{"id":1476,"date":"2026-05-27T12:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:16:14","slug":"i-dont-know-if-im-lucky-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1476","title":{"rendered":"“I don’t know if I’m lucky or not”"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Piero Hincapie (Esmeraldas, 2002) <\/strong>remains faithful to the motto of ‘San Miguel’: “Wherever he goes, he triumphs”<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

He Ecuadorian international<\/strong> has become a kind of talisman<\/strong>. First for Xabi Alonso<\/strong> and now stop Mikel Arteta<\/strong>. Hincapie, signed in 2021<\/strong> from Workshops<\/strong> in exchange for 6.35 million euros<\/strong>helped ‘banish’ the myth of ‘Neverkusen’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With the Ecuadorian as a defensive pillar – whether as lateral\/central\/lane-<\/strong> he Bayer Leverkusen<\/strong> conquered the first and only Bundesliga<\/strong> that he has won in his 121 years<\/strong> of history in 2023-24<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

That same season, he doublet<\/strong>. He Leverkusen<\/strong> He also raised the German Cup 31 years! after<\/strong>. In fact, it touched the triplet<\/strong>: lost the final<\/strong> of the Europa League<\/strong> against the Atalanta (3-0)<\/strong>. was compensated defeating al Stuttgart<\/strong>by penalties, in the SGerman Super Cup<\/strong> just three months later. <\/p>\n

Having just landed in London, he has also put an end to the curse of Arsenal, which accumulated 22 years! without winning the Premier League<\/strong>. “They have been difficult years<\/strong>but in the club everyone is very happy and excited, wanting more”<\/strong>emphasizes Hincapie, who on Saturday will look for ‘dethrone’<\/strong> al Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong> in the final of the Champions<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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They have been difficult years, but everyone at the club is very happy and excited, wanting more.<\/p>\n

Piero Hincapie<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I am a newcomer. “There are players who have been fighting for many years and I suppose it is a relief for everyone to face the Champions League final as Premier League champions.”<\/strong>insists. <\/p>\n

Chosen ‘Player of the Month’ in April, he shuns, of course, the fame of ‘amulet’ that he has earned: “I don’t want to get into that, I don’t know if I’m lucky or not. I always try to give my best on the field<\/strong>. “In the minutes I had to play, I think I did my best.” <\/p>\n

Despite the competition with Riccardo Calafiori y con Myles Lewis-Skelly <\/strong>in it left back<\/strong>Hincapie has had a capital role with Arteta, as with Xabi: he has played 40 games, 31 of them as a starter<\/strong>in which, in addition to closing his lane, he has contributed in attack: adds a goal and two assists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Assigned with obligation to purchase, the Arsenal<\/strong> will pay 52 million euros<\/strong> this summer to Bayer Leverkusen<\/strong> for his particular talisman<\/strong>. You know: if you want to win… sign Hincapie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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