The Injury Has Taught Me Lessons - Ebuehi

The Injury Has Taught Me Lessons - Ebuehi

By Sampson Adedeji

Just recovered Nigeria's Super Eagles defender Tyronne Ebuehi has stated that he learnt a lot of lessons during his time in the treatment room, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The light-skinned player moved to Portuguese Primera Liga side Benfica after a successful outing in the Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag in 2019.

But injury he sustained during a preseason game against Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas hampered his exploits with the club.

Ebuehi was loaned back to another Dutch club FC Twente few weeks back by the Portuguese giants.

While speaking BBC, Ebuehi was excited that he's back and hope to perform better in the new season.

“It’s been a long period out and a hard time for me,” he told BBC.

Of course, questions like ‘could this be the end?’ can pop up from time to time.

“You sometimes hear that with this type of major injuries players never return to the same level they were before the injury.”

The injury hit him just as he was trying to settle in a new country after leaving home for the first time in his life.

“It was difficult in the beginning I can’t lie about that,” he admitted.

“To be away from the only country you have ever known, where you’re born and away from your family and friends. You feel alone knowing it was just no longer possible for them to just pass by.”

“It’s changed me a lot. Not only as a player but as a person.

“Away in another country being alone. Sometimes it’s like an unseen tears of frustration because of the mental pain.

“Like I always tell my family and friends now, that I’m thankful to God for this type of hard lessons sometimes in life.

“It really made me aware of lot of things, like how to take care of my body now. How things can happen in football, how to deal with them. I’m thankful for the lessons that God gave me.

“Going forward in my career, I know how to take care of myself and what’s good for me, how to handle any future injuries, hopefully it will not happen," he told BBC.

Ebuehi was part of Nigeria's Super Eagles team to Russia 2018 World Cup but missed 2019 African Cup Of Nations in Egypt due to injury.