The psyche of the Alfamanic athlete is fascinating to see.
Although the slightest criticism is enough to ruin the day of most people, your professional athlete must be insensitive – or seem to be – for such emotions.
In addition, it is crucial that an athlete appreciates itself as high as possible. In the Dog-Eat-Dog world of the professional sport, where obstacles are around every corner, the victim of long-term periods of doubt would be counterproductive.
Although footballers who show weakness and embrace their human side are increasingly welcomed, showing weakness towards your opponent on the field is still actively discouraged.
At this point we invite you to think back to January 2015, when Diego Costa was in his imperial phase. Since Costa came to Chelsea last summer, Costa conquered the defenses of the Premier League, such as the Empire State Building, and a series of bungalows.
“Diego Costa says he never takes his work home. That is probably a good thing too, “wrote Sid Lowe from The Guardian about the striker when he was at Atletico Madrid.
If he did, he could walk through the door, stimulate the dog with a stick, secretly put his wife on the stairs with an elbow aside, can innocently shrug his shoulders while in a crumpled heap on the Soil lay and can whisper insults against him. Children, look the other way and whistle when they burst into tears. “
Between all the hassle and the bruised egos, Costa shot Chelsea to the national title at the same time. Under the leadership of Jose Mourinho, of whom it is suspected that he considered Costa as a long -lost son, the Spanish international had scored seventeen goals before he faced Liverpool in the semi -final of the League Cup.
A trip to Anfield would not have deterred him, but it led to one opponent eventually offered the head ram striker.
Come in, Jordan Henderson.
January 2015 was a strange time for Liverpool. Memories of last year's title, which in terms of doomed courage looked strong like The Charge of the Light Brigade, were blurred after a stuttering first half of the season.
Captain Steven Gerrard was about to announce his retirement and Liverpool urgently needed someone who got up and demonstrated leadership qualities.
Henderson was that man. His football qualities may have been questioned during his first years at Anfield, but the work pace of the midfielder and his commitment to the case were never under discussion.
So when Costa started harassing and puncturing every Liverpool player he encountered, the midfielder looked at him and threw his opponent the dictionary definition of an icy look.
Take a look at how Costa initially comes up against him before he realizes that he bought a toothpick for a firefight.
Witness how he hesitantly gets away, in the way of a man who accidentally fell into a fence of sleeping lions.
Look at how Henderson Costa tries to turn into stone, just with the cruelty of his gaze.
Beautiful things.
After the game, an unobtrusive 1-1 draw, The Guardian reported that Henderson “had to be separated from the Chelsea attacker by a member of his club's back room staff after the two faced each other” in the Anfield tunnel.
The internal operation of the player tunnel remains a mystery for you and me – the catchy image of a piece of pizza sliding down along the face of Sir Alex Ferguson – but Sky Sports misses a trick by not broadcasting what is in the inner sanctuary happens from the Premier League. Stadiums.
Somewhat disappointing later it turned out that Costa or Henderson had not given any punches, but that they pushed each other and were involved in a furious fight before they separated.
“I didn't want to make any explanation,” Henderson said later in an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph. “It was just in that match that he tried to intimidate some of our younger players, which I didn't really like.”
And it was those qualities that Henderson made the logical choice to follow Gerrard as a captain at the end of the 2014/2015 season.
Under his leadership, Liverpool has won both the Premier League and the Champions League and the midfielder born in Sunderland will finally be praised for his football and leadership qualities.
There are plenty of standards to measure the fighting spirit of certain football players, but the gaze that Costa literally made into brick is enough to demonstrate the character of the man who would lead Liverpool to the ultimate prices of club football one day.
By Michael Lee
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