Soldado reveals grief of wifes miscarriage
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Soldado reveals grief of wifes miscarriage
ROBERTO SOLDADO last night revealed his personal grief before vowing to score the goals that will take Tottenham into the Champions League.
The £26million Spanish hitman has had a torrid time since signing from Valencia in the summer.
Learning a new language, culture, style of football and how to score prolifically at a new club is enough for most people to contend with.
But Soldado also had to deal with the heartache of his wife Rocio suffering a miscarriage with what would have been their third child.
Only last month the striker revealed his joy by posting a picture on Instagram showing Rocios positive pregnancy test.
But the good news was short-lived. The Spaniard, 28, said: A month ago she was pregnant but, unfortunately, she lost the baby two weeks ago.
It was a cruel blow. But Soldado, who has not featured in Spurs last two Premier League games, returned with a stunning hat-trick in Thursdays 4-1 Europa League win over Anzhi Makhachkala.
He now has nine goals for the season and is in the frame to start against Liverpool today although he admits he only has himself to blame for his shaky start to the season.
Soldado said: Yes, its been difficult to settle in. But I dont think a change of country and new language is any excuse for not performing at the level I expect of myself.
Sure, there are things to sort out during the first couple of months, which is difficult.
As soon as you leave training, you have a lot of things to sort out school for the kids, a house but things have all been stable for a while now.
Ive been here long enough to have a good understanding with my team-mates during a game, which is the most important thing.
And lets hope from now on you will start to see another Roberto Soldado.
My family and I feel fine and are settled now.
The only things missing were the goals and they came along on Thursday night so, hopefully, from now on theyll keep coming.
Spurs chalked up back-to-back away wins without Soldado in the side.
And he admitted: I havent played in the last two Premier League games.
But I think that learning from everything is a way of catching the eye and seeing that you are doing things in the best way possible and respecting and waiting for your opportunity. And then you can do your talking on the pitch.
Thursdays victory over Anzhi demonstrated how clinical Soldado can be.
He said: Weve got a great side and created a lot of chances against Anzhi.
We were at home and showed a lot of intensity in our play.
I managed to grab three goals but that would have been impossible without the help and assistance of my team-mates.
Erik Lamela enjoyed arguably his best game for Spurs on Thursday.
And Soldado insists it was only a matter of time before the Argie started to hit form.
He said: Erik has had some good games when the manager has given him the nod.
Erik was on great form against Anzhi. His assist for my second goal was a great ball. He spots runs really well and hes a player who is just going to get better and better.
And when he is at the absolute top of his game, I think he will be a key player for us.
Like all of us coming from abroad, it takes a little time to settle.
Victory against Liverpool would give Spurs 30 points from 16 games and put down a serious marker in their challenge for a Champions League spot under boss Andre Villas-Boas.
Home defeats by West Ham and Newcastle plus a 6-0 thrashing at Manchester City raised doubts over whether Spurs are the real deal this season.
And Soldado admitted: Had we picked up those six home points, the league table would look a bit different now.
But the team is looking good at the moment and weve picked up a few wins. Its all about working hard and keeping this run going.
We want to have 30 points on the board by Sunday afternoon. Its going to be a difficult game for us.
We all know what sort of potential Liverpool have as a team but were at home and need to be strong and go out with the same attitude as we did against Anzhi.
Spurs recent good run does not mean that humiliation at City has been forgotten. And Brazil star Sandro rates it as the toughest day of his career.
The midfielder was SICK on the pitch during the drubbing last month but played on.
He said: It was my most difficult moment in football, 6-0 was so bad.
I felt on the pitch I couldnt help. Everyone had to be close after this, because everyone talked about this game.
Spurs bounced back with a 2-2 home draw with Manchester United and wins at Fulham and Sunderland.
And Sandro added: Against United, we put in more passion and we were stronger. We are doing well now, so I think its passed.
ROBERTO SOLDADO last night revealed his personal grief before vowing to score the goals that will take Tottenham into the Champions League.
The £26million Spanish hitman has had a torrid time since signing from Valencia in the summer.
Learning a new language, culture, style of football and how to score prolifically at a new club is enough for most people to contend with.
But Soldado also had to deal with the heartache of his wife Rocio suffering a miscarriage with what would have been their third child.
Only last month the striker revealed his joy by posting a picture on Instagram showing Rocios positive pregnancy test.
But the good news was short-lived. The Spaniard, 28, said: A month ago she was pregnant but, unfortunately, she lost the baby two weeks ago.
It was a cruel blow. But Soldado, who has not featured in Spurs last two Premier League games, returned with a stunning hat-trick in Thursdays 4-1 Europa League win over Anzhi Makhachkala.
He now has nine goals for the season and is in the frame to start against Liverpool today although he admits he only has himself to blame for his shaky start to the season.
Soldado said: Yes, its been difficult to settle in. But I dont think a change of country and new language is any excuse for not performing at the level I expect of myself.
Sure, there are things to sort out during the first couple of months, which is difficult.
As soon as you leave training, you have a lot of things to sort out school for the kids, a house but things have all been stable for a while now.
Ive been here long enough to have a good understanding with my team-mates during a game, which is the most important thing.
And lets hope from now on you will start to see another Roberto Soldado.
My family and I feel fine and are settled now.
The only things missing were the goals and they came along on Thursday night so, hopefully, from now on theyll keep coming.
Spurs chalked up back-to-back away wins without Soldado in the side.
And he admitted: I havent played in the last two Premier League games.
But I think that learning from everything is a way of catching the eye and seeing that you are doing things in the best way possible and respecting and waiting for your opportunity. And then you can do your talking on the pitch.
Thursdays victory over Anzhi demonstrated how clinical Soldado can be.
He said: Weve got a great side and created a lot of chances against Anzhi.
We were at home and showed a lot of intensity in our play.
I managed to grab three goals but that would have been impossible without the help and assistance of my team-mates.
Erik Lamela enjoyed arguably his best game for Spurs on Thursday.
And Soldado insists it was only a matter of time before the Argie started to hit form.
He said: Erik has had some good games when the manager has given him the nod.
Erik was on great form against Anzhi. His assist for my second goal was a great ball. He spots runs really well and hes a player who is just going to get better and better.
And when he is at the absolute top of his game, I think he will be a key player for us.
Like all of us coming from abroad, it takes a little time to settle.
Victory against Liverpool would give Spurs 30 points from 16 games and put down a serious marker in their challenge for a Champions League spot under boss Andre Villas-Boas.
Home defeats by West Ham and Newcastle plus a 6-0 thrashing at Manchester City raised doubts over whether Spurs are the real deal this season.
And Soldado admitted: Had we picked up those six home points, the league table would look a bit different now.
But the team is looking good at the moment and weve picked up a few wins. Its all about working hard and keeping this run going.
We want to have 30 points on the board by Sunday afternoon. Its going to be a difficult game for us.
We all know what sort of potential Liverpool have as a team but were at home and need to be strong and go out with the same attitude as we did against Anzhi.
Spurs recent good run does not mean that humiliation at City has been forgotten. And Brazil star Sandro rates it as the toughest day of his career.
The midfielder was SICK on the pitch during the drubbing last month but played on.
He said: It was my most difficult moment in football, 6-0 was so bad.
I felt on the pitch I couldnt help. Everyone had to be close after this, because everyone talked about this game.
Spurs bounced back with a 2-2 home draw with Manchester United and wins at Fulham and Sunderland.
And Sandro added: Against United, we put in more passion and we were stronger. We are doing well now, so I think its passed.
