The fourth-highest scorer in the MX League pointed out that injuries were a factor in hanging the booty, because he no longer “scored easy goals”
Former Toluca striker José Cardozo, who scored 249 goals in Mexico and was positioned as the fourth best striker in the history of the BBVA MX League, confessed that he retired from football because he no longer “had fun playing”, Due to the injuries he affected during his active years.
“I retired when I had. I no longer had fun playing because I already had injuries and that’s how far I got. I am not sorry for anything. That’s why I always try to sit, think and run. All I have is thanks to football and I would be ungrateful if I say I missed doing something. He gave me more than I gave him. It was a tremendous evil to make the decision. I had already been thinking about it for a month because I didn’t have fun and didn’t score easy goals “, said the Paraguayan during the presentation of his book ‘Cardozo, El Príncipe de la Gol’
The book, which tells of his beginnings in New Italy, Paraguay, until his passage through two World Cups, European football and its sports retreat, consists of two editions, one with greater photographic content than the other.
‘Pepe’, as he is known, was surrounded by ex- soccer players like Francisco Gabriel de Camina, today analyst of ESPN, And Mexican journalists and his country who have accompanied him in his career, such is the case of Jesus Humberto Lopez, also an analyst at ESPN.
“A more fulfilled dream, I thank God, my family, my parents, Toluca. Thank you graduate Valentí Deu Morodo for holding me with an injury,” he said at the beginning.
Its official biography was explained by the writer Guillermo Garduño, who explained that the prolog is narrated by Valentin Díez, owner of the Toluca, And that each chapter contains a brief introduction by characters such as Enrique Meza, Antonio Naelson ‘Sinha’ and Vicente Sánchez, among others.
“Here comes the explanation of his middle name that he doesn’t like very much. To a fan who called him ‘Saturnian’, he told him that if Saturnino was already ugly, the other one was worse,” Garduño said with a laugh.
“We have lots of anecdotes. I have a fresh memory of almost everything and now I have to remember when I was 7 or 8 years old. These are interesting things that will make you laugh and cry. Football makes you more sensitive than any other profession.” , finished Cardozo.
‘Cardozo, The Prince of the Goal’ also explains his arrival in Mexico, One that was traumatic because he was two years without playing due to a leg injury, which he overcame with the support of his wife Raquel.
The Toluca legend could not stand the tears and silence when he remembered that he was left out of the 2006 World Cup in Germany and how much he owed to Aníbal ‘Maño’ Ruiz (QEPD), as it boosted him in his professional career.