My passion for FOOTBALL

YES, I love FOOTBALL!
Nope, it's not American football, it's SOCCER!

I really enjoy playing it, tiring myself out, Striving for every chances,
Standing my ground defending for the team, Tackling opponents to win the ball back,
Chasing after wingers to stop their cross, Shooting at goal at chances.

No doubt, I see myself still playing football at weekends for the next few years!
And really I hoped it still isn't too old a game for a 40 yr old man. haha
Well, my friend, Ah Peng, is a regular service man, though he does not like the work there in the SAF, but perhaps the greatest consolence is that he can play football with his squad at weekends. (I joined them) So, look on the bright side man, it isn't that bad, is it.

Sometimes, you just have to watch a game or two soccer matches from TV, and try to appreciate their slightest touches, reactions, physical play and team work.

I'm not a very much skilful player, being so, I played as centre-back, defensive-mid, or striker.
Ah Peng said I play the game very much to my strength, and I really appreciated it, not much compliments can delight me as much from those spoken from someone I admired in soccer.
Being about 6-foot tall, and about 80kg, my height and build allow me to shield off challenges, and threatens in the air, together with my work rate and pace.

The only draw back I have and would have is that my thigh muscles can never sustained itself after a half, I needed a lot of muscle rub to keep it going for the second half, if not, when it cramps, you can treat me as a paralysed guy for at least two hours.

This issue is often been brought up by my parent who disallowed me for vigorious exercise, so as they said. Yes, I had been a worry for them for this, I know, and I wish I wasn't.
I insist on playing despite facing the threat of a deadly cramp, maybe football is really a "macho" game, it attracts people like me, playing to win and win to play.

Even when my team lost, as long as I had done my best, it doesn't really made me feel that sad.
I'm still trying to improve my play at soccer. I'm not trying to be like someone, it's my passion and it's burning everytime I stepped into the field.

"Ready for the game?"
Zhaoru.