Gerrard grabbed the ball out of the net and raced back to the centre circle, looking as though he wanted the world to open up and swallow him whole, but there was no escaping what had just happened.Chelsea
Yesterday was a special day. I asked my Mother and Aunt to assist me by calling all my family together in the spirit of thanksgiving to celebrate my new Life and our Ancestors who walked the journey with Christ. A journey we are still walking in!!! Remembering and celebrating the prayers and covenants our ancestors made with Jesus our Lord and Saviour. What a privilege it is to be a walking and breathing prayer. I came here with prayer , I will live by prayer and eventually I will leave by prayer. Glory to God!!! Thank you Jesus!!!!
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(This is only 30% of my family by the way)
Kevin De Bruyne: "I am a brutally honest person. So I will let you in on a little secret. Before I came to Manchester City, I didn’t really know what to make of this Raheem Sterling guy. I had never met him, and from what I’d read about him in the English press, I thought he was going to be a very different character.
I thought.…
Well.…
I didn’t think he’d be a bad guy, really. But the tabloids were always claiming that he was arrogant. So I guess I thought he’d be … what do the English call it?
A bit of a dickhead, maybe?
Raheem and I have this strong connection, because we arrived at City around the same time, and there was a lot of negativity about us in the press. They said I was “the Chelsea reject.” They said Raheem was this flashy guy who left Liverpool for money. They said we were difficult characters.
Of course, when you read this stuff about yourself, you think, Me? I’m not difficult. This is ridiculous. These people don’t even know me! But honestly, when you read about other players, it influences the way you think. You can’t help it.
Then I got to City and I actually met Raheem, and we’d talk a bit after training, and I thought, Wait, this guy seems really cool? What’s the story here?
Truthfully, I don’t have many close friends — inside or outside of football. It takes me a really long time to open up to people. But over time, I got closer to Raheem, because our sons were born around the same time, so they would always play together. I really got to know Raheem, and I recognized what a smart and genuine person he is. He couldn’t be more different from what the tabloids were saying.
This is the real truth: Raheem is one of the nicest, most humble guys I’ve met in football."
From being on the brink of retirement at 21 years old, to building a career as one of the world's best defenders. This is Thiago Silva's inspirational story.
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