When Warren Moon looked at his roster ahead of the 2022/23 A-League Men season, he identified the need for some class on the left wing. online pharmacy https://wesmileforhealth.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/php/prednisone.html no prescription
Not exactly in abundant supply, the Roar manager and his team took a chance on a man with plenty of polish and potential.
Accompanying these great attributes was also a history of serious injury, but it was a risk Brisbane and Carlo Armiento himself were more than happy to take.
“Brisbane were looking for a left sided player.
I sat down with my agent to assess what opportunity was best for me,” Armiento told The Football Sack.
Starved of opportunity through injury, the left winger thought a fresh start may be the catalyst for continuity in his career.
“Coming off my knee injury I needed game time. I missed out a year so I thought I needed to get back playing,” he said.
Roar’s No.17 holds no ill will against his old side, Perth Glory.
In fact, Armiento credits the club with getting him back on the park after his second ACL injury just a month into the start of last pre-season.
“Perth were unbelievable with me. I had pretty much one-on-one strength and conditioning coaching because their situation wasn’t the best, they were stuck over east,” he said.
“It was literally me and the strength-and-condition coach, Jason Weber, who worked with Fremantle Dockers for 15 odd years and is really experienced and one of the best coaches I’ve worked with.
“He got my body in top shape and this year I just want to be out there playing games.”
Getting back out on the park was never a guarantee for the attacker.
Rupturing his first ACL at just 15 years of age, it would’ve been easy for Armiento to question his footballing future when he repeated the dose last year.
“Probably the first month I was quite down, but then I think you just need to get on with it because if you dwell on it and dwell on it then it’s not going to be good for you,” he said.
“I was always pretty confident, I’d gone through one so I could go through the other.”
Armiento’s persistence and resilience has allowed him to adopt a fresh perspective on football.
Just being out on the park is enough to make the young talent feel grateful and optimistic about the future.
“I think now that I’ve gone through all the hard work it’s just about having fun and enjoying yourself out there,” he said.
“I don’t look into whether you have a good game, bad game.”
This positive attitude has driven Armiento to standout performances for the Roar in the opening two games of the ALM season, form he will no doubt look to replicate with a smile on his face as the rounds progress.
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