Growing up as a kid, there was one thing that gave me hope. That鈥檚 the joy of playing football. Football is a part many don鈥檛 understand. A sport that carries us always as we journey through ourselves. What makes it special is how we intend to relate with the players we love and get closer to knowing them to the extent of being able to tell maybe how they are at a particular moment. That鈥檚 how the fan love is. Football has shown us greatness.
We watch, learn and choose the people we love. But aside from all these differences, we have a great passion for the game. As we say, for the love of the game, we can do anything for just that ball. Ronaldo might be your choice and Messi is mine. But when the clear facts come about football we give the glory to them and move on. Ronaldo and Messi don鈥檛 know me but the love and admiration I have for them because of the football they play are greater than anything. Football creates this bond that when we one day lose these people we might not be able to withstand it.
The football world has experience pain. I鈥檓 from Ghana and most of us from Ghana are crying. A talent that just passed by and we can鈥檛 do anything about it. A call to nature and the football family is in tears. A great player is being lost and we can鈥檛 seem to wipe our tears. Christian Atsu, a legend on and off the field died without telling us goodbye. Maybe That鈥檚 how life plays it but there should have been a way to console the football fraternity. We love you, Christian.
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Not even a wave it was. The most painful deaths are the ones that come just in a bit. No sickness, nothing and we have lost you. It hits differently. If he knew that free kick goal, he scored was to be his last goal, how would he have celebrated it? If he knew that was the last day he will make the football fans of both his club and country happy, how would it have been? Questions we can鈥檛 answer but we can鈥檛 stop thinking about him too.
The hope this legend brought to Ghanaian youth sports boys was incredible. His act of generosity that spread to the likes of prisoners to students gave hope to Ghana. His friendship with Mubarak Wakaso gave every young football hope to always get a friend like him. He left us in many tears and we will cry for him. All good in humanity reminds us of Christian Atsu. The man he was and the legend he is now. But to my dear eyes and my dear football fans, we have to accept it and part ways with him. Maybe when we get the chance to meet him one day, we will tell him he should have said goodbye at least. This is a strong blow to the football family. A blow that will stay in history.
Football is life. He lived his life to inspire. We鈥檝e lost him. But the hope he gave us still exists in us. Let鈥檚 let that spark of it brighten and inspire the world too. Rest well legend, Christian Atsu. The football family misses you.