![]() Don't listen to the doubters.īeing 3-0 down going into the second game, many sporting journalists and even Liverpool supporters didn't believe a comeback was possible. Soon enough, the entire tide of the contest had shifted significantly. As the goals piled up, their confidence picked up and the nerves started to show for Barcelona. As the attempts piled up, goals eventually started to happen. If that one doesn't work, make another attempt to score. How do you do that? By producing one shot on goal. They had to start by just scoring just one goal. For Liverpool? Being 3-0 down, they didn't have to score 4 goals. All we need to do is something - even if it is small - and we will be on our way to a solution. When we feel hopeless, we may want to do nothing. "When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming." The lovable - and at, times, ignorant - blue tang Dory gives him some sage advice: In Finding Nemo, single dad/clownfish Marlon feels despondent when he loses a scuba mask - the only piece of evidence he has about where to find his lost son. Take it one step at a time.Īs the old adage says: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." When we're feeling hopeless or dismayed, it is easy to throw in the towel or become paralysed with fear. I am convinced that we can learn deep wisdom about perseverance from both of these great stories which involve overcoming seemingly impossible odds. Of course, when I had originally planned to use clips of Disney Pixar's Finding Nemo as examples of perseverance, I couldn't help but include some highlights from the Liverpool game, too.īelow, I will discuss the key overlap between the team which I greatly adore and an animated story about small fish. Coincidentally, this month's focus has been perseverance. We identify the properties of these character strengths and how we can put them into practice. An outcome of 4-0 sent them into the finals - a feat now considered one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history.Īt the school I work at, we highlight key character strengths during our pastoral care time with students at the start of the day. Naturally, a 4-0 victory in any setting against a team such as Barcelona was not considered a likely outcome. Barcelona is well renowned as one of the best - if not, the best - football club in the world, and their captain is none other than Lionel Messi - the acclaimed best footballer of this generation (and potentially, of all time). This meant that in order to progress to the finals of the UEFA Champions League - the crème de la crème of European club football - Liverpool would need to win 4-0 in their home game. ![]() This morning, starting at 3 am Australian Western Standard Time, I had my own version of this experience after watching perhaps the greatest football match I can recall in my 25 years on this planet.Ī week prior to this game, Liverpool FC suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of FC Barcelona. As a young boy, I can recall my dad coming in to see me in my bedroom during the early hours of the morning, sobbing as he explained that our team - Liverpool Football Club - had won their fifth European Cup title, overcoming the seemingly impossible odds to win the match after entering half-time 3 goals down. ![]()
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