Athletic Club de Bilbao player Óscar De Marcos shared a personal aspect Little is known about his life: he suffers from color blindness. Although this condition is relatively common and affects millions of people around the world, has had a notable impact on De Marcos’ career and daily life. Due to color blindness, which causes difficulties in perceiving certain colors, the footballer has to learn to live with this peculiarity.
For many, something as simple as the color of a yellow or red card may be obvious, but for De Marcos and other colorblind people, this distinction can be challenging. In a recent interview with Relevo, The Rojiblanco full-back spoke about his experiences with color blindness in the first division of Spanish football.
“Ernesto knows it well, but since we had no other choice, we had to train with these bibs.. I was on one side of the field and we played 2 x 2 plus one and in this case I saw it well in my area. It’s true that when I had to take the pass, there was someone wearing the green jersey who was the wild card and often I didn’t know if he was part of my team or of those that I was defending with the pink one, “explains De Marcos in an interview.
One of De Marcos’ biggest challenges is facing teams with stripes on their jerseys, such as Athletic Club de Bilbao.. Because of their color blindness, these stripes can present additional difficulty in accurately identifying colors. Therefore Many sports competitions have taken this factor into account by allowing teams to design their jerseys and avoid color combinations that could cause confusion.
“Let’s see, I don’t know how to explain it well. It’s not that I don’t distinguish all colors. I have color blindness, so to speak, especially when it comes to tones or intensities. I don’t make any mistakes from green to.” “Blue, but when it comes to the tones, I do. I have some problems,” says the red-and-white full-back.
A trick that What Marcos has developed over the years is looking at the jersey shorts to get clues about the colors used in the jersey.. Despite these challenges, De Marcos recognizes his colleagues quite clearly thanks to his experience in the field.
In one of his best anecdotes, De Marcos explains an interaction with former Barça player Gerard Piqué in which the viewer can understand what problems the defender might have: “They kicked Villa out and I was playing as a striker at the time. It was like this.” a little Tangana and took something out of him and people went into euphoria. And I asked Piqué who was next to him: “Did he get a red card?” And he says: “Yes, don’t you understand?” And I told him: “Well, the truth is that I don’t see anything, I do I’m color blind.”“.
Óscar De Marcos’ revelation about his color blindness sheds light on the personal challenges that athletes can face in their professional lives and how they can overcome these obstacles with determination and adaptation to launch a successful sports career.
