‘As a person I lost respect a long time ago’: Eder responds to Susana Torres’ video

Relations between the scorer of the historic 2016 European Football Championship-winning goal for Portugal, Eder, and the player’s psychology coach at the time, Susanna Torres, had been deteriorating for some time, but in recent days a new conflict has arisen. critical chapter.

Susana Torres took to Instagram on Sunday to criticize Eder’s interview on Rádio Renascença. “In the last few days, in a context that is far from innocent, Eder was asked to come from Belgium to Portugal for a program that had very clear goals and objectives. Eder may not have understood, but I think everyone understood why the invitation came from this program at this very moment, ”the mental coach began in a joint video.

“Everyone understood that this was not an interview, but something carefully prepared for the sole purpose of reaching out to me. With pre-prepared questions and requests for comment on certain details, Eder played his part in a properly prepared attack, ending up with answers, supposed answers. And there they managed to get him to tell everything but the truth. They even managed to get him to say that kicking me was more important than kicking on goal in the final, for which we will always remember him,” said Susanna Torres.

But the mental coach did not stop there and decided to attack Eder personally. “I’m not asking like a professional anymore, but just like Susana. How do you remember the time when, for reasons that have nothing to do with football, you took refuge in my house, living with all my family who greeted you and supported you, who were you with when you received the news of the call to the national team?” interrogated “Perhaps I was the last person who deserved that he did it. The difference is that he was alone, the criticism touched only him. In my case, I have three children aged 11, 14 and 16, and it hits everyone us. .Perhaps it would also be interesting to ask him how he feels about this?

A day after these statements, the former Portugal international also took to Instagram to respond to the allegations and attacks by Susana Torres. “At the end of the game that gave Portugal victory at Euro 2016, I decided to thank Susana Torres, the psychology coach I was working with at the time. I did this (and will do it again) because I think we should be grateful and I wanted to repay that help by also contributing to Susana’s professional success. Therefore, I am puzzled when I now see how Susana Torres accuses me of ingratitude,” Eder began to write.

“I stopped working with Susanna in October 2016, four months after the European Championship, because I realized that we no longer had one goal: I wanted to focus on my football career, and Susana wanted me to ask my coach for a vacation. came to Portugal to do interviews to promote his work (including the book he gave my likeness and story to without getting a cent in return), the player continued.

Throughout the publication, Eder, as in Joana Marquez’s program, refutes several claims made by Susanna Torres. “The fact that Susana advised me to look for European clubs in the relegation zone, and that I myself called eight coaches and heard “no” from all but one, is a lie (and anyone who knows even a little about professional football knows that it won’t happen)” is one example of a statement denied by the player.

“Suzanne Torres can continue to make videos and try to manipulate people’s opinions in any way she sees fit, this is more her area of ​​​​expertise, not mine. I will always be grateful for the coaching I had with Susana Torres during a difficult time. my career, but Susana as a person has long lost my respect,” concluded Eder.