12:18 | 13.01.2011 | Viewed []
Levan Kenia- Again Pain:" I cannot Endure Watching Football"
When Levan Kenia will be able to play? it is an actual question of Temur Ketsbaia and Felix Magath. Levan Kenia and the doctors of “Schalke” cannot answer this question yet. 20-year-old Georgian sportsman has not been playing since October 25, 2009. Kenia was operated twice and he had to join club in Turkey. Till January 7 everything was well, his condition becoming better and Magath also was optimistic. Bu Kenia has ankle’s pain again, at the training the ball crashed his ankle and caused pain. on January 12 “Schalke” held the third friendly match against “Eskishehirspor” Turkey and again without Georgian player.
Turkish gather of “Schalke” has finished and on January 15 will be continued Bundes Liga, “Schalke” plays against “Hamburg”. It will be really destiny, if Levan returns against “Hamburg”, because 14 months ago he injured while playing against them...
Is there any chance? there are spread several versions every day, but he cannot say the exact date of his return yet...
“I have pain and I feel it during training. I cannot endure it. I do not know when I will be able to play. Magath wants me to play very much. I had feeling that returning to good conditon in Turkey”- stated Kenia to “Sport News”. There was spread his interview at “Schalke” web-site. His interview will be published in “Schalke” magazine before the match against “Hamburg” on January 15.
“I am in trouble very much. I had 6 or 7 times such injure period in my career. But I am 20-year-old and do not give up, in spite of my frequent injuries”.
He says that he cannot live without football. He even does not want to remember last year and says the following about current condition:
“ I have still pain of ankle. But in spite of this I am sure that will start playing. Hope it will happen soon. Teammates encourage me and I feel that I am part of the team, but it is difficult to be in such condition. I cannot endure watching football. I want to play”.
Kenia mentions his parents big role in his career and says that they give the biggest motivation:
“ My parents are the most important people in my life. I am an only child. I have their names on my tattoo: Nino on my one hand and Gocha on another one. They are always in my heart and encourage me”.
We hope that it is the last interview about his injuries....
Ilia Nanobashvili
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