Darwin Machís

(Tucupita, Venezuela, 1993) has been, in the last decade, a whole globetrotter of soccer.

He arrived in Europe at the age of 19 and went through nine different clubs until, since July 2019, he seems to have found stability in a Granada that this Friday meets Barcelona at the Nuevo Los Cármenes.

Last season, the team already gave a surprise (they won 2-0) that they hope to repeat, although they know very well that the Catalans will not give them room for error.

How do you see the confrontation with Barcelona? It will be a very difficult game, against one of the best teams in the world.

We have to prepare well and make as few mistakes as possible. How were your beginnings? You played five-a-side soccer.

It never occurred to me to be a professional.

As a result of following him more and watching football matches with my brother and my father, an opportunity came to me at a futsal tournament.

I stood out, and they started calling my house, but my mother said that, at least, I should finish high school.

I fulfilled it, I looked with my father where I could have a good opportunity and I ended up in Mineros de Guayana.

Everything went very fast.

With them I was top scorer and champion of the Venezuelan Cup in 2011. We had a very good local tournament and then I made the leap to Udinese and to European football. Beyond football, do you have good memories of then? I had a lot of childhood good, my family was neither rich nor poor, I am very proud of them and of the education my parents gave me.

In good times and bad, I can say that I was always accompanied. At some point did you consider following in the footsteps of both and becoming a teacher or was football always the one that threw you the most? I did not expect to make this leap, I had in mind to go To university, to study, although he was not very clear about what career he was going to choose.

In the end, football became more serious and here I am. Was I a good student? Normal, it wasn't a big deal either.

I did what I could so that my parents weren't scolding me all the time. In their case, I had an important motivation as well. My motivation was that either I finished high school or there was no football.

And already at that moment I was so excited that I tried to carry out my studies as well as possible. He arrived in Europe very young.

Was it hard to be away from your family and friends? It was a bit difficult to adjust, I had always been with my family.

I had to become independent and learn to live alone, to cook and those things, but the truth is that it was quite fast and it is something that in the end comes in handy for those of us who left our country to carry out a dream. His family continues to live in Venezuela .

Are you concerned, given the situation in the country? In recent years, Venezuela has not been well and you always have that concern that they, yours, are.

I always ask them how they are, and in that aspect I can be somewhat calm, because they insist that they are fine.

What I hope and wish is that one day everything will return to normal and that all the families in the country may be well. Have you ever considered the possibility of bringing them to live with you in Europe? I have told you several times, but they They are so used to Venezuela that it is difficult.

They prefer to come to visit for a while and come back. What would be your biggest dream? My biggest dream would be to go with my country's national team for the first time to a World Cup.

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