Matías Almeyda and his great gesture with Ezequiel Cirigliano: he made his psychologist available

With the arrest of Ezequiel Cirigliano, the issue of the mental health of athletes is back on the table, and there are several voices that have expressed themselves on everything that involves suffering from depression. Behind the harsh present of ‘Ciri’ there are several personal issues and in his declaration before the justice, Cirigliano himself claimed to suffer from schizophrenia.

The judicial cover that the leaflet faces is “attempted robbery with the use of a firearm, illegal carrying of a war weapon and trespassing”, as part of an attempted robbery in the municipality of San Martín. And while some choose to contribute their grain of sand from the word, many others have quieter gestures. It is the case of Matias Almeidawho was able to be a teammate and coach of the midfielder, and today it is at your disposal.

Today from Greece, where AEK Athens directs, Almeyda does not forget who knew how to be directed, and accompanies him in this difficult time. The former River footballer knows what it means to live with depression, and that’s why he put it on to his psychologist at Cirigliano’s disposal. It is Dolores, the professional who looked after “Pelado”, and who, at the request of the TD, would have approached Cirigliano, arrested for a criminal act.

And it is that the best phase of the midfielder has emerged in the ‘Millionaire’, with the presence of Almeyda on the bench. At that moment Almeyda even declared: “If he is smart, Cirigliano will beat all five who crossed the River”. In the end, things didn’t go well and today the driver’s priority is to regain his freedom.

It was Cirigliano’s lawyers who confirmed that Pelado contacted them expressing his concern about the situation that the former River player is going through.

On what the figure of his psychologist means to him, he had commented in 2017, and in dialogue with the magazine Brandon: “When I met Dolores, my psychologist, there was a change. One of the things I’ve learned is to close the stages. And I realized that the player’s stage hadn’t closed it. that’s why I’m back. I started giving football the real importance it has in my life. “

And in 2012 – one of the busiest years of his professional life -, Almeyda decided to talk a little more about her depression, and told Hola magazine: “The footballer is full of dreams and goals he tries to achieve. , when he no longer plays, there is none of this anymore. We pass from hyperactivity to absolute inactivity, that’s how I got away from everyone “.

“The footballer is prepared from an early age to be a machine to generate money and they forget that there is a human being behind that machineNobody prepares you for retirement. When I said I would return to football at the age of 35, they all laughed. But I came back and showed that I am still ready to play, that I have the pitch. I experienced football like never before, it was a great challenge. “

According to what was commented by the inner circle of Cirigliano, the Caseros footballer would still not be allowed contacts with the outside, so he would hardly have had dialogues with his family and lawyers. In fact, from River they also contacted the player’s family, and among other things they also put a lawyer to advise him.

Now, what comes closest behind the wheel is who his DT was, someone who had a bad time but was able to get through his worst moment at the hands of his family and several professionals. Months ago, in a dialogue with radio La Red, he expressed: “We need help, you can’t get out on your own. It’s bad to feel so bad, what you cause in others is ugly and the endings we have seen of these guys who unfortunately took their own lives are ugly. This is the saddest thing in the world. “