My first Football story
You know, after all these years, I can point exactly why I am such a football fan.
I was 10 years old.
I start watching football on cables. I fall in love with English football.
The first season of the new Premier league.
I m a fan of one team most of all.
They are called Blackburn rovers.
Nobody believes they can win the championship. They make a very good season but they are second to this ugly color team, Manchester United.
I love this team Blackburn so much because of two things.
Their color is so nice. Blue and white.
And second, they have one striker called Alan Shearer. I don't know why, but I was sure this is the best player ever.
They play so weird. Always cross the ball into the box. Always. Never mind where from. And always Shearer's there to score.
2 fixtures before the end of the season, Manchester United have to win the championship. They play against Oldham, it’s a really weak team.
The game started really late. It was 11 o'clock in the night. I went to sleep.
The next day I woke up quickly and grabbed the newspaper.
I saw that Oldham won Manchester United 1-0.
Tears came out of my eyes.
Blackburn won the final match and the Championship title.
Alan Shearer was the best Player ever.
Nobody knew, but Blackburn was such a great team because of another player. He was called Colin Hendry.
Hendry was Scotish. He did everything on the field besides wearing a skirt.
He used to tackle very hard every player that was approaching him during the game. Very very hard.
He was in the Center of the Scotland National Team defence when they played against England in the euro 1996 Group stage. I really didn't believe my eyes when Paul Gasgoigne risked his life like that when he chipped the ball over him.
I knew than how great moments can happen. They can be like that, and they can happen every day.
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