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The New England Patriots are enjoying a strong run, and Andy Borregales is playing his part in the team's success. Following a 45-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, the Venezuelan kicker spoke with Nacho García for MARCA about the team's confidence, his admiration for Adam, and a projection that caught him by surprise: if he maintains his pace for 23 seasons, he could surpass the NFL's all-time scoring record. “I didn't know that. Well, that's the plan,” he replied, making it clear that, for now, he'd rather focus on each kick and helping New England keep winning. During the interview, he also opened up about the upcoming arrival of his son and discussed the growing Latino presence in the league.

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00:00First, I want to ask you about the team.
00:03The last two games are key to see the reaction that you needed.
00:06The first three you didn't finish.
00:08Now the team is better, the break is better.
00:13Well, as I said before, we are focused on doing our work and playing as a family.
00:22That's what we have demonstrated in the last few weeks.
00:28I think now we are starting to grow as a team.
00:34Tell me a little bit about your mindset.
00:37You have done it a thousand times.
00:39Obviously, every time you do it, you will think about it a lot.
00:43You don't fail, you keep adding a lot.
00:45How is your preparation to put you in front of the ball?
00:50For me, every part is a new one.
00:52So, I enter and I ask where the wind is going.
01:00The wind.
01:03And then, I'm telling you in my head,
01:07I'm telling you to beat your ball.
01:10If I think more, that's when I'm thinking about 10,000 things,
01:14when I have to focus on what I have to do.
01:17Today, you have given an honor to rest
01:19to someone very important, Adam.
01:23I think you hit you very little, but you have seen it on some side.
01:25I think you've been following him in the video.
01:28You've been following him in the video?
01:29Yes, I've been following him when I was older.
01:33But I've seen videos on YouTube.
01:38The Super Bowl.
01:40The rain and the rain and all that.
01:44He was an idol when I was growing.
01:48So, now, being able to talk to him and to know his son.
01:54It's something that I have to say.
01:57I don't have a word.
01:59Because I was seeing you when I was growing.
02:02And now I'm here with you.
02:04I'm going to tell you,
02:05it's very early, you've been two years old.
02:07Well, not two years, you've been a little bit.
02:10If you get to play, like him, 23 seasons,
02:13at the rhythm that you go,
02:13he's the most famous fan of the history of the NFL.
02:16Do you know what you'd overcome?
02:18In projection.
02:19No, I didn't know that.
02:22I think he's 2.670 and so many times.
02:24If you go to this rhythm,
02:25between 23 seasons, you'd get to 2.800 and so you'd overcome it.
02:29No, I didn't know that.
02:31Well, that's the plan.
02:35But at the end of the day, I'm only focused on the next day,
02:41the next season.
02:43So, all the numbers and that,
02:45I don't care much.
02:48I just like to help the team to win.
02:52Because at the end of the day,
02:54if the team doesn't win,
02:56we're not making points.
02:58And there we go.
02:59Well, you also depend a lot of Drake.
03:01Adam, in the speech,
03:03he said that he did so much
03:05because there were others who did his job
03:07so he had to finish.
03:09So this is the same situation, evidently.
03:12How is your relationship
03:14with Drake,
03:15outside of what is purely sports?
03:17Because he comes with his hands too.
03:18Yes, no.
03:19Our relationship is super good.
03:22Well, I...
03:24The first time I spoke with him
03:26was my junior year of high school.
03:30Because North Carolina
03:32is making me recruit.
03:33So, we talked a little bit
03:35and now that we are in the same team
03:38in the NFL,
03:39it's something very fine.
03:41But the relationship is perfect.
03:45I understand that
03:47you also have one more reason
03:49that we are talking about now.
03:51You're going to go for a little bit.
03:52Tell us a little bit about the nerves and things.
03:55Well, the nerves,
03:57they are already taking me a little bit.
03:59That's why when I grow up,
04:01they get up again.
04:04But at the end of the day,
04:06my wife and me
04:06are focused on
04:09being the best parents
04:10for our children.
04:12And I am also focused on
04:15my work.
04:16Because my work
04:18helps my family.
04:19You have been in Miami.
04:23You live in a place
04:25that is wonderful,
04:25but the climate
04:26doesn't match a lot
04:27with you in Miami.
04:28How about
04:29your climate,
04:31your people
04:32being there?
04:33Here?
04:34No.
04:35How about Miami?
04:36The climate in Miami,
04:37the people in Miami,
04:38the environment.
04:39Yes.
04:40All right.
04:40It's very different
04:42from here.
04:43But...
04:46I also...
04:50I grew up in Dural.
04:52So,
04:53everybody is
04:54Venezuelan,
04:55Colombian
04:55o Cubano.
04:57Don Azuela.
04:58Don Azuela.
05:00Don Azuela.
05:01it's very different.
05:02But...
05:03I have my friends
05:05and I went to school
05:07and when I got to high school,
05:10I went to another place.
05:12But...
05:13It's very different
05:14from here.
05:15But here,
05:16there are places
05:17that are Latin.
05:20The last one.
05:21The last one.
05:21Now that you told me
05:21that was coming to the head
05:22by Fernando Mendoza,
05:24who has debut today.
05:25It's also just here
05:26with you.
05:27But it's curious
05:28how in the NFL
05:29you have talked about
05:29the Super Bowl
05:31of the past,
05:31but you have been talking
05:33much more Spanish.
05:34Although Fernando
05:35I don't want to talk about it,
05:36but he understands
05:37and speaks.
05:38It tells you a lot
05:38about how
05:39you're also integrating
05:40the Latin
05:41in the sport
05:42of here.
05:43Yes,
05:45we saw it last year
05:47because there are many
05:49of us
05:50who are
05:51Latinos.
05:53I played with
05:55Elijah Arroyo
05:56who is in the Seahawks
05:57and he is Mexican.
05:59I tried to help him
06:01to speak Spanish.
06:03He understands
06:04but he doesn't speak.
06:06But that's it.
06:07And here
06:08we have me
06:08and EBT
06:11who is also Mexican.
06:13So,
06:13I think
06:14in the NFL
06:15the Latinos
06:17are growing.

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