Once the interview was over, Marc Roca (Vilafranca del Penedès, 1986) felt liberated. It is never easy for a footballer - in fact, for anyone - to verbalize feelings that are not usually linked to words. Frustration and sadness. Positivism and determination. What goes through the head of a young, talented player, recruited by one of the best clubs in the world, but who at the most important moment of his career plays 23 minutes in six and a half months? Where to look for the blame? Does there always have to be a culprit? The protagonist swims against the current in a society that does not admit failure, and that hangs that same label on anyone who does not comply with what the industry expects. Here your way.

We overuse the word “failure.” [Think for a few seconds]. Possibly yes. But if you don't try, you will never fail. People may think that mine here in Munich has been a failure. I don't see it that way. It was challenging, and I am proud. I have improved a lot as a footballer. As a person. I stepped out of my comfort zone. I have grown a lot. Maybe right now I can't prove it because I don't have the minutes I would like to have. But I am sure that in the future I will be able to take advantage of all this. I wish I could succeed here. But in life you never know. If it is not here, it will be somewhere else. There are footballers who say that football is everything to them. Perhaps four years ago they would have said yes, that it is everything. Soccer occupies most of my time, my thoughts, my dreams.But now I think that in life there are many things that are also very important. My family, my friends, or even growing personally and being a little better every day. Tell me about the feelings of a footballer who does not play. There have been moments of frustration. You feel prepared, but you don't see that you can play or feel within the team. That creates frustration. My pillars, which are my partner, Gala, and my family, give me balance and stability. But I also work a lot on the subject of feelings. I learn to face things with meThat creates frustration. My pillars, which are my partner, Gala, and my family, give me balance and stability. But I also work a lot on the subject of feelings. I learn to face things with meThat creates frustration. My pillars, which are my partner, Gala, and my family, give me balance and stability. But I also work a lot on the subject of feelings. I learn to face things with me

coach

, Joseba del Carmen.

I have been working with him for almost three years.

It helps me to see everything differently, to bring out a positive side that perhaps other people would never see.

Marc Roca, in a physical exam.

What emotional clues can be given to a player who came from being a benchmark at Espanyol, under-21 champion with the Spanish team, and who now lives an opposite situation? As a child, in the Espanyol quarry, the path was not of roses. There were times when I didn't play as much. That helped me a lot to build my personality, my character, my mentality. At that time I saw it in a negative way. But now I see that it is helping me to face the situation that I am living. Since acceptance. From seeking a state of balance, of tranquility, finding the good things in each situation. Trusting in life. Having faith that everything happens for a reason, it speaks to me of faith. Is there a religious component to it? I read a lot of self-help books, metaphysics, quantum physics. I believe in something. My God is not religious in appearance.But I believe in something. I feel that I am protected by my God, that he helps me. I always trust that everything happens for a reason. And that everything will be fine. Do you believe in fate then? Yes. There may be a marked path, but you have to do your part. And then trust life. Practice meditation. I started doing body scan meditations to feel my body. During the European Under-21 he took the opportunity to practice them. Now I do deeper meditations. They help create your destiny and your future. I like it. They are long meditations. I enter a state of inner peace difficult to explain. As in a vacuum. As if you left your body and from there you visualized and created your newThere may be a marked path, but you have to do your part. And then trust life. Practice meditation. I started doing body scan meditations to feel my body. During the European Under-21 he took the opportunity to practice them. Now I do deeper meditations. They help create your destiny and your future. I like it. They are long meditations. I enter a state of inner peace difficult to explain. As in a vacuum. As if you left your body and from there you visualized and created your newThere may be a marked path, but you have to do your part. And then trust life. Practice meditation. I started doing body scan meditations to feel my body. During the European Under-21 he took the opportunity to practice them. Now I do deeper meditations. They help create your destiny and your future. I like it. They are long meditations. I enter a state of inner peace difficult to explain. As in a vacuum. As if you left your body and from there you visualized and created your newI enter a state of inner peace difficult to explain. As in a vacuum. As if you left your body and from there you visualized and created your newI enter a state of inner peace difficult to explain. As in a vacuum. As if you left your body and from there you visualized and created your new

I.

What questions do you ask yourself? I have asked myself many things.

If I was wrong.

If this was not for me.

If maybe he should have made another decision.

But I think they are questions that do not bring you anything positive.

When I make a decision I focus on the road.

And I'm going to death with my decision.

It doesn't help me to ask myself questions like: "What if", "what if", "what if" ... That gets you nowhere. Can guilt invade you? Has it ever happened to me? truth.

You wonder ... 'Maybe I could have done something more'.

But I have a clear conscience.

I feel that I always give my best, that I always try to improve the things in which I am not the best.

Marc Roca, during a match.

Is it possible to have a good relationship with a coach, in this case Julian Nagelsmann, when it is he who decides not to play? Both with your coach and with your teammates you must have a good relationship. For me communication is very important, being able to speak, being able to ask things and that they are clear and sincere to you. With transparency everything is easier to understand. And what does your coach tell you? At times I have spoken with him to see how I can improve. Because I want to participate. I am aware that maybe I have in front of me the best midfielder in the world [Joshua Kimmich], or one of the three best, and I must accept that. But I have to see where I can improve. It's what makes me grow. My coach tells me where I can pay attention. Also that I look good, that he is happy with my mentality, with my work, with my attitude.For that part I am calm. Have you had moments of emotional darkness? Of course. There have been hard times. I had an injury at the beginning of the season and it was harder for me to get my strength, to understand what was happening to me. But I went ahead. Sometimes you don't feel one hundred percent happy, or you're not quite right. Also times when my partner is not here and I feel more alone. But I manage it. When you are sad you also have to feel it. That is important. Feel the sadness and see where you are. Because then you value happiness more. Is it important to know how to cry? Of course. Being able to get the feelings out is important. I do not think that because a person cries is weaker than another who does not. How has it changed? I have changed a lot. I am a very different person than I was a year ago.Being in Germany has brought me many positive things. The physical leap that I have taken is evident. Even if I haven't been playing, this is one of the moments in my career when I feel the best physically. It seems contradictory, but it is reality. I have also had a vital, emotional change. I am much stronger psychologically than before. I am much more prepared for everything, to accept things that previously cost me. And ready for whatever comes my way. I am grateful to life.And ready for whatever comes my way. I am grateful to life.And ready for whatever comes my way. I am grateful to life.

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