{"id":148682,"date":"2016-12-23T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/sem-categoria\/2016\/12\/40436-pt_pt\/"},"modified":"2020-11-26T20:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T12:36:13","slug":"40436","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/pt-pt\/news-and-press-releases\/campus-news\/detail\/40436\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic of Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Source:&nbsp;<a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/e-myum.co.umac.mo\/umreporter_dec2016\/?lang=en\">My UM<\/a><\/div><div><br\/><\/div>Someone once said that football is a universal language that connects people from around the world. Perhaps this is because football is played, watched, and discussed in almost every country. Here on our campus, there are also many football lovers. In this article, we interview several students about why they love football so much.<p><\/p><div><p><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u2018My life would be incomplete without football.\u2019<\/b><\/p><p>Bruce Sio, a second-year student majoring in Hospitality and Gaming Management, is a main striker of the UM Football Team. He has represented UM at many inter-varsity competitions in Macao and overseas. He receives intensive training with his team mates three times a week. \u2018Football makes me happier and more confident. It also helps me meet like-minded friends. So I don\u2019t mind the training, no matter how intensive it is,\u2019 he says.<\/p><p>Many football lovers at UM dream of entering the university team, but Sio admits that it is not easy. \u2018Because it\u2019s not about improving the techniques or physical fitness, the university team wants to recruit people who can work with others and achieve better results as a team,\u2019 he says.<\/p><p><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Outdoor Football Field on New Campus<\/b><\/p><p><\/p><p>Smart Kou, a fourth-year student who also majors in Hospitality and Gaming Management, is the best striker on the football team of Chao Kuang Piu College. He often plays football with his friends from the college. \u2018My most unforgettable match was the College Cup held in April,\u2019 he says. \u2018I got back from Hong Kong to catch the second half of the match. I got into the game as a replacement player and within 5 minutes I scored a goal that cinched the deal and qualified our team for the final.\u2019 Kou is very pleased that there is an outdoor football field on the new campus. \u2018On the old campus there was only an indoor football field. Now with this fabulous outdoor field, we can play our favorite sport every day,\u2019 he says.<\/p><p>Beckham Liu, a first-year student from the Department of Government and Public&nbsp;Administration, started playing football in middle school. \u2018When I was in high school, all the boys in my class took my suggestion and started to follow the World Cup,\u2019 he says. \u2018We then formed a team and played games with students from the other classes. After that they all fell in love with football.\u2019 He mentions that there is a group of football lovers at UM, and he often receives invitations to play football from people in his WeChat group, to which he always replies, \u2018As long as we can get six people, we can book the venue online via the Information System Web-Services.\u2019<\/p><p><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Falling in Love with Football after a Match<\/b><\/p><p>Hubert Liang, a postgraduate student from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, fell in love with football after watching the unbelievable turnaround at the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final. He is especially a big fan of the Liverpool Football Club. Sometimes he would stay up all night just to watch a game. \u2018On the field, you see passion and a n ever-give-up spirit. Liverpool has become a part of my life,\u2019 he says.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Whether you are a bona fide fan or a lay person whose knowledge about the sport is woefully confined to a handful handsome players, you have to admit, football is a sport that has something to offer to everyone.<\/p><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:&nbsp;My UMSomeone once said that football is a universal language that connects people from around the world. 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