AS Monaco: Embolo tells how Federer helped him recover from a serious injury
Breel Embolo has a special relationship with Roger Federer. The tennis player has indeed helped the striker recover from a serious injury.
Arrived this summer at AS Monaco, Breel Embolo quickly became essential within the Monegasque team. The Swiss international has already scored 3 goals and provided 2 assists in 9 appearances in Ligue 1.
In the columns of Nice morningEmbolo named how famous tennis player Roger Federer helped him recover from a serious injury (complicated ankle fracture) while playing at Schalke 04, in 2016, shortly after joining the German club in from FC Basel: “He often came to see the matches when I played in Basel. When I met him when I was injured, he knew absolutely everything about what had happened to me. I was shocked. He is one of the ten greatest athletes in history, how can he know what Embolo is suffering from? He recommended specialists to me. He makes you feel important. He’s not pretending, he’s genuinely interested. I remember seeing him talking with a skier and he knew all the results for the season. He is impressive. »
Of course, Embolo was very moved by the retirement of Roger Federer, who played his last match on September 23: “I was with the Swiss selection. On one screen was the Italy match, and on the other the Laver Cup. We continued the viewing in my room with two or three players. It was a very moving moment. A month and a half before, he had come to see us in training. He told us then, that it took everything to come back, that he was ready to try again. He finally made the decision to quit. He brought so much to the sport as an athlete but also as a man. I wish him the best. »