All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.
Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.

