They are undoubtedly the two best footballers of this century. The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Argentinian Lionel Messi continue to fuel passions with each appearance on the green rectangle, or when one or the other receives a distinction. But rather than getting bogged down in quarrels over who is better than the other, Reckya Madougou instead invites his Amazonians to learn lessons from their football practice. For the opponent in prison, the tenacity and temerity of Ronaldo, the eloquence and technicality in discretion of Messi must serve as a model of success for everyone, whatever the conditions we go through.
Here are the thoughts she shares with us on these two football juggernauts, from her place of detention.
THE HISTORICAL TEACHINGS OF MESSI AND RONALDO
Dear Amazonians, what lessons of success or life have you learned from each of you?
Ah, what a resounding moment envelops these confining walls! Freedom restricted but spirit free, I delight, with a panting heart, in the memories of two stars of round leather: The man recognizable by his Adam’s apple and his competitor with his elegant game.
You guessed it, I’m thinking of Ronaldo and Messi.
Strange, isn’t it? That in these places of torture, our ideas travel. Yes, chained body is not synonymous with chained heart.
I sometimes think about football when the collective cheers of my male co-residents come from their buildings. They who, fortunately, have the privilege of having their rights to information and entertainment respected. This allows them to have access to audiovisual media and match broadcasts.
With each “Owééé owé owé owé, ooowéé ooowéé” that they chitter in their raspy voices, I, in my inexplicable isolation, let my imagination run free. Depending on the shout, I build my film of the match by imagining either a penalty unfairly whistled or the acceleration of a footballer rivaling for a few seconds the record of the legendary sprinter Usain Bolt.
Sometimes I suspect a ball lodged with mastery in the opponent’s goal. I also sometimes sense an unforgivable failure when the “chips”, serenades and other unpleasant cries reach my eardrums. I tell myself at that moment that they are shouting about a poor goalkeeper through whom misfortune visited the team they support.
Uuuh, the guys must be explaining to themselves how “idiot” did not use his privilege of being able to use all parts of the body in the penalty area to counter the opponent, unlike the field players.
Ah, men know how to work magic in the art of playing football from their bed. Passing, dribbling, footwork and heading, free kicks, red cards, VAR… everything goes.
In truth, our passions, whether they are expressed through football, tennis which I particularly like and which I practiced or other arts, transcend the thickest partitions and make the obstacles invisible. They offer escapades where the walls falter, revealing unexplored arenas. In this regard, the defeats of our national team that I have been told about raise questions for me.
Let’s get back to our topic of the day. The breath of two giants, once masters of footballing winds and tides – Messi and Ronaldo – has calmed, sleeping under the silky veil of collective memory. The Camp Nou and Bernabéu areas, once theaters of their prowess, whisper a nagging question to us, fervent disciples of the ball: what have they left us?
For years, these two football titans have broken the glass ceiling by going beyond the simple fabric of their jerseys, rooting their art in the soul of an admiring humanity. Their steps, lessons; each goal, a lyric that resonates in the eternity of hearts. Their twilight, although tinged with melancholy, heralds a new generation. But not only that!
Their legacy, engraved far beyond the borders of the turf, remains imperishable.
Ronaldo’s reckless tenacity, his ability to transform each failure into a stepping stone to the summits, whispers that the unfolding is only a prelude to triumphs to come. Messi, through his fierce discretion and his captivating mastery of the ball, whispers to us that eloquence can reside in the silent art of excellence, far from the tumult of boasting. I invite you to meditate on these two lessons of success that these sacred behemoths have taught us.
Dear aficionados, may the fervor and love of the beautiful game survive, because football is less a matter of names than of unforgettable moments, eternally engraved in the sanctuary of our hearts.
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2023-11-06 04:20:57
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