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Cuadrado’s philosophy “I come from poverty and teach happiness”

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The reggaeton. The sauce. The ballets after the goals. Juan Cuadrado has the perennial smile and the disenchantment of a football that no tactic can enclose, sometimes rebellious like the curls on his head, the legacy of endless matches on the sand of Necoclì, on the Caribbean Sea: “I try to convey joy to the Juventus youth : sometimes we are too tense, for me life is happiness ». He remains a boy in features and enthusiasm, instead he is 33 years old and over 500 games behind him, he feels the responsibility in the locker room and teaches, in addition to tricks, joy.

What remains of the Champions League night?

“The satisfaction of having played as a team, of having fought for a result that we wanted at all costs: it is our DNA, it comes out against the big players”

With the small and medium-sized ones, something gets stuck: you beat the European champions and left points with Udinese and Empoli.

«Football thrives on episodes and surprises, just think about the crashes of Real and Barcelona in this round, but the hard moments must fortify. The truth is that each team has its own value and they all face us as if it were a final ».

Could success on the Blues be the turning point of the season?

“It gives us new awareness, but we have to keep our feet on the ground and keep working”.

Widespread comment: it was a “happy” victory.

«Also in my opinion: we may not have played the best football, but, I repeat, we were a team. And the result counts ».

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For the coach, she is a staple.

“He knows me, he knows where I am best. But he also knows that I put the team in front and in any case the important thing is to play, so I’m willing to fill any position ».

Even with Sarri and Pirlo he was untouchable.

“Not always. At the beginning I was not a starter with Sarri, I found space after some injuries. It was not easy to adapt to full-back: I did it in Colombia, but it was a different football. I remember an interview with Pirlo: he didn’t see me convinced of the role, we talked to each other: he too trusted me ».

After Chelsea, the derby.

«I have seen the Bull, I find it more solid than in the past. It will be a special challenge, for us and for the fans. A battle. But in this moment any match would have been important ».

You have to get back on top: in 2015 his last-breath goal in the derby started the championship comeback.

«I remember it very well, a crazy joy. If I think about it, I hear the roar of the audience. Also this year we are behind, but there are but many games and we believe in it: we will fight until the end ».

Paraguay-Colombia, a few weeks ago, was decided by you and Sanabria.

«The grenade striker is a great player, he also scored in the last derby».

It will be the first post-Ronaldo derby.

«We know his class and we know what he represented for us, but the most important thing is Juventus. We are working not to point out his absence ».

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You will have the fans around, finally back at the stadium.

«It is wonderful to find them, they give charge and strength. With empty stands it is not the same thing ».

Unfortunately, ignorance has also returned: Maignan, Milan goalkeeper, was the subject of racist insults at the Stadium.

“We should all be more responsible. I invite you to reflect on the consequences of certain gestures, of certain words: not only the boy on the field is hurt, but his mother, his children, his family ».

What is the teaching of Covid?

«That we are small and fragile, we do not control anything: a virus has brought us to our knees. I suffered like everyone else and tried to help those most in need: we privileged ones must do it, we must all do it. If everyone gives a little of what he has, we will have a better world ».

You are very religious.

«I thank God for what I have, for what He has given me. It is not enough to have talent, it must be cultivated with work, but we must not forget that it is given to us from above. I come from poverty, from the people, without God I would be nothing: I am grateful for the opportunity he has granted me and I have a daily relationship with him ».

He has not forgotten the past: his Foundation helps Colombian children.

«I was at Fiorentina when I asked myself: ‘What can I do for them?’. And with a friend I developed the project in Medellin: football, but also school, music, theater. I try to give a little of what I have received: in the future I see myself down there, among them ». –

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