Agustín Bugallo after getting away from the lions: “Not everything is hockey”

From Barreal de San Juan to Miter. From Miter to Pinoké, Bloemendaal in the Netherlands and Campo de Campo Villa de Madrid. From Junior to the Major. A January 24, 2025 Agustín Fernando Bugallo decided to stop the Bocha and say: “Pause.” The midfielder who turns 30 in April chose to stop his international career with the lions. “I feel good, I feel calm. I think it was the right decision at the time I am in my life. Not everything is hockey in life and there are a lot of things outside that led me to the ball ”he told AM850 Hockey.

“To be in the selection you have to be 100%”Buga started. “If one is not like that, the important thing is to be honest with oneself and step aside. Today I am another fan, the main fan that will always encourage. It was an idea that was a long time ago in my head because I started working in the private sphere. And hockey is a sport that must always plan a second stage or the post-irirus stage ”he said.

After 137 games and 11 goals he decided to save his albiceleste number 30 and put the focus on his private life. On May 18, 2023, life changed to the midfielder referent from many years in Miter. The arrival of his first child, León, modified everything. And on the path of the second, even more. “I have the family to be enlarged now in the middle of the year. There are several factors that I was chatting with teammates, psychologists, my family “he commented.

Once again, mental health appears as a key factor in this class of decisions. The responsibility, the pressure involved in representing your country very implies in the athletes of an amateur sport. He even leads them from that dream as big as Agustina Gorzelany once said to AM850: “One decides, when they summon you, if you want to be. They are unique moments. Sometimes he becomes routine and is not good. ” The truth is that, in the case of Agustín, the priority also went on that side. “I believe that mental health today is already quite installed in high performance, which is very good. I think that being so long for high performance is a very important mental wear and one has to be prepared. As I always say, it is 60-70% mental and then the rest is physical and tactical. Then I think there is the key among the players, who remain in time in a selected one is because the mental part also train and work it and care about her. It is important to talk about that because it is something that happens and you have to accept it and try to work to have the right tools for each situation ”he said.

As a consequence of his decision, Bugallo’s role in the club of his whole life, Miter, will have more preponderance. And arrives at the right time also of Juan Pacheco’s arrival and his coaching staff to give the railway renovation. “I am happy with his arrival. I know he is a technician who focuses a lot on the tactical part. They are very scholars of hockey, that’s good, I like it. We want to start the tournament in a great way and my role will be the usual, the one who gave me the team and continues to give me at the time. Now I will be able to spend more time, more commitment. I think we have a great team and it will be a great year “he anticipated.

Behind World Cups played, Olympic Games, Pan American Games, Pro League and so many more tournaments, Agustín Bugallo will always have the door open to return. “2025 will be a quieter year. Installed in Argentina and wanting to encourage lions and lions. Play in Miter eager. Personally, many objectives also come from the professional, in work, and with a child on the way that is the most important thing. I am happy and with many desire to travel this year “he concluded.