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(6 years ago)The defender of Lazio, Francesco Acerby, says he had not been careful during the early stages of his career. I had often come to the exercise drunk from the celebrations of the previous night” The white - handed defender gave an interview to the Italian newspaper LUltimo Womo, in which he discussed some [...]
The white - handed defender gave an interview to the Italian newspaper LUltimo Womo, in which he discussed several different aspects of his career, including his diagnosis of cancer.
Acerby, now 32-year-old, says he was no professional at all at the start of his career.
I used to play for my father. He was very interested, maybe more than he needed. No doubt he cared more than I did. Maybe sometimes he focused a lot on me, so if he wanted to improve me, he had to hurt me”, Acherby said.
And the fact is that when he passed away, I had no one to play with anymore, I certainly couldn't do it for myself. I didn't mind a pro. I had no self - respect, no respect for my work, no respect for people who paid me”.
“I often got drunk from alcohol that I had drunk the night before. I was good physically because I've always been strong. It was enough for me to sleep a few hours and then go to field”.
“I was afraid to face big teams, not because I was brave, but because I didn't care. I just wanted to have fun and play. When I was in Milan, Ariedo Braida told me that the club was aware of my life - style and that's why they found me a home in Galarate, not Milan, but I also went out”.
Acerby was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and says that that moment completely changed his view of life.
“Kancer was my destiny. I thank God I was diagnosed with him. I discovered that he was sick in July 2013 when I had just arrived at Sassuolo. A year after my illness, something happened to me”, Acerby added.
I went to sleep one evening as if nothing had happened, in the morning I woke up scared. I was afraid of my shadow, thinking of the concerns I had been given, of the possibility I had put aside, of years wasted”.
All of a sudden. I had to go to a psychologist to overcome my fears. So I set out on a path to improve as a human, limiting the aspects of my character that could destroy me”.
Now I want everything. Without the disease, I would have ended up in Serie B or maybe I would have stopped completely. Fortunately, someone up there loved me and sent me the disease. Without it, I would have ended very badly”
Acherby stayed in Sassuolo for five years before Lazio was united in 2018.
