Many times we are all guilty of flaming the fires of negative news. We try to instigate with or without knowing it will cause any damage to others. After the Iniesta goal, all of the focus was on the way Barca and Chelsea played and didn't play. The entire world was ready to make Henning Overbo one of Interpol's most wanted for what he called or didn't call.
But the best move of the night occurred in the Barcelona dressing room after the match. Chelsea captain John Terry went into the "lion's den" and did something that very few players would have done after such a heated match- congratulate his opponent. John Terry did the hardest thing, yet easiest thing to do. While Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba were causing a scene to say the least, Terry took the high road. He showed forgiveness, acceptance, and an example that should be pointed out by every news agency and parent.
If certain gesticulations he did on the pitch were not worthy of the England captaincy, his class showed his true colors. Whether you want to call it sincerity, sportsmanship, or damage control that is not an issue. He did what no player... (I sure as hell wouldn't have) in the heat of the moment would have done. To have lost the way they did, when they did, how they did would have had me acting more like Drogba. Terry wanted to go to Rome more than any other player n the pitch on Wednesday night. He was not only looking for that elusive Champions League trophy, but he was looking for revenge after that fateful penalty kick in Moscow last year. His legacy might have been exhalted.
This was the news that should have been focused on more. We are constantly giving our youth mixed signals. we constantly talk sportsmanship but show them violence and vulgarity. There is enough violoence in this world and on pitches all over to see yet one more incident. But fortunately, that is where the beauty of the game shines through everything. The Barcelona players begin to chant his name in the dressing room and Josep Guardiola called him "a true gentleman".
In my book, Terry is a champion. But now he is more than the captain of England... he is a true man. Many of us should follow his example. For years, my parents always said that before they had a successful child, they wanted to have good person. I understand why they said this now.