Playing football without your friends isn’t the same and Mascherano knows it.
- Javier Mascherano is 36 years old now, and there are footballers that play beyond this age, but the Argentine decided to call it quits; as Mundo Deportivo report, there are four factors that accelerated his retirement.
- First, South American football is more intense and rough than we’re used to and Mascherano could no longer cope with the speeds.
- Second, Gabriel Milito — Javier’s teammate from Barcelona and Argentina — was coaching Estudiantes but has resigned because of the bad results.
- Third, his teammates and friends have left: Gaston Fernandez retired while Marcos Rojo returned to Manchester United.
- And fourth, there was no football in Argentina for seven months because of the pandemic, and Mascherano realized during this time that the feelings are no longer the same.
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- ‘El Jefe’ played for Barca between 2010 and 2018, managing 334 appearances, one goal and eight assists; he helped the Catalans win 19 trophies
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