Rosicky’s forced Rose into a mistake, he’s free but he’s got Walker on his heels. Surely he won’t be able to outrun him, but wait…. He’s getting away; he’s free of his man and GOOOOAAL!!What a delightful finish by the Little Mozart.
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It was not long ago that Rosicky found himself on the fringes of the first team, chances were scarce, and fan patience was wearing thin. The goodwill he had built through his earlier performances was slowly eroding. He was just another in the long list of injury prone players whose promise would never be fulfilled.
Rosicky has always been a player that excited. From his outside of the boot lobs to his gut busting runs to win the ball back and those deliciously succulent passes that has the audiences drooling and begging for more.
To add to this, he is a fighter, the one quality that fans hope their players display all the time. It is perhaps a bit sad that for all his qualities, traits and personal glories he has nothing to show for his time at Arsenal, an injustice by the treachery of fate.
Very few players, if any, manage to make a comeback to top level football after being out of the game for as long as he was, especially in the circumstances he did. He was surrounded by a crippling team and raging fans. Time wasn’t on his side either.
Looking back, it probably looks like just another run of the mill Hollywood script where the underdog bides his time and waits for his moment before unleashing himself. Rosicky’s moment was 2012, and he grabbed it so hard, that he wrenched the hand that was handing it out. He’s now an integral member of the team that sits first on the table, just like in the old days.
Rosicky’s story is one of an indomitable spirit and an unyielding passion. It burns through him and ignites in those around him. It is not uncommon to see team mates and youth players wax lyrical about him being the most inspiring player in the team.
It is not just team mates alone that he’s had an effect on; it was heartening to see Dortmund players clamor for his shirt after a Champions League game. These weren’t ordinary players, but players who had played the Champions League final only a few months ago.
Rosicky is a player who deserves to be remembered, whose story deserves to be told. But time is running out. He turns 34 this year, an age where the more dynamic players like him tend to slow down a bit, and though he’s shown no signs of that yet, it is only inevitable.
Football doesn’t like to romanticize a player for his overcoming of adversary; it tends to remember players as a unit of a trophy winning team instead. And he’s had none with Arsenal. It is time to rectify that and immortalize himself in London folklore, forever.
He hasn’t had many chances of doing that with the Gunners, mainly due to injuries and the team not being good enough but this is his best chance ever. And as before, he has to make sure he grabs the chance as best as he can.
