MILAN – It's a birthday party for Ricardo Alvarez on Inter Channel. As a guest on "Prima Serata", the programme hosted by Edoardo Caldara to air on the Nerazzurri's TV channel at 21:00, the Argentine midfielder spoke and responded to questions from the fans.
In this preview on inter.it, "Waiting for Prima Serata", you can read some of the most important comments made by Alvarez. "I'm happy, it's a lovely birthday. For now I've got everything that I've wanted out of life and football. But I still have many more years of my career ahead of me and so I still have to give a lot in order to improve and grow," stated Ricardo, responding to the first e-mail read by Edoardo Caldara. Then he moved on to current events: "Yesterday we did everything we needed to do to win. We let in an early goal, then we immediately created a lot of play and many chances and dangerous balls, especially in the second half. Overall it was an excellent performance."
Regarding his performances, Alvarez is always very attentive to the person who knows him best: "My father congratulated me because, returning after my injury, I played more than I could have imagined, in terms of both the quantity of minutes as well as in the quality of play. Surely I can give and do more, but, being the first time after a long time, it went well. It wasn't my greatest game, I know, but I consider it to be a good game. It was useful for the team and for myself to improve my conditioning and confidence." Ricardo is the present and the future: "I feel good at Inter, just as I did as soon as I arrived. This injury had me on the shelf for a while, and now I have to get as fit as I can and keep working hard. The team, as last night's match showed, is now doing a bit better. With the results coming our way again the team is more lively, and for someone like me who is coming back after a long layoff, it's easier."
Many messages arrived at Inter Channel for Ricardo. "I thank you all for the birthday wishes and for the compliments. They make me feel good. The future of Inter built upon youth? In football you have to always find the right balance. Those with more experience can give a lot of help to the youngsters. You always learn things from our champions, just watching them on the pitch, for how they are and how they behave. It's the best example for understanding what they have managed to build and win in their careers."
It's his birthday today so there are candles to be blown out and a wish to be made. Alvarez, who is very close to his family ("there are lots of us, two brothers and three sisters..."), did that this year with Edoardo Caldara in the Inter Channel studio on the first floor of the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti: "What I wish for as we approach the end of the season is to be available for every game and be able to take part in them all, as a team and in whatever way the coach decides, playing like we did yesterday and approaching each game as if it were the last one. Obviously we believe we can make third place but there's no point in talking about it. We have to clear all the obstacles one by one."
At 19:00 you can read the second installment of "Waiting for Prima Serata" with Ricardo Alvarez.
