"I just wanted to do judo" : Surprising confessions of Camavinga, who will never be a football player

Fate sometimes comes very little. It is not Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga who will say otherwise. Indeed, in an interview GuardianHe explained that he was destined to do judo! “In the beginning I just wanted to do judo. My brother did and I wanted to be like him”According to comments quoted by Karim Benzema’s teammate said. RMC Sports. “I used to like to fight a little too. I would fight more at home, not at school”, continued the former Stade Rennais player. The reason why he finally returned to football? It is the will of his mother that leaves him no real choice. “My mom didn’t want me to do judo. She wanted me to play football. I started at a young age, but I didn’t want to start. What do you say? Fate?”, He wondered about the French international who participated in the last World Cup in Qatar. But his mother isn’t the only one who has allowed football fans to discover Eduardo Camavinga’s talent.

As a matter of fact, Fatima, a former employee of her school, realized her talent early and contributed to the emergence of the midfield. “We played a tournament with another school, I played roulette and my team won. Fatma talked to my mom and said, ‘You have to get him into football, he knows how to play.’ The next week my mom kept me busy. Join the team…”, remembered the player who had been a fan of Real Madrid since childhood. As she explained during the interview, even today, Camavinga’s parents continue to keep an eye on their son. “My dad will tell me if he thinks I’m playing badly. I know he’ll be waiting for me when I get home, he wants to talk. My mom also (…) They tell me the truth (…) That’s how I’m going to improve. I don’t like it right now. I get angry at first, but then all my anger takes over the field in a positive way.”He finished the middle of Real.

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