positions Several, and I showed stable performance, and good mental strength. ”

The Japanese defender, who scored two opposite goals, during his team’s matches against Al Nasr and Al Ittihad Kalba in the league, indicated that Al Ain is one of the biggest clubs in the Emirates, and has a large fan base, and they always want victories. For me, I want to help build the team, to get back to winning more titles. ”

Shiotani said that he renewed his contract with the team in May 2019 for a period of two years, and that the end of the current season ends.

About his future, he said: “What was an unusual thing, has become during the spread of the Corona virus now is the rule, everything changes, and of course financial matters are also changing, things are not very clear, on my part I will always strive, I want to play football even "I help my family to live with peace of mind, and defend my team."

Corona caused my loneliness

Player Tsukasa Shiotani, who participated with his country's national team in the Emirates AFC Asian Cup 2019, revealed that he believed that the Corona crisis would cause him to return to Japan, and said: “When the virus spread around the world, we lived a restricted life, and we could not train as a team for a while. Four months, I was only waiting at home. Frankly, I thought I would return to Japan definitively. ”

He added: "The country imposed strict measures to combat the virus, and fortunately my garden was large enough to move around carefully, so I was training alone. Now my family has returned to Japan, and I live alone."

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