June 22 does it ring a bell??
Its one day you want to cancel in your calendar and blackberry's if you are a Spain football supporter. They have lost three big I mean really big matches on Jun 22 , and to add salt to injury they lost matches on penalty shoot outs. To Belgium in 1986 World Cup, to England in Euro 1996 (of all the teams the last team you want to lose on penalties is England :)) then to hosts S.Korea in World Cup 2002.
So with odds heavily bet against them it was one setup I dint wanna miss, in fact postponed all my shopping and snowboarding with colleagues to next weekend to witness this perfectly set match between Italy (the world champions) and Spain.
When the match started, it seemed that Italy were playing 0-0 draw from the word go, and then hope for the best keeper Buffon to save them . But you have to give credit to the Italians for their man to man marking, flawless they have more than perfected this technique. The Spain on the other hand looked more determined and wanted to wrap the game in 90 min or in extra time.They enjoyed ball possession for over 65%, they looked likely winners.
The June 22 jinx would continue for Spain as they missed very close goals and atleast two penalty decisions going against them. Spain's brave moves and attacks just could not break the seal and the match headed into penalties. And finally Gladiators silenced their critics by winning the match.
Sport is a great teacher, countless lessons can be learnt from a single match. There is nothing like a bad day, I have so many friends complaining to me about a particular number, day, date, time etc that are bad for them due to past events. Forget the past its over, do something you have control on, fight and savor your victory. If you ask me there is no better feeling than winning a battle when the odds are against you. Be dedicated, focused, dream, be honest to yourself,love,live and see for yourself if there is a stopping force. There won't be any.
Fortune favors the brave, time and again!!
You can Succeed and LIVE only when you Conquer your fears
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