Great picture; great goal
Posted by stuart on Apr 6th, 2009
2009
Apr 6
Not obviously China-related, except the Chinese love to watch the English Premier League and this story involves a young sportsman not telling us he’s older than he really is. I’m not a huge fan of football these days and I swear allegiance to no tribe. But I love this picture, lifted from the Timesonline sports section, for capturing perfectly the moment when a 17-year-old Italian, making his first-team debut, struck in injury time to score the winner as Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-2 yesterday afternoon.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/
His name is Federico Macheda; expect to hear more about the boy. Wile we’re about it, where the hell is China’s young footballing talent? They must be out there somewhere.