“We Were in One of Those Training Sessions Where We Would Run Like Crazy, and Bölöni Says to Barbosa: “Pedro, Isso Tá Lento” (“Pedro, You’Re So Slow”)
Diogo Matos interview at TRIBUNA EXPRESSO – March, 2020 “We were in one of those training sessions where we would run like crazy, and Bölöni says to Barbosa: “Pedro, isso tá lento” (“Pedro, you’re so slow”). He replies: “‘Sim, László, talento!” (“Yes, László, talent!”) Diogo Matos won the championship with Sporting, but he retired from football at age 28, due to injuries. He ended up having a more active career off the field than on it, although his work is based precisely on combining what happens on the pitch with what happens in the offices, as explained in an interview with Tribuna Expresso. He brought management and training together, led the Sporting Academy, started to work with the Portuguese Football Federation in the process of certifying training clubs and is now a FIFA high performance expert - a position that he alternates with golf, which he started to play with former colleague, Phil Babb. Are we next to a golf course because in the meantime youve switched from football to golf? [laughs] No. I live close by, so it’s convenient for me. But I like golf a lot and I'm also helping the Federation to increase the quality of what’s on offer. Do you like it more than football? No, no. But I like it a lot. I think they are perfectly complementary, both in terms of physical and mental activity. It is a need that is being created and that is increasing more and more, because it is a very challenging sport, and I like challenges. How did you start playing? I started playing golf while playing for Sporting.
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