Interview with David Soria: "You have to be a little crazy to be a goalkeeper"

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Loneliness is part of the life of a goalkeeper.

From that life on a soccer field, it is understood.

"I get along well. In the end, there are many years in solitude," acknowledges David Soria (Madrid, 1993) in a talk with EL MUNDO.

Tonight (9:00 p.m.), he will be the one to defend one of the goals of the Wanda Metropolitano.

The Getafe, specifically.

He has been doing it as a azulón since 2018. He has been doing it for a good part of his existence.

"It would be good if people put themselves in your place to understand what we feel back there. There, when you are alone, everything depends on you and, if you fail, the error is seen throughout the world."

These are some of the reflections of the goalkeeper who, to the surprise of many, is right now

' great threat for the Zamora Trophy.

Three goals (23 in 23 games) separate him from the Belgian in that fight, which for him is anecdotal.

"These are data that I don't usually look at, because the notes are given at the end of the course. The team is very good defensively and it helps me improve my numbers. Of course, fighting for Zamora is good for the team, since it means that their defensive numbers are very good.

Under normal circumstances, it would be

who was immersed in that battle, as he has been doing almost since his first day at Atlético.

But the Slovenian goalkeeper, who will defend the opposite goal to that of David Soria, has already received more than double the goals that he has been conceding as a rule at this point in the calendar.

His biggest challenge is to rediscover himself.

"I don't think it's so much an exclusive mental issue for Oblak but rather something collective. You alone can't stop everything. Right now Atlético is suffering from a defensive weakness that no single man can remedy, no matter how much he is the best, like Oblak. I see him almost as always", analyzes the Getafe goalkeeper, whose only Zamora has been 'Pato'

(2006/07).

"Quique reminded us who we were"

Soria, like the rest of his teammates, has felt great about that spirit instilled from the first day by

.

He has only conceded 10 goals in 15 games.

Tonight, at the Metropolitano, the spotlights will point to both the benches and the goals.

"Quique came to remind us who we were and what we had done before. To rescue that we were almost the same as those who had played in Europe. That we were professional footballers and that we hadn't forgotten to play".

The Madrid goalkeeper had received 13 goals in the first eight duels of the season, where Getafe, with

on the bench, was bottom after a draw and seven losses.

One of them, against Atlético, at the Coliseum, with a double by

.

From the goal, life is perceived differently.

"Everyone wants to score goals and your greatest desire is for him to give you the ball. Everyone has their character and their way of being, but you have to be a little crazy to be a goalkeeper."

That madness implies maintaining concentration even if the ball is far away and barely shows its claws for quite a few minutes.

"In the end you are focused all the time looking at the ball. I always try not to lose concentration. The more I do it in training, the easier it will be in games."

David is not a superstitious guy.

"The work gives you that leap in quality. I don't think that by doing something specific one day, you will have more luck. Although you can set a ritual with which to maintain concentration".

David is not a superstitious guy.

“Work gives you that leap in quality.

I don't think that by doing something specific one day, you will have more luck.

Although you can mark a ritual with which to maintain concentration », maintains this goalkeeper trained in the Real Madrid youth academy, hence one of his inevitable references was

.

But, also,

: "He was quite complete."

Short-lived adventure in England

Already as a child, in those parties with friends, he was clear about his place and his destiny: «I never had any doubts about the position in which I wanted to play.

He always wanted to be there and he enjoyed it».

Even in that short-lived adventure through England, in 2012. «I tried with

,

and

.

I suffered a lot and, although I didn't stay, it was an experience that I keep as something very positive.

- Have you ever hated being a goalkeeper?

- I haven't hated it, but I have thought: 'Earth, swallow me'.

When you make a mistake, everyone looks at you.

You are in the eye of the hurricane, social networks kill you... But you have to live with it and I know who I have to pay attention to.

There is too much evil, too much distraction on social media and you don't have to pay attention.

It is the gaze of David Soria, who is not very active both on Twitter and on the rest of the platforms.

"Honestly, I spend a little bit of them to write and put things. As there are people for everything, then few show their faces. Today on Twitter anyone can make a profile and it is something that should change. Everyone should show their faces to know who tells you things".

It is the look of one of the goalkeepers in fashion at the moment.

The guy who will try tonight to keep Getafe in orbit and delve into Atlético's existential crisis.

"You have to know where we are and live with the mistake, which is the most important thing. Tennis, for example, is a sport without memory. The next point no one remembers the previous one. For the goalkeeper it has to be something like that" .

From the goal everything looks different.

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