“We never did man-of-the-match awards because you lose all intrinsic motivation from it. Does Mason have the right sort of attitude? He will have because he never had that trophy for just playing on a Sunday morning. They didn’t need it, all they needed was to play the game.”
Category Archives: How It All Began
How It All Began: Ferran Torres
Little Ferran had been recommended to the club by his physical education teacher after first kicking the ball at school, on a futsal pitch.
How It All Began: Kai Havertz
The little Havertz was never the best player on the team and understandably so. He would train with kids a year or even two years older than him. However, Kai would still stand out. More than anything, with his will and drive.
How It All Began: Rayan Cherki
I did not keep him long. Roger Martinez immediately knew he had to take it all in and simply savour those rare moments. A kid like that would not appear in front of his eyes every day. If ever. “There was nothing I could teach him”, the coach of l’AS Saint-Priest recently told France Football.Continue reading “How It All Began: Rayan Cherki”
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