the life of soccer players

Milan player Antonio Cassano after Saturdays game against Roma had a mini stroke. Although this player had a mini stroke it is said from his coach that he is sure is player will have full recovery. If I was Cassano I would have been scared out of my mind. I would have been worried that I might have died, also would have been worried that I would never be able to player soccer again. It sucks for him that this had to happen at this time since playoffs are coming up and those are big games. It also sucks for his team mates that they have to play the next few games with out their forward and a man down.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/10/31/cassano.stroke.ap/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a12

Milan tied with Bate Borisov 1-1. This wasn’t just a game that ended in a tie but also was a game that had a lot of meaning behind for the team Milan. One of the players on the Milan team Antonio Cassano  became very ill this past Saturday on their way back to Milan from their game in Roma. Antonio became so ill that he was unable to play in this game. So during this game all of the fans where there supporting not only the team but also really supporting Antonio Cassano. When Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Milan scored he ended up celebrating his goal by wearing Cassano’s shirt and celebrating in his name. This player celebrated in Cassano’s name because he knew that his team mate really wanted that goal for their team.  I think this is very cool, because instead of the team just being like yeah our teammate is ill and in the hospital no big deal, they actually aknowlegded that he is sick and is unable to play. I feel like this is a team that is truly committed to being there for all their teammates and not leaving anyone out.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/11/01/bate.milan.ap/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a3

The captian for Chelsea John Terry has been accused of racially abusing a member on one of the opposing teams. The police after having a person from the public complain decided to look more closely into the issue and has now issued a warrant to further investigate. Not only are the police investigating but so are the head of the soccer association.  Not only is John Terry being investigated but the opposing player that he supposedly made this racial comment to has been putting things about John Terry on Twitter. I feel like If John terry truly made a racial comment to this opposing player during the game then either one of the other players or ref would have heard it and assessed it right then and their. Also I feel like this issue is not something that should be taken as a joke or lightly and by the opposing player tweeting about it is being extremely immature and taking the issue way out of control.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/11/01/police.terry.ap/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a5