“The career over? Forget it!” That’s what Javier Zanetti said when he was interviewed by Canchallena, the website of newspaper La Naicon. “I will overcome this moment, I will be 40 years old but the tank is still full. My career is not over, I will be returning with more energy and more power. What’s important now is to recover well and what I want now is to be with my teammates. I want to return to Pinetina and have a mate (caffeinated beverage from South America) with them. The recovery? Six or eight months doesn’t matter.”
Zanetti then retold what happened when he was injured in Palermo: “I came to the short line, and at a certain point it felt like the muscle moved upwards. I realized immediately that it was something serious, I thought it was something with the Achilles tendon and unfortunately it was so. It was a tough day.”
Now, Zanetti will be forced to have the leg still for three weeks and then a splint will be used. Rehabilitation will then step up when the team comes back from vacation: “I will do everything calmly, I want to recover well. The league starts during the last days of August so there will be a break right away. I don’t want to lose too much of time.”
This forced break can perhaps be seen as a preview for his farewell to the pitches? “I might have more leisure time, but while I’m undergoing rehabilitation I will always be focused on returning to the pitch because I will continue to think as a footballer. I’m still a football player, even though I’m injured.”
For taking a place in Inter’s top management, there is still time: “I as vice president? It’s true, it can happen. We will probably have a lot of talks about this, Moratti and I. Next year will be important for Inter.”
Source: fcinternews.it