Lucas Ocampos seemed to be haunted by the jinx this season. So much so that the footballer, when he scored the first goal this season, expressively shook off that evil fate when, against Osasuna, he scored the first goal this season, after Mallorca’s goal was annulled. His gestures of euphoria and rage in the League would have the reverse in the Champions League. He saw the door again, but Lille came back and left his confirmation in nothing. But in the derby he assisted Acuna (0-1).
Ocampos admits that he has had a bad time. “You don’t have to be a genius to realize that I raised my level a bit, that I feel better and that luckily I am leaving behind ugly sensations that I had physically and also psychologically,” he acknowledged in an interview with the media. of the club.
“Things are going better and, although you don’t see it, there is a lot of work behind and injuries that didn’t let me be at my best,” he explained. For example
“Inconvenience in the ankle, which will be there, but luckily the ball went back in and we hope to continue like this”, I assure.
The Argentine has even lost the place in the selection that he won when, in his first season at Sevilla, he became a revelation, until he ended up being the team’s top scorer. “You know yourself, you know what you can give. When things don’t go the way you want, and even more so because I’m so competitive, I always try to live up to the task. I’m in a club that always demands the best from you and in which there is a lot of competition. When things didn’t work out I got frustrated, but I also like it because it means that I don’t care and that with work you always achieve what you want,” he says.
“Very few people know. I was injured against the Wolves in Germany and I was having an MRI when they called me to tell me that my grandmother had died. I was with the doctor and my father called me crying. (…) Playing with that Pain helped me not to think about those moments. Every effort has its reward and that was winning the cup”, recalls the player, who lost the final with Marseille the previous year. “I can’t promise 30 goals, but I can work like anyone else. I feel better since the last break. I’ve been able to work with less pain,” he said.
