Life, or something close to it.

Imagine a child's dream of becoming the greatest there ever was. Imagine two brothers' memory of having a game on a Saturday evening. Imagine searching for five friends to have a match indoors. Imagine 11 of us walking, running, jumping, sliding, heading, tackling, crossing, passing, shooting, saving, scoring, defending and attacking. Imagine the breeze the forty yards of turf feels as the ball rushes over, courtesy of a Lampard stunner. Imagine ninety minutes that gives you every possible emotion. Imagine hundred and ten yards of green heaven. Imagine hundreds of us shouting and cheering in front of a big screen though our cheers don’t really matter. Imagine the five thousand broken hearts that travel across cities to see their team lose. Imagine the seventy thousand hearts that soared when Michael won the derby match on the 96th minute. Imagine the two hundred thousand hands that go up when Andres drives through a wall of defenders at Catalonia. Imagine millions of mouths across the globe shout Goal! , at the same time, as the ball crosses the line. Imagine a nation holding its breath as it watches you take a free kick. Imagine billions of hearts beating for the same cause. Imagine the humiliation of a stupid blunder. Imagine the redemption in a fingertip save. Imagine the chill of an early shower after a red card. Imagine the thrill of a last ditch tackle. Imagine the half time talk of a furious manager. Imagine the cleverness of a chip. Imagine the audacity of a back heel. Imagine winning in the second half, after you were down and out on the first. Imagine the pain of a defeat. Imagine the joy of a goal. Imagine the torture of a penalty miss. Imagine the agony of coming second. Imagine, oh can you imagine, lifting the World Cup. Imagine Steven's fifty yard pass. Imagine Paul's vision. Imagine Lionel's quick feet. Imagine Cristiano's step overs. Imagine Diego's dash. Imagine Roy's tackle. Imagine David’s free kick. Imagine Gianluigi's full stretch for a save. Imagine Ryan's cross. Imagine Wayne's volley. Imagine Ruud's finish. Imagine desolation. Imagine ecstasy. Now gather all these rainbow of emotions: pain, misery, suffering, hate, sorrow, relief, hope, joy, delight, bliss and everything else, and somehow stuff it inside a circumference of 27 inches, put it down, take two steps back. Now KICK IT! Imagine Life. Imagine Football.