Elías Figueroa “stands apart” from Arturo Vidal in his biography and highlights the figures of Christiane Endler, Claudio Bravo and Carlos Caszely. “Outstanding athletes must be an example for society,” he mentions in one of his chapters.
He distances himself from Arturo vidal and explains why. Elias Figueroaformer soccer player and for many the best in the history of The Redlaunched his biography where, among other things, he details the reason why he prefers other Chilean players over the ‘King’.
The book, by the authors Nelson Osses and Pablo Arteche, has already gone on sale and one of the most striking points is how Figueroa stands out from the current athlete of the Flamengo.
“I believe that outstanding athletes should be an example for society. Not as an obligation, but I applaud those who are born and do it “, he begins by saying ‘Don Elías’ in one of his chapters, slogan RedGoal.
“Sporting success gives you a public condition that you must know how to carry with respectand Tiane (Endler) complies with that, just as Leonel Sánchez, my friend Carlos Caszely and Claudio Bravo did in their time, today, ”he adds.
For this reason, Figueroa does not hide the fact that “as I have expressed on other occasions, this is what distances me from figures like Arturo Vidal and other players on the current scene.”
“Sometimes they do not express their sporting quality in the same way in their public lifealthough I respect the individual freedom of each one”, he concludes in the text entitled ‘Don Elías, The Lord of World Soccer’.
“If Vidal was four times better in America and three times in the World, he would surpass me”
It is not the first time that Elías Figueroa has spoken regarding Arturo Vidal. In July 2020, the former defender criticized the live broadcasts by networks of the native of San Joaquín.
“I think Vidal plays well, he plays very, very well. And in the position that he is. The part outside of football, the truth is that I think one is the example for many children, and one has to feel the weight of being an example, of being the idol for many”questioned Figueroa in conversation with the program All Sport of the Diario de Concepción.
“I am not saying that he is a saint, but I am not saying that things are that way, publicly. I think it is a small problem that must be solved ”, added.
Finally, that day, Elías even dared to put himself above the ‘King’: “I was three times the best in America and twice the best in the World. Whoever is four times best in America and three times best in the world, he beats me. It’s that easy”.
