Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies made his triumphant return to the pitch earlier this month, ending a long rehab process after ACL surgery.
In a recent documentary produced by Bayern Munich (as captured by Sports Illustrated), Davies talked through the emotional toll the injury and rehab took on him.
“The first time I took a shower, all the emotions came out. I was crying, doubting myself, but I had someone beside me to tell me that everything’s gonna be okay,” said Davies. “I was praying it wasn’t
anything serious, but when I got out of the MRI, they told me it was an ACL and meniscus; my whole energy went out of my body, all the confidence I had just escaped.
“I remember the first couple of weeks, between six and eight weeks, I wasn’t able to walk. I had to be on crutches…When you’re up there working out, and you see all your friends, having fun playing football, and sometimes you think to yourself, ‘I wish I was out there.’ It’s like when your mom says you can’t go outside and then you see all your friends running around outside, that’s basically how I felt at that moment.”
Davies had no problem discussing how difficult mentally and physically the routine was for him.
“It was tough mentally, I was struggling,” Davies said. “The healing recovery is more mentally and physically based, because physically, your body will naturally form muscle memory, and you’ll get the job done. But the mental side is not knowing how long you’ll be out, and not being able to play or do certain things.
“The future is looking bright. I mean, the hard part is done now. I just look a step ahead and continue to work on my recovery and develop more muscles and more things I can work on to prevent this from happening again.”
Davies has some work to do to get back to where he was before the injury, but he is already working hard to get there. As the Canadian said, the hardest part of this journey is over.
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