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🚨🇮🇹 David Ancelotti on Lille’s 3-0 defeat to Arsenal:
🗣️“Now I understand why so many clubs struggle against Arsenal. They have quality across the pitch and are an incredible team. Facing them is a completely different challenge.
They can attack, dominate possession or counter-attack, adapting to any situation. You cannot prepare for just one style, as they can beat you in different ways.
Their defence is extremely strong, their midfield full of quality and their attackers can punish you at any moment. They have everything needed to compete at the highest level, and Mikel Arteta deserves enormous credit for building this team.
Arsenal are the strongest team we have faced this season. We tried to compete, but their quality made the difference. They are organised, aggressive, technically excellent and hard to stop once they find their rhythm.
For me, Arsenal are one of the best clubs in the world right now. They have the quality, mentality and tactical flexibility to beat anyone.”
@HumanosRaw Men are the same, they change stance when a more muscular or handsome man walks in the room. People just need to appreciate themselves and feel comfortable in their own skin. We are all unique
Fewer than 300 people in human history have ever seen this with their own eyes.
Earth spinning beneath them. Nothing between their face and the infinite void except a helmet visor. 🌍🚀
It’s called an extravehicular activity (EVA)—a spacewalk.
You leave the station, secure yourself to the spacecraft, and spend hours working in the vacuum of space.
And the strangest part? Silence. Sound cannot travel through the vacuum.
But the incredible images never show what happens before the hatch opens.
1️⃣ Hours of preparation with pure oxygen
Astronauts follow procedures designed to reduce the risk of decompression sickness as suit pressure changes.
2️⃣ Hundreds of hours of underwater training
Wearing a spacesuit in a giant pool, astronauts rehearse every movement until it becomes second nature.
3️⃣ Every movement is planned and timed
Nothing is improvised. From opening the hatch to securing tools and completing each task, the sequence is meticulously rehearsed.
What looks effortless, spontaneous, and almost magical is actually the result of years of training and obsessive preparation.
The conversation.
The perfect demonstration.
The spacewalk.
What you see is only the final few minutes of an enormous human effort. 🌌
Thank you to everyone who played a part in my journey, from my Charlton days as a kid through to my last time playing football at Bromley. From the age of 8 football has been my life, it’s given me a lot, and I have also given it a lot back. In fact I’ve given it everything.
It’s for that reason that I can write this looking back over my career with no regrets. Do I wish certain things went better? Without a doubt. A lot of things. I once scored an own goal from 30 yards out. I certainly wouldn’t mind deleting that from history. But were these bad or difficult moments ever because of a lack of effort? No. Like I said, I gave football everything. Everyday.
And I guess I’m writing this because I can see that’s getting lost a bit these days. I don’t know if it’s social media painting a certain picture of what a footballer looks like, but I want to be clear, behind the scenes these top players train like their life depends on it. Alexis Sánchez, wow. Every training session he trained like it was his last. The ones that don’t, they fall by the way side eventually. Even when they’re really, really good. I’ve seen it happen to too many young pros and scholars, trying to make a name in the game.
Apply yourself everyday, listen to your coaches and learn from the players who have already been where you want to get to. Because if you don’t make it, and it’s because you got carried away with yourself, it’ll be a heavy burden to carry later in life.
I suffered a lot with confidence throughout my career, which I found strange because my Dad always backs himself to the hilt. I saw loads of people, to try and unlock something within me and find that inner belief. “Take the chains off” Arsène Wenger would say to me. “I’m trying boss”, I would say to myself. But I’m certain it was that same insecurity that gave me the drive I have, that would make me run harder and train harder than everyone else. Ultimately that’s what gave me a career at the top level, because physically I was a machine and I took a lot of pride in that. Was the way I am a blessing or a curse for me? A bit of both I think. But you can only play the cards you’re dealt and try and make the best of them.
I’m writing all this because I hope some young players might read it. You guys have so much confidence these days! I wish I could nick some of it and take it back in time, but confidence without application and having that fire in your belly to improve everyday won’t get you far. I see less young players doing extras, working on their craft, doing extra running after training. Trust me, you won’t have a career if you neglect this aspect.
Try and find the sweetspot. That’s why I love guys like Bukayo Saka. He’s got that swagger, but you only need to listen to him in a post match interview to see he’s never lost his humility. Find the sweetspot.
Hopefully the above has some value to someone out there. I didn’t want to write the generic retirement ‘thanks for everything’ post as it seemed like a missed opportunity. Although of course I am very grateful to my friends, family, coaches, managers and of course the fans who have been with me on my journey. I’m looking forward to seeing what life has in store for me next.
Cheers,
Jenko