Antonio tells the terrible accident: “Near death, but I will return”

Michail Antonio He granted an interview with the BBC One, telling everything about his “terrible accident“. The 34 -year -old footballer of West Ham Remember: “The police arrived and when they found me I was between the two seats. In reality I was not instead of driving. They said they seemed that I was trying to get out of the window, but since my leg was so seriously fractured, the pain probably prevented me from going out”.

West Ham, Antonio promises: “I will return to play, 100%”

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The 34 -year -old talks about “Another possibility of life”that was given to him after being “near death”. Returning to the accident, Antonio explained that the weather “was windy, wet and horrible”. The attacker was driving a Ferrari on whom, according to him, he had doubts: “The back of the car continued to oscillate towards me, so I didn’t feel safe. I had bought it for three weeks and I was already thinking of returning it”. The expert player of Hammers He also admitted that he did not remember anything about the accident, revealing, however,: “It is strange because all the time I was told that I was awake and that I was talking to everyone: the police, the people and the person who found me. I had the leg completely smashed and they pulled me out of the car by putting a stick”. “Everyone believed that I had managed to get an ambulance, but the helicopter was unable to take off because of the storm, so they took me to the hospital,” he added.

Three weeks ago Antonio went to see the remains of his car from the breakdown: “He gave me a strange feeling in the stomach. He made me understand how close I was to die. I had seen the photos, but live was 10 times worse. The car was an absolute disaster. It was difficult for me”. And on the extent of theinjury: “I broke the bone of the femur in four different points. I suffered only one surgery in laparoscopy. They put a iron in my thigh with four bolts, so screws and bolts to put it back together”. In the meantime, the footballer has started walking again: “My first surgeon told me that he didn’t want me to charge weight on the leg for three months, which is more or less now, and you can see that I am walking. We contacted a second specialist who said I had to start increasing weight, going from 10% to 100% in three weeks”.

Antonio also reveals his recovery times: “But I kept the crutches for another two weeks. In total, they say they will take from 6 to 12 months before my leg starts to heal correctly”. The former Sheffield and Nottingham Forest then denied the voices circulated on social media according to which it would have drunk or Assumption drugs Before the accident: “I was returning from training and, in any case, I never took drugs in my life. I said I like to drink. But in this situation, there were no drugs, there was no alcohol. This was excluded and confirmed by the police. After the accident, I was more emotional than it has ever been to my life, but I feel better. Therapy is one of the best things that have ever happened to me in life”.

The player assures: “If I return the Antonio before? Yes, 100%. It is on this that I focus and the reason why I work six days a week. I’ve always been positive in this situation. It is a horrible accident and is a huge injury. It is the greatest injury I’ve ever had in my career. But the fact that I am already 2 or 3 months ahead of where I should be, let me know that I will play again. And I know that once I will be involved, I will find the lucidity “.

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Michail Antonio: “Grateful to West Ham. I have another possibility of life”

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The attacker has no doubts about his return to high levels: “I was one of the fastest to West Ham. So my body was not that of a 34 year old before the accident. I can still be awake and do my job. People have always doubted me. My mental strength It’s something I’ve always believed in and this is just another setback. He won’t stop me. “Antonio also revealed that when he went to see his destroyed Ferrari, the fear of not seeing his six children grow up a sense of nausea:” The most difficult part is that I was not there for my children. He made me happy, positive on life, because I have another possibility of life. During this period, we kept the photos away from children. My biggest saw her and had difficulty. He is 13 years old and obviously people showed photos of the car. So he came and visited me in the hospital. But the youngest have never really understood how serious the situation was. We avoided letting them go on the internet “.

On his passion for sports car“I have always been a fan and a friend of sports cars and old vintage cars, but I can’t lie: sports cars are not my friends. So, at this moment I have a Mercedes minivan and my brother is my driver. For now, however, I am far from sports cars”. The footballer also returned to drive: “I don’t remember the trauma, so I’m not nervous. The only problem I have at the moment is that every time I put myself behind the wheel, I worry that, even if something small happened, it would be like saying ‘Ah, Michail had an accident again’, and this type of negativity enters my head and makes me a little nervous”.

Meanwhile at home West Ham There was a change of coach From Lopetegui to Potter: “It was horrible for me. I will not lie, it was one of the most difficult things for me, the fact that a new manager arrived and I was not there to demonstrate what I can do, with my contract expiring at the end of the season. For me it was difficult at that moment, but the only thing I can concentrate on me is I and make sure I was right. Something I had to understand is that I do not matter and I can’t hurry up and I am in my game and This would worsen things.

“Love is a good feeling – Antonio concludes – When I started playing football, I did it for Hobbies and I did not cheer for any club. Now I am certainly a West Ham fan. What the club did for me, the support he gave me inside and off the field, the hospitals and the specialists, was incredible. I thank the club, the fans, the emergency services, the people around me”. Finally, the promise to the fans: “I like people that people take care enough to ask me this question, so I don’t mind repeating it 1,000 times. The goal is to return to scoring goals“.