“I had the chance of being with Maximum Zorreguieta On two occasions, and the truth is that he is a very friendly person ”, is the first thing he counts Nicolás Keenan About the Queen of Netherlands.
The first time they were seen was in the real banquet, when your relationship with Rob Jetten, In Dutch Vice Prime Minister, it was already public.
“I finally know the famous hockey player,” was what Guillermo’s wife from the Netherlands told him when he approached.
“We were chatting for a while. He asked me about my work, for the preparation and we joked with a final between the Netherlands and Argentina.” I have my heart with Argentina, but obviously I will be with the orange shirt, “he told me. People magazine.
-And Argentina from Argentina, what do you recommend?
-What should the Dutchman speak well. I even threw words to learn. When they see that you are a foreigner, they immediately communicate in English. And he put special focus on always communicating in the local language to be able to have it more fluid. There she changed and started talking to me in Dutch.
-How do you see her there?
-The want very much. He gave a lot of closeness to the Royal House from that way of being that characterizes the Argentines and Latinos. Although today it is very Dutch, and it represents that country very well, it has a way of being that brings it closer to the people. People really appreciate it.
The role of Nicolás Keenan in the Argentine National Team
In various moments of the talk he used the word “dream” when defining what it means to be part of the select set. “Seeing them from little girl made me happy. I wanted that. The first time I stepped on a court with the selection greater faith in Córdoba and cried with emotion. He had a ball in his stomach. Obviously that over time you realize that it is not only to arrive but to stay, that it is the hardest, ”he acknowledges.
-I had any maximum point in this trajectory?
-I was always a worker. I had several moments break. I played an Olympic game (Tokyo 2020) when I was not openly homosexual and another (Paris 2024) where. I can tell you that the second enjoyed it much more. I was suffering to the selection and I went to enjoy it.
-Emotionally?
-Throughout. If you are no longer happy, they fall for sticks and you can not show who you really are, well, what do I have of me? I wasn’t enjoying. She was like an office worker. After Tokyo I realized that I had to change something. There I began to reconnect with that baby that I just wanted to play hockey, with all that that includes: from farting to the blows.
-How are training routines?
-In the Netherlands Club, they demand more performance and in the somewhat more physical selection. Here we train from Monday to Friday from 8 to 13 and a double shift. Gym, running and hockey. A psychologist who accompanies us was also added to the sports area.
-The dream of the selection did you fulfill it, and now?
-My next goal is in July: the Copa América that would give us a place for the 2026 World Cup in the Netherlands. I would love to play one in my second home and have the possibility of winning it. The objectives, already by my age, are in the shorter term.
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