Hello, this is my first post. Hope you enjoy it.
I still remember this
story like it was happened yesterday.
When I was a young boy, in 1998, my father woke me up in the
midnight. He said that he wanted to show me something interesting. I had no
idea what it was about. I thought it was my birthday and my father wanted to
give me surprise. But I was wrong. My father only wanted to show me a football
match; it was World Cup 1998 quarter final match, between Netherlands against
Argentina. During the match, my father never stooped explaining about football.
He said that soccer was the most popular sport in the world. He also told me
about how he was crazy about Netherlands because their way of soccer, total
football, was so entertaining. My father never stooped supporting Holland team
since he was a teenager.
my father and my mother
For your information, the only competition they had
won was Euro 1988. Netherlands was reached final stage up in World Cup 1974,
1978 (at that time). Ironically, they had never win the World Cup competition
even for once. That was why people dubbed Holland as “crown less winner”. Back
to the match, my father said that the Holland player who wore the 8 jersey, Dennis
Bergkamp, was his favorite player. Although I understood nothing about
football, I could see that Bergkamp was magnificent player because Holland
supporters shouted whenever Bergkamp dribbled the ball. At the end of the
match, Bergkamp helped his team to win over Argentina with a goal and an assist
from him. Not only in Holland national team, Bergkamp also lethal for his team,
Arsenal.
That night changed my world. It looked like I was falling in
love with this sport at the first sight. From that moment, I idolized Bergkamp, Netherlands and Arsenal. I always use Arsenal team every time I play games like:
Pro Evolution Soccer, Winning Eleven, Championship Manager and Football
Manager. My father and I never missed to watch every single Netherlands and
Arsenal match. We always support for arsenal although they never win any competition
since 2005. But my father always said that do not easily change your faith. It
is not because you are great so you can be a winner, but you are great because
you can be a winner. He keeps remind me not to desperate whatever happened in
your life. How thick the wall in front of you, you can still climb over it. In my
hardest time, I always remember what my father said to me. The only thing that I
want to say to my father is: “Thank you for being the greatest father in the
world. Don’t you know how much I want to reply all your kindness to me?”
But my father has passed away before I can do it. Maybe that
is why my tears always dropped whenever I watch Netherlands or Arsenal football
match, because I realize that I cannot watch those match with my father again.
Now I have my own little family, and I hope that I can be a
great husband and father for my family, as good as you father…
Me and my happy little family
keep on blogging sayang :)
BalasHapus