Phil Foden expressed his disappointment according to a position assigned to him in the Euro 2024 England team, admitting that his “low mental state” influenced his form in the early season in Manchester City.
Foden was named Premier leagueThe player of the season went to the tournament, blinding in the attacking role in the middle for Pep Guardiola champions. However, with Real MadridJude Bellingham played a similar role, then manager Gareth Southgate asked Foden to play on the left wing.
Although Foden is not a stranger to this position, it is not his preferred area on the field, and this led to the Euro 2024 running, which had neither nail nor assist, because England fell to Spain in the finals.
“I feel frustrated that I didn’t get out of what I wanted to get out of it,” he said Manchester Evening News. “The position I put on the left was very difficult to influence the game.
“The arrival of last season was the best player in the Premier League and playing Center-Midfield, I think the position was quite difficult to get used to. I am the one who can play more positions and I had to try to deal with it best.
The influence of the tournament in the middle of the season took its toll on Foden, which felt tired after returning City And he did not score his first Premier League goal in the season until December. Since then, Foden has scored six goals in as many games.
“I’ve been playing since the age of five, pushing myself to be the best I can,” he continued. “It’s just the way I am, I always gave 100% training, but when you add up all the game and all the trips, it’s a lot for the body.
“I just didn’t feel 100% while I trained, and then there were a few black. There were times when I frustrated a lot because I enjoy my football and I want to be outside and when things don’t help you be 100% it’s really hard to accept that .
“For me, football is playing with the brain and when the brain is mentally tired, you will not see the player of the one who is. It is usually itch to come back, but when I returned my body and my mental condition was low.
“I had a little rest, just to give my body time to recover. I started starting the start of the season, I didn’t play a lot and just rest and try to get back to myself. My body just” I feel “I got used to it and that I had to face.
“When you start the season well, I feel you have the rest of the season good, but I missed the periods at the beginning of the season, so I think it took me so much time to go. You can’t stay on it and many things happen to football players and slowly I’m returning to myself. “
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