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'PEPÍN' KNOWS HIM FROM ITALIAN FOOTBALL

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Published:8/06/2022 - 14:28h

Updated:8/06/2022 - 14:28h

From the generation of Adama Traoré, 'Pepín' Machín was trained for 4 years in La Masia. After several years in lower categories in Italy, the player born in Equatorial Guinea got the promotion to Serie A with AC Monza

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José Machín, is player at present of the AC Monza, team that finish to achieve a meritorio promotion to the Series To Italian. 'Pepín', as it knows him , formed part of the inferior categories of the FC Barcelona during 4 years -the two of benjamín and golds two of alevín-, before fichar by the Nàstic of Tarragona, test luck in the Málaga, and initiate his career in Italy of the hand of the instrument Spring of the Rome, in 2015.

With agreement in the team of Silvio Berlusconi and Adriano Galliani until 2024, the footballer gave an interview to 'Sport' where conversed on his actuality, the one of the club that formed it and left some quite interesting lines. The footballer, been born in 1996, did also a review of what meant to achieve a place in the maximum category of the Italian football.

To Monza knows historically by the Formula 1, now with this promotion the team has planted the name of the city also in the map of the world of the football. "Even it surprised me the party. It was all an emotion. In the city has lived of other things, but since they arrived Galliani and Berluscoli always have said that the aim was that the team arrived to first division, and am very proud to having been able to contribute in this, in putting it in the map futbolístico going up to first", declared the player.

'Pepín' Has elogiado already in several opportunities to Kessié, the one who will be new player culé. "I played against him twice, also in the selection in the Glass Africa, and is a portento physical. It comes to be always title in a Milan that has gone growing. I can say that it is a player that is prepared to give this jump to a club like the Barça. Has a big curriculum and a big career, but like this is the football, with the competitiveness, that helps to grow", analysed.

On Galliani and Berlusconi

"Work with them means always a level of requirement high. They give you of everything, because we were in second division, but I that have lived other realities as in the Rome, the organisation was of a team of Champions. Had everything to give the maximum so they demanded you give the maximum, and results", went the words on the two historical leaders of the Italian football. "With them always you have to be attentive and smart to give the maximum and achieve the aims", finalised.

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