{"id":297872,"date":"2023-12-12T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297872"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:25:59","slug":"richarlisons-injury-was-so-bad-he-stopped-shooting-to-avoid-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/richarlisons-injury-was-so-bad-he-stopped-shooting-to-avoid-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Richarlison&apos;s injury was so bad he stopped shooting to avoid pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Richarlison reveals his groin injury was so bad he stopped shooting to avoid pain\u2026 as Tottenham forward opens up on &#8216;very bad path&#8217; he went down with his mental health before his return to form following surgery<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richarlison had surgery to resolve the groin problem after a dip in form<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forward scored twice on his return in 4-1 win against Newcastle on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Todd Boehly reminds me of the rich drunk guy at a sporting memorabilia night with the players Chelsea have bought &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Richarlison <span>has revealed he was struggling on with an injury that became so bad he had to stop shooting during pre-match &#8211; and spoke of the toll it took on his mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham&#8217;s Brazil international forward, who scored twice in a 4-1 win against Newcastle on Sunday on his first start since surgery to resolve the groin problem, said his poor form led to criticism and a crisis of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m very happy to be back playing,&#8217; said Richarlison, 26. &#8216;I recovered very quickly and this has been an extra motivation for me. Since last year, I had been suffering from these pains and felt a lot especially when it was time to finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So much so that I didn&#8217;t even practice kicking in the warm-up before the games, because it always got worse and I couldn&#8217;t do the simplest movements afterwards without feeling discomfort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/19\/78836721-0-image-a-41_1702323203823.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham forward\u00a0Richarlison had surgery to resolve the groin problem after a dip in form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/19\/78792819-12851831-Richarlison_doubled_Spurs_lead_as_Ange_Postecoglou_s_men_hit_the-a-51_1702324111689.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian scored twice on his return in 4-1 win against Newcastle on Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Out of my desire to help both the club and the national team, I ended up postponing this surgery for many months, until I realized that I was actually harming myself and the teams, as I was not in a good physical condition to continue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After discussions with Ange Postecoglou and others at Tottenham, the decision was taken to have an operation despite the glut of other injuries and suspensions at the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am &#8216;hungry&#8217;, I always want to play, but I learned this lesson the hard way,&#8217; Richarlison told Mail Sport. &#8216;If your health and mental health are not up to date, there is no point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lot of people criticised me, said bad things about me, because I really wasn&#8217;t performing at my best, and since my head wasn&#8217;t feeling good anymore due to the lack of confidence and off-field matters, which wasn&#8217;t great either, everything went down a very bad path.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So much so that I took a break from social media and I&#8217;ve been saying very little, because I want to recover and I am focused on that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank God, I am feeling much better and without that pain. Very happy for the goals I scored, but also for being able to help the team more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had the energy to recover, I stole the ball from the first goal in midfield and arrived in one piece to finish later, things that hadn&#8217;t been happening and that makes me very confident. Now we have to think about evolving with each game, having a good sequence and things will return to their place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12851831\/Richarlison-groin-injury-stopped-shooting-avoid-pain-Tottenham-forward-opens-bad-path-went-mental-health-return-form-following-surgery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>EXCLUSIVE Richarlison reveals his groin injury was so bad he stopped shooting to avoid pain\u2026 as Tottenham forward opens up on &#8216;very bad path&#8217; 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