๐ฃ๏ธ Romelu Lukaku: โI was 6 years old, and I came home for lunch after school. Mom had the usual on the menu: bread and milk. But that day, I came home, and Mom started mixing the bottle of milk with something else.
โShe served me lunch with a smile as if everything was fine. But I understood what she was doing. She was mixing milk with water. We didn't have enough money to make the bottle last the whole week. And she always told me she had already eaten, but in reality, she hadn't, just so I wouldn't go without food. We weren't just poor; we were broke.
โMy parents, in the midst of misery, bet on me. They made huge efforts to take me to training. That's why I played that first World Cup match with a lot of anger, for many reasons: for the rats running through our apartment, because I couldn't watch the Champions League, we didn't have a TV. I'd go to school, and all the kids would talk about the final. I had no idea what had happened. Everyone was talking about Zidane's volley. I pretended to know what they were talking about, for the classmates' parents who looked down on me because of my characteristics and condition.โ
โOne day I asked my father at what age it would be ideal to debut in football, and to give me any age (I found this out years later), he said 16. I didn't stop until I achieved it. At that time, I was a substitute for Anderlecht, about to turn 16. I approached the coach and asked him to bet on me. I promised him a certain number of goals, and if I didn't achieve them, he could bench me again. Indeed, at 16, I forced my debut. Not only did I score the promised goals, but I also became the top scorer in the national championship: I scored 76 goals in 34 matches; I did them all with my dad's boots. From then on, I decided to be the best player in Belgium's history. Not good. Not excellent. The best.โ
Today Lukaku is trolled for his lack of goals, but he is an example of overcoming obstacles and perseverance ๐๐ฅบ
๐ Champions: Belgium
โ Biggest disappointment: England
๐ Player of the Tournament: Doku
โ Flop player of the Tournament: Foden
๐ Top Goalscorer: Lukaku
๐ Dark Horses: Poland
Football fans, reply this with who will be the Euros:
๐ Champions:
โ Biggest disappointment:
๐ Player of the Tournament:
โ Flop player of the Tournament:
๐ Top Goalscorer:
๐ Dark Horses:
Let's go ๐
He so fake, he picked up the ball in his own half dribbled past them like heโs playing play station to create the goal out of nothing lmaoo there will never be another like him.
๐ฆ๐ท๐ฃ๏ธ Lionel Scaloni: "We are losing the essence of football. Not only at a professional level, but also with kids."
"My children play in Spain and are overwhelmed with information. They receive the ball, and they're already being told what to do."
"There are fewer dribblers because if they barely get the ball and you say, 'Pass it!'... Imagine if Messi, when he was eight years old, had been constantly told by his coaches to "Pass it!" We wouldn't have him today."
"Football has become such a huge thing, everyone reads, studies, and thinks that with that, they can already manage."
"If you tell a 7 or 8-year-old to make a diagonal run, cover defensively... He's seven years old! Let him play with the ball, make mistakes, and when he's 14 or 15, then we can start correcting."
"It's a message for the future. This is a sport, and the beauty of football should not be lost." (@marca@AlbicelesteTalk)
To do list today:
-Laugh at Liverpool
-Laugh at Spurs
-Laugh at Man City
-Hype up Man Unitedโs win
-Celebrate Hojlundโs goal and tell Haaland to come outside
We will be there.