The profession of a “football player” is not without racism, inconveniences and psychological problems

Messi, Ronaldo and Hazard are victims of bullying... and the "England trio" join the list

  • Young promising Bukayo Saka misses England's final penalty kick against Italy goalkeeper Donnarumma.

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  • Pickford motivates Saka to take the decisive kick.

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The profession of a “soccer player” is not without obstacles, psychological problems, even racism, and manifestations of bullying. In order for players to become legends, they must overcome the critical stage in their football career, and focus on the positive and bright points in the game, which is a source of livelihood for a large number of players around the world. The world is in the era of professionalism, as stars the size of Argentine Lionel Messi, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Belgian Eden Hazard, and before them the late tango magician Diego Maradona, were subjected to violent tremors at the beginning of their lives in the stadiums, but they shook the dust and insisted on reaching the top.

The last psychological situation for the England players, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukaya Saka - Mahdri, was the penalty shoot-out against Italy in the European Nations Cup final match, which was finally concluded with the victory of the "Azuri" 2-3 with kicks (original and extra time 1-1) at Wembley Stadium. , in front of 60,000 spectators - a great crisis for them and their families, and even the brown-skinned English fans, in front of a mass wave of racist abuse against athletes, through social networking sites and insults in all its forms, reaching the level of offensive graffiti on the walls of the streets.

Despite the FA's desperate defense of the three players, controlling the English fans' space seems a fantasy, especially since racist comments are still continuing against the three players without returning to the root of the problem, which was caused by the coach, Gareth Southgate, in his selection of young players. The age to take kicks requires players with experience, nerve and skill, which was not available in Rashford (23 years) and Sancho (21 years), who did not touch the ball in the final, after Southgate involved them in the last seconds of the second extra period, while Saka, who participated most of The matches are no more than 19 years old!

Instead of encouraging the young players, patting their shoulders and raising their concerns, most of the English fans intervened to fight them with a racist attack rejected by Manchester United player Rashford, who stated to the British media that he accepts criticism of his performance, and completely rejects all forms of insult to his person and his family.

And because the young English trio at the beginning of his football life, stories from the past impose themselves on the football scene, and Maradona’s story was inspiring after he faced a major crisis when his star shined and his move to play with Barcelona from 1982 to 1984, where the players tried to quell his revolution and break it, and stop him by beating and cursing. And bullying, and this was embodied in Barca’s confrontation with Athletic Bilbao, when the confrontation caught up with punches and beatings as a result of harming Maradona, but the “legend” continued to marginalize everything that was going on, and imposed himself as a giant.

In the modern football era, Cristiano Ronaldo did not escape bullying. When the "Don" moved to Manchester United at the age of 18, he was bullied by the players Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs and the two brothers, Gary and Phil Neville, who mocked him and his hair, clothes, skin and teeth, and deliberately made him He runs behind the ball in group exercises, according to the British "Sun".

Lionel Messi also suffered when he was young, as he revealed in statements to the newspaper "Marca" that "his colleagues in 2005 had a huge body, and they hurt him, and they spoke Catalan together in the dressing rooms, which made him feel like an outcast."

As for the most controversial case, it concerns Real Madrid star Hazard, whose dressing rooms were like hell while he was in the French Lille, as he was once slapped by his colleague Frank Perea, after a sharp verbal argument between them!

The world of football is full of crises and problems, and only those who persevere and overcome many inconveniences will succeed. Will the English trio follow the path of Messi and Ronaldo, or will they raise the white flag early?

• Barcelona players were hurting Messi in 2005 and speak Catalan so that he does not understand their dialogues!

• United stars deliberately made Cristiano Ronaldo run behind the ball in group training.

• Lille's French dressing room was like hell for Hazard, as he was slapped by his colleague.

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