Diego Costa is one of the more prominent strikers in the Premier League. Over the past season, he's had his string of success, scoring a number of goals and gaining recognition for the Golden Boot award for the league. While his place in Chelsea seems to be set, Costa has drawn some setbacks.
This past season, he was suspended three games for his violent conduct during a match againt Liverpool, where Costa was caught stamping on Emre Can. While this didn't have much affect on Chelsea's overall play and their standing within the Premier League, losing a star player for a few games can lead to eventual failure.
This has given Diego an ego as a 'bad boy', where he is aggressive with most of his tactics. He's a fierce competitor and truly enjoys competing in the game.
While this all seems true that Costa has this attitude, we need to realize that he's truly a humble person who sticks to his roots and cares about the others around him.
In his hometown of Lagarto, Brazil, Costa has began to open up schools for underpriveleged kids who are not presented with the same opportunities that have reached him. He wants these young children to stay away from the danger, the drugs, and violence. While his main focus is on education, he wants to provide these children with the chance at playing soccer.
We need to look past these bad images the media portrays and learn to discover the good in the star players.
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It's awesome to see a guy like Costa whos playstyle seems ugly and innapropriate do such good in a place like his home town in Brazil. Despire many people not having faith in him as a good guy he plays the way he plays and honestly does a great job getting the job done.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. People need to see past the bad in people and truly get to understand them. The media never portrays what we really want to see.
DeleteI think is situations like this one and also like Suarez, the audience doesn't ever really know if he is a good or bad guy. there are two things between what the player is like at home and what he is like on the field. What is most important is how they act on the field and if they are illegally agressive then it is right to hold anything they do against them and their team
ReplyDeleteYou're right when you say to hold them accountable for actions on the field because it should show how they are off the field. Hopefully Costa changes his ways on the field, but I do know he uses the anger he has on the field to inspire him to perform better.
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