Thomas Habif, a lion with all the lyrics

The sun rose in Avenida de los Ombúes (Geba’s house) and Thomas Habif He opened the doors of Gymnastics and Fencing from Buenos Aires to AM850 to talk about his career before leaving for his commitments to the Mannheimer’s in Germany. Th exposed himself about his dreams and the learning of his career.

At present, the third of Habif dynasty joined the club in which their sisters played years ago and told about the idea: “I hadn’t thought about it, I wasn’t in my plans, it was giving. In recent times I wanted to be in Argentina or something more familiar, so that was why the decision to go to Mannheimer was a bit, be close to my sisters, a flower that was just going to be a mother and everything closed to be there”

If the family bond is concerned, the beginning of Thomas in the activity was also induced by its largest sisters: “They startedThey made skate and then started playing hockey. I had to do something and the easiest thing was to do what they did, Then they threw me here. Geba is like a house for us, whenever we have to return or we are on some tour, it is strange. It is the sense of belonging that the greatest are instilling in you, the desire to be, to belong to this club, which for me is the most beautiful”

Habif became one of the referents of the lions, for a generational and aggregate issue to what gives the team with his hockey, but did not ignore the meaning of having a great quarry for the next: “There is plentybut there is a lot of hierarchy, I think complementing the two things can make this team grow a lot and that positions where we really want to be: Among the best four in the world, in an Olympic semifinal or in a semifinal in the world”

Thomas is aware that every process takes time And he did not spare in words to refer to the new work that Lucas Rey is carrying out: “There are six months of work, with a new coaching staff, there are going to be mistakes, blows, but it will not be the same within four years that is where it points, to reach the best possible to the Olympic game. You have to be calm that the result today does not have to be the priority, but it is something more long term, respecting the times is logical, because we all want results, everyone wants to win, we all feel good when we win, and sad when we lose, it is a reality, we are Argentines, We are very football in that sense, but there is calm that the process, if we respect it, if we do well, it will be very good”, Said the midfielder.

Not everything was roses color in Thomas’s careerthere was a time that was left out of the selection circuit, but that failed to lower the arms to fulfill his dream of debuting in the selected selected: “When the Junior World Cup ended, the Sheet (Retegui)until the middle of the year I was training with the lions, Then there was a concentration in Valencia that did not have to go and after that tour he told me that I was not going to continue. I continued training with the club, Because if you do things well, you are constant and you strive, in some moMento is going to touch you, it’s a reality, I feel that was a bit. The sacrifice, to leave some things aside, although it did not belong to the selected there were things that resigned to be able to return; Then I had to be with Germán (Orozco), debut in the Pro League, I tried to do my best, as always and today I am a little more complete player than at that time”

After that statement, TH did not dodge it: “I think that training made me more complete, the sacrifice, one gets a little bigger and is acquiring another experience within the metropolitan, so that also makes you at the time of playing an international gamehave more friction, more filming and that helps you are more constant when it comes to being in the selected one. ”

Beyond that their greatest dreams are still latent to be able to fulfill them, the one born in gymnastics and fencing of Buenos Aires was able to crown one of his desires since I was a child: “One of my sports goals was to be champion with the clubwithout a doubt. We were given, so that I could call it and now personal objective … What any player dreams is the best that can aspire: a medal in an Olympic game. Would be to crown the career in the best way. You have to see if we get to the game, but also in a World Cup that would be somewhat beautiful, to be able to get more than at America with the selected one. I was in Rio 2016, I could see the boys’ final and they left the rod very high so the result is also required today”

Within the talk, the lion referred to the next goals he has in his professional life: “When I was 20, I saw it very distant, now more arriving at 30 you are seeing it a little closer, but trying to enjoy the day to day and wanting to continue. Today you say ‘an Olympic game in four years’ and you see it far, but with a lot Here is going to play the one that is best and if there is another one that is better to touch him, then that is barbaric, it makes us grow every day to continue improving day by day”

To talk about his future, Thomas did not walk with Rodeos and analyzed what he considers that he will be more likely about his favorite: “I do not see myself to be coach of elder Although I don’t rule out either in that. I had to direct categories in Geba for a long time, Today I share the first with several of the boys I trained in eighth, provided we can be present and give a hand at the club I try to do it and instill a bit of what the big ones left me”Habif sealed.