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Winston Zhang
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Monday, April 06, 2009
23:20:00
It's a really interesting (and new) perspective to have when I realise that I'm actually the same age as the guy who scored against Villa to win us the match.
I mean, seriously. All we ever grow up with is thinking about the likes of Zidane, Figo, Ronaldinho, Beckham, Ginola, Mcmanaman and so on, performing wonders for the biggest clubs in the world.
They always seemed so far away (not geographically only lah haha); grown men playing football in what amounts to being an alien land for us. Grown men with families and careers.
Then in recent years there's been a marked increase in the number of young wonderkids, with the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Fabregas, Messi, Bojan, Balotelli and so on.
Still, it all seemed quite normal. They still looked like grown men with already established careers, albeit with more years ahead of them than the previous set of names.
The fact that some of these guys are only a few years older, or even the same age, compared to me always went over my head for some reason. Bojan is only one year older than me, for example! And now we have Federico Macheda, who's the same age as me (he'll be 18 in August), scoring a last minute winner in one of the biggest football leagues in the world.
Can you imagine? In some alternate reality, your friggin' classmate could be a worldwide superstar! It boggles the mind. Before too long I'll be looking at the 18-year olds coming through the system and be calling them kids cos I'll be so much older by then.