Mellado is one of La Roja's captains at the Futsal World Cup. His hat-trick against Libya was essential for Spain to qualify for the final as group winners. Additional Her non-futsal story began long ago, in Blanca, practically for love. Even though he slept every night hugging a ball.
Oh 'Pressy' as your fellows or your pigeons affectionately, He took over his hometown team for four years with the goal of letting kids in his country enjoy futsal like him. Empora had a moment in her teens when she lost her enthusiasm for the sport. Fortunately, either a manual or help you get it back, I have linked it.
I ask. What is Miguel Angel Cano's birthday?
to reply. He is a boy from a town called Blanca, in Murcia, who started playing in the lower categories of Pozo. I was nine years old, but for circumstances I left and went to Librela. I will recover a little enthusiasm for futsal, which I lost a little. There I fell in Cartagena, third division and the next page.
“Minha Mai told me she slept with a ball at night.”
Q: How did you start in futsal?
R. I started because since I was a child I loved Pelota. In fact, my mom says that I slept with it at night, or she wants to say that I always enjoyed it a lot. It was always my time and my hobby. If you don't have a professional player now and you don't make a life with it, you won't have this.
Q: Did you play or take an interest in any other sports during your childhood or adolescence?
R. I was always into futsal. I never played football, and I didn't enjoy playing tennis, but this hobby came a little more advanced, when I was 15 or 16.
Q: Who was your role model in futsal during that period?
R. I always enjoyed Vinicius a lot. As I said before, I hadn't been to El Pozo for nine years and I always attended the matches and the truth is that Vinicius was a real spectacle. I got to know him a little bit through the way he was Jogava, because he was young.
“I know the injury helped me rethink and regain my enthusiasm for futsal.”
Q: When you were a teenager you had a serious injury, or what happened?
R. When I was 15, I tore my meniscus for the first time. By the way, I suffered my first meniscus tear. There I recovered, I came back, but I collapsed again. I spent more than six months without being able to play and when I returned to the basic classes of the third year of the book.
Question: After several months out of action, did you ever think that your futsal career was over?
R. I just played because I enjoyed it, because it was my hobby and I loved it. I never thought about becoming a first division player. I also think that this lesson helped me reconsider and regain my enthusiasm for futsal.
Q: After Librillo, you moved to Cartagena, how were those six seasons you spent at your current club?
R. When we start we start practically without water to train. Let's do three sessions with a group that you have to wash every day… We do it step by step, from fighting to avoid the bonus deduction, to fighting to get to the playoff, to get to the playoff and win the championship. The league and the Supertasa.
“It was amazing, my first title as a professional, it was very legal”
Q: How was it to win a Supertaça like Cartagena?
R. Let's spend a lot of time in the Supertaça, we compete a lot and that's why we won the title against Barcelona in the final. It was something great, the first title in my professional career, it was something very special. Also for Cartagena it was the first title in their history.
Q: After we can win the league, can you imagine?
RAfter winning the Supertaça, I certainly didn't think we could beat them. But because we lost in the Copa del Rey final, that thorn was locked up after losing the penalty shootout and we decided, now in the league we're going to give the rest. And hopefully things go as planned. It's something that will make history.
Q: Next year in the Champions League, how will you face it?
R. Now we have something very beautiful and it is in the Champions League. We really want to see Cartagena in Europe and leave a great image.
His story in the Spanish national team
Q: Your entry into the Spanish “territory” of the Seleção, how do you define your region in Spain?
R. It was a friendly against Brazil, where Miguelín completed 100 games. They are the tribute and they are against Brazil in La Rosas. The best game is impossible to release, it was amazing. After that, you will see it repeatedly and try to contribute as much as possible and give the best.
Q: How do you feel when you wear the Spanish national team shirt?
R. I feel proud. In the end, when you go out on the pitch in Spanish, you touch the flag in front of you, because you represent an entire country, there are about 40,000 people that you represent. You also represent your family, your relatives, your loved ones, everyone. You have this responsibility and this pressure and you have to give 100%.
To the World Cup Finals in Uzbekistan
Question: Once the Futsal World Cup group stage is over, what observation would you like to make to Spain now?
R. Eu daria um 8. We scored the first game against Casaquistao, we compete very well and create many chances. You can always be healthier, but we beat Nova Zealandia and Libya. We were also able to establish the group in first place, which was the goal.
Q: If you face another punishment, would you dare to abide by it?
R. Sim, actually before that I was talking as if Fed hadn't trained and he told me to trust him, that I should have another penalty. The penalties were missed because we scored on them, it's true that they weren't my best shots, there was a moment where I went and missed. One way or another, I'll go in a place where I have confidence, as I should and I'll fail, then I'll fail.
Q: What is your goal in the World Cup?
RMy goal now is to win the final and qualify for the quarter-finals. Then win the quarter-finals and advance to the semi-finals, and then reach the final. Playing in the World Cup final would be amazing.
Question: What's left besides futsal?
RIt was very easy for me, and now my dream is to become a world champion.
Q: In life?
R. Be happy, we all love you. Now I have the opportunity to do what I enjoy, to be able to dedicate myself to it and I want to continue like this for many years. Also my health is in my voice.
