The defender affirmed that being a captain will allow her to be a role model for girls and young women who fight for their dream
Perarnau, who has just renewed his one-year contract with San Luis, reached the Mexican league in the Apertura 2021 tournament
the spanish defense Martha Perarnau She stated this Saturday that being the captain of San Luis of the Mexican women’s soccer league will allow her to leave a mark on girls and young people who dream of being soccer players.
“I wanted to leave an indelible mark on Mexico, being a captain will allow me to do so. Soccer is a social trigger, I live it that way; I live with the purpose of leaving a mark on the fans, but above all on the girls and young people who see us “, revealed Perarnau to Eph.
Perarnau, who has just renewed his one-year contract with San Luis, arrived in the Mexican league in the Apertura 2021, a tournament in which it was difficult for him to adapt; he played only five games as a starter in 11 appearances in which he accumulated 594 minutes.
Her few appearances made her doubt her decision to have chosen Mexico ahead of Betis in the Spanish league, but in the San Luis preseason, the coaching staff and players chose her as captain for Clausura 2022.
“The companions decided that I should be their representative; yes, I was surprised, but it made me very happy, I felt tremendous pride in what it represented for me on a day-to-day basis; it was a turning point to improve,” she explained.
In her second tournament, in addition to being the first foreigner named captain in Mexico, the one born in Manresa, was the soccer player not born in the country who accumulated the most minutes with 1,236 in 14 games as a starter of 15 that she played.
Team leader from the right flank, Perarnau He stressed that wearing that tape on his arm detonated his confidence.
“Being captain didn’t condition me, it didn’t weigh me down because I continued to be the same with or without the badge. It was a very big responsibility because it’s a sign that they believe in me, but it didn’t weigh me down, rather it gave me greater motivation.”
The defender recalled that when she signed to come to San Luis her goal was to find a way to tattoo in the memory of her teammates and fans more actions than results on the field.
“In the future they will not remember me because we tied with Toluca or lost in Mazatlan, nobody is going to keep that, they will remember if I helped a partner, if I served as an example for a girl who wanted to be a soccer player, that’s what really counts.”
According to his philosophy, that is his purpose in football; promote the dreams of as many girls as possible.
“That’s why it’s so important for me to be a benchmark, so that girls see that these women do exist in football and in life, that it can be done, that you have to fight and with effort you manage to transcend and leave that mark”.
Martha Perarnau He acknowledged that it hurt him that in the Clausura San Luis stayed one point away from qualifying for the first time in the final phase of the league; He said that for that there are rematches, but there is no way to pay off the support and trust of his companions.
“That is to leave a reciprocal footprint that I cannot pay, that is my greatest motivation, because with this type of action I can say that my experience in Mexico has been worth it because it ended.”