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Echavarria: Take advantage of the oportunity and give joy to our fans
Published: 23-03-2017 16:38On Monday’s press conference Wisla Krakow introduced one of last two new players - Cristian Echavarría Vélez. He will be playing as a winger – his key skill is unbelievable speed.
Fot. Przemek Marczewski
"I am happy I can be here in Krakow. I wish I could give joy to our fans by the way I play. I want to score a lot of goals and do as much good things for a club as possible” – those was first few words Christian said on a press conference
100% ready
„The last official match I played in November. Me and Ever, we both were training with Indepediente Medellin team. We put a lot of effort to be prepared. We want to show off our best sides to choach.” – Colombian is confident he is ready to play in ekstraklasa.
Did he know anything about Poland before? “ I was reading a lot about Poland, about the team and the stadium. I was following team’s results. I am here thanks to Manuel Junco. It is an unique chance to show off my skills in Europe”.
Number 16 on a jersey
„Why I choose that number? I like it a lot and i have good memories with. People in a club explained to me, that famous Jakub Blaszczykowski was playing with this number. I realize how big responsibility it is to play with that number in Wisla.” – said Cristian.
Both players were watching the last Wisla match. „ It was an exciting game for a whole team. I will do my best to help the team if I'll get a chance to play.” First impressions? “ Positive! I am in a big club and I am happy I will be playing at such a stadium.’