Yes it is true, the Spaniard Fernando Torres is having a worrying time not only with his current club Chelsea but with his National side Spain to. People say Torres is no longer a player he was three seasons ago when he joined an English Club Liverpool for the first time in his life. They are forgetting that Torres has achieved a number of things in his wonderful football career which no other player has even come near by. Fernando is still a world class player and he is and will always be called as EL NINO.
Here are some fantastic achievements he had earned in his life:
Fernando Torres started his football career in a Spanish Side called Athletico Madrid in the year 2001. He had 174 leagues appearances for the La Liga team scoring 75 amazing goals. Torres also scored the winning goal in the Euro Cup final leading Spain to victory and making them the Champions of Europe.
That is where the former Liverpool boss Benitez received attraction and immediately brought him to English football for a fee worth to be 20 million pounds. Just after joining Liverpool, Torres become adapted so well with the pace of the English game that he netted 30 times in his first season breaking the record of the former Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistrelrooy. He was the second foreign player to ever do that.
With the help of the Spaniard, Liverpool were really close to end their drought of winning the Barclays Premier League crown after 17 years but just at the end, the Arsenal winger Arshavin ruined the party for them by netting four unbelievable goals a Anfield.
So when did his poor form start?
Just before the World Cup, he suffered a major hamstring injury which kept him out for a few matches when he was still playing for Liverpool. But some miracle happened during that time and he was cleared fit to play in the Spain squad and flew to South Africa. He did play in the World Cup matches but did not score a single goal which amazed millions of people. Even the Spain manager did not believe and had to strip him off from the first team. We all thought that it would be temporary but that injury really lost his confidence and spirit. Torres still continued to play for Liverpool but he was not dangerous and fearsome as before. He lacked something. Fernando got so frustrated that he actually requested the board to place him on the transfer window and he on the spot purchased by Chelsea.
A new era had begun for Torres and he hoped he would regain his form back but with due respect, he has not got it back. Torres is no longer a marvelous striker he was before and after his match against Manchester United on the 18th September 2011 and missing such an open goal which resulted to utter shame, i fear to say this but many fans are starting to lose hope in him.
But fans of Chelsea, do not forget that he is the EL NINO of Spain. It is true that he has lost his form back but see the positives of the match against Man Utd. He scored a goal, his dribbling skills are coming back, it's just that he has not got his shooting boots yet. Just wanted to say this that, please believe in him, give him confidence that he can do better and support him in his hard times. Every footballer has his good and bad times and i am pretty sure he will bounce back in the next game for Chelsea and show his worth how valuable he is.
TORRES IS STILL A WORLD CLASS PLAYER.
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