Football Game Is Over

Experiences change our lives every day. We learn from our mistakes or success in order to define who we are. The same has to be learned by Newcastle after losing the Premier League by Man United on 26th Dec. It was an amazing complete to an outstanding go with which saw the property part come from behind on three events. And with Manchester United fielding a part without ill and harmed fighting group of 3 Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and winger Ashley Younger, the guests must have felt the prospective for an disappointed. Newcastle resolved into their beat while the group management regularly provided the ball away. They also seemed brief of concepts from start perform, so when the equaliser came it was no shock it was from a set-piece. However, there are those experiences that stand out above all others, the ones that have a drastic impact on our life styles, the ones that change how we view the world, and how we view our own lives. Same has happened with this football team and also in my life. Our day-to-day lifestyle changes and we are forced to find new ways to do things, forced to change our views on which we are. The one specific moment that I can pinpoint in my life that created a drastic change of whom I am today occurred during my school life. It was the first week of school and all I was really focused on was the football game coming up. I had spent most of my summer weight training and practicing for the upcoming season and I got drastically better than the year before, and was ready for anything. I managed to get through my first week of school without much trouble. I was ready for the game. I went through my normal pre-game after school. I decided to put on some new spikes on my cleats, since my other ones were pretty dull. Now on the field we stretched out. Everything was the same as so many times before. The other students gathered around the ground to watch this football live. I had to wait till I could play; since I was a defensive player. We received the ball, but didn’t get too far. Our offence could not move the ball, which made me quite mad. It was three and out, and we had to gamble. In addition to being a defensive player, I was on the kick team. So I took the field, with the sole intention of deflecting any rush on our punter, then getting the tackle. The ball was snapped, and I dropped back to defend, there were no problems there. The ball was kicked and I tore down the field, meeting no resistance. The receiver was right in front of me. I knew in my mind that he was going to juke, so I juked with him. Then, when I went to redirect, my foot was planted and everything from my knee down did not move, but everything above it did didn’t move. I heard an audible “pop” and I fell down in a last attempt to tackle him, I failed. My Coach asked me to see the Trainer.The trainer met me halfway seeing that I was limping off the field. He did what all trainers do and asked me what hurt, and what happened. I told him my knee, and that I heard a pop. He had me lie down on the bench while he did a number of things. I was VERY scared at this point. The trainers did their own tests. They went off to the side to confer with each other. They came back and told me that I had torn my ACL (one of the crucial ligament of knee). My worst fears had come true, I was out for the season, and it hadn’t even begun yet. They confirmed my thoughts right after. I was done. Football as a player was over for me. Today, I watch soccer only on T.V.Drastic things do happen in our lives. Things that tear us down when we are up, and open our eyes to new possibilities. The most important thing to remember is to find new ways to excel, to find new things to excel at. Do everything in your power to be the best at everything that you do. Do not wait until something bad happens to look and assess your life. These moments are not always necessary, but when they come do not ignore them. “Do not let the hero in your soul parish, in the lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your roads, and the nature of your battle. The road you desired can be won.