Why did you retire at 34? The scandal that haunts Wojciech Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny was found smoking in the showers after a match with Arsenal: "The Pole stood out in England in the Arsenal ranks and it was there that Arsene Wenger, then his coach, punished him for catching him in the dressing room. the gunners with a cigarette in their hands, smoking," reported the Ok Diario portal.

This cost Szczesny a fine of $25 thousand dollars, and it also cost him his exit from the club. The team that opened the doors for him at that time was Roma, however, he had the best moment of his career with Juventus, a team that spent $12 million dollars for the transfer of the Pole. They didn't care what happened to the goalkeeper while he was at Arsenal, but rather looked exclusively at his level.

Szczesny confessed what Wenger told him when he saw him smoking, at that moment he knew that his Arsenal career was over: "Someone must have seen me smoking, so Wenger asked me if it was true that I had smoked in the showers and I immediately told him Yes. They fined me and Wenger told me: 'You won't be able to play for a while.'

The problem is that this did not stop there, in 2021 when Spain and Poland were going to face each other in Seville, the British media The Sun photographed Wojciech Szczesny with a pack of cigarettes before the match. The photographs went viral and confirmed the taste that the new FC Barcelona goalkeeper had; many are already joking that he will infect the La Masia youth players.

In Szczesny's defense, smoking before, during, or after a game was a common practice for many players. Especially in amateur football it is something that can be very common, however, if we talk about professional football it is something that is not well regarded because it is physically unhealthy. Furthermore, footballers are opinion leaders who are normally followed by children and young people.

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