There are footballers who are touched by a wand. There is no other explanation. That talent, that magic that is born from his boots, has no other justification than by divine will. Now, that talent is useless without perseverance. and of that Keira Walsh (Rochdale, England, 1997) knows a while. The midfielder, the undisputed headline at Barça and in England, has shown time and time again that nothing is grave, that the difficulties are less bumpy on a road full of successes. And, on her shelf, she wants to put the World Cup trophy next to the last Euro Cup lifted. To do this, this Sunday he wants to disarm Spain and proclaim himself champion.
He Love for the football it came to him without seeing it coming. For her, to see her father leave her little home in Rochdale every weekend and head out to Maine Road wearing the T-shirt of the Manchester City wearing was usual. The appointment of each week, the moment of worship where her father went to that majestic stadium where she would soon dream of playing. During the week, I trained in the garden at home with the boots on and the ball well glued. Always under control, lest he get lost out there.
His innate talent allowed him to advance despite the objections of those who, at the time, did not understand that football has no gender. At just 17 years old, she dressed in the jacket of the club that saw her grow up, for her, a few years later, at 25change the skyblue for the blaugrana from the club where he always dreamed of playing. Everything was in his favor to reach Barça last summer. Alexia’s injury left a free space in midfield that could not be assigned to just anyone. The citizens they had been knocked out of the Champions League and the English midfielder has just been named the best player in the Eurocup final that Sarina Wiegmann’s team raised.
Prodigious with the ball at her feet, Walsh always had her two references in mind. “My father always told me to pay attention to Sergio Busquets and Pep Guardiola, because he was a defensive midfielder. He told me to look at them. I also saw Yaya Toure, but I play a bit different from him. And, of course, David Silva was my favorite player”, the lighthouse of the Anglo-Saxon team confessed on countless occasions.
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Few players have the individual talent of Keira Walsh. Her great quality makes her stand out in a midfield where she becomes big, she occupies spaces and perfectly reads his own game and that of the opponent. Time and interpret the needs of the team with a elegance reserved only for the best. The midfielder stands out for always looking ahead, looking for the distant player, an element very important in game creation for the culé team. The midfielder, like Bronze, share changing room with most of the footballers of the Spanish team at Barca.
This World Cup, however, has not been as sweet as Walsh would have imagined. In it match against Denmark (second day of the group stage), Walsh had to leave the field of play on a stretcher, after his knee made a stranger. All the souls jumped, in Australia and at Barça. Luckily, everything ended in a scare and the Catalan was able to return for the round of 16 against Nigeria. Definitely, will be part of Sarina Wiegman’s starting eleven for the grand final against Spain. There is no better guide for the English if they want to add this World Cup to their feat.