Delizisis’ life relationship with Myroforidis and the… prophetic words

“I also thank a man who is no longer with us, Pavlos Myroforidis, thanks to him I came to Mars”… With these twenty words, Giorgos Delizisis referred from… his heart to the man who truly considered him a brother and left so prematurely the life…

Delizisis’ friendship with Myroforidis has been a point of reference in recent years and it is no coincidence what “Deli” said in his farewell.

Colleagues, friends, but also best men, the two men had a unique relationship. Myroforidis himself was the one who said and said again and again that Delizisis could also compete in the “living rooms” of the big league.

In fact, he had declared about the leader of Aris until yesterday: “When I said for so many years that Delizisis is a player of another level, they didn’t believe me. He was denied a career in the First National team for years and in the Greek National team. He didn’t have a football ceiling. Giorgos lives in football, he has conquered it with difficulty. It’s really worth it. Sometimes in football the psychology of each person is very important in his development. George is a born leader. He didn’t become a leader on Mars when he was 29 years old. It’s his DNA like that. He is a leader in every sense of the word. I have known him since he was a small child and I know his behavior. From the age of 16-17, he behaves like a professional footballer.”

In fact, Myroforidis proved to be prophetic when he was asked about how long Delizisis can compete. “I hope he plays in Aris until he is 37. You can have a player in the locker room and he can give you other things” he had said and fate made it so that he ended his career on Mars at the age of 37 (he was born on 1/12/1987).

For his part, Delizisis always confessed that “Myro” was the man who supported him like a family. “I see with one eye and I don’t know if there has been another football player worldwide with such a problem who made a career and became the captain of a big team of his country. I succeeded, I overcame the obstacles, I was forced to develop my peripheral vision as a child and if they find themselves saying that they helped me, I will tell you that no one helped me, only my family and Pavlos Myroforidis” was confessed on the occasion of the well-known issue with the sight he has been dealing with since he was a small child…

*** The photo is from the wedding celebration of Delizisis with best man Myroforidis.