Sunday, September 18, 2005 Yesterday's match was really a low point. I was put in a more left-sided centre-back position, which I was totally clueless about. If I was put in my normal left-back position I would have been more aware of what I was supposed to do, but in the new position I don't know if I should go for the guy on the left or stay back to cover my left winger, as our marking wasn't really tight.Having said all these, the goal we conceded was from a free-kick so I won't say our defence was terrible. But I felt that I didn't play to potential. As I was expected to release the ball almost immediately, it was more of a ball-clearing practise than a match. It felt really terrible for me to be stuck at the back. I'm not saying it's a bad job, but I've played upfront all these years, and it's not easy to adapt. Even when I can get the ball past a few opponents without losing the ball as I had shown before being fouled so often and possibly making a better pass than just clearing the ball, I'm still told to clear it. This is just not my style, but I guess I'll bear with it, as there is no "I" in team. Even Beckham once had to play at right-back for Madrid. That professionalism of his I respect. |
he thought he was superman; |
aoi's design from SCRATCH 2004
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