Blog #4 - Goal! The Dream Begins (Final Blog)

Santiago had a series of reserve great team performances that gave him a further month at the club. One of the conflicts that had occurred was resolved as Hughie actually stuck up for him. Hughie had to of been his biggest problem while trying to perform to his abilities at his club. Every training session they had, Hughie tried to take down and hurt Santiago. He was the one to send him out his very last time when coach Braithewaite said they didn't need him anymore. The reason for him being the problem in this situation was in the dressing room when they were alone, he broke his inhaler which caused Santiago to not play when and couldn't breath. This led to the part where Braithewaite to dismiss Santiago. But to me the biggest conflict resolved was his Dad. Through 99% of this book, his own Dad seemed like he didn't care about him and didn't even want to talk to him anymore because Santiago left to go to Newcastle. His father even told him he is wasting his time to go even try. But when Santiago scored his first goal ever with Newcastle, he didn't know that his Dad was actually proud of him and was at a bar watching him play on. At the very end of the book, when Santiago wins them the match to move on to qualify for the Champions League. His grandmother is on the phone and tells him about how his father actually watched him play and was proud. Santiago was never happier at that moment then he was in his own life. He just scored the tieing goal and set up the final goal to win and he didn't even celebrate with his teammates. He was crying on the phone with his grandmother in joy.


I did like this book because I love to read anything about soccer. It was really interesting and it made me want to read on and find out what happens page after page. It relates to teenagers life because you may only get one chance to prove your worth in anything you do. Not just sports but anything. It makes you realize when you get a chance to get it, because either way if you don't succed in this chance, you have nothign to lose. You can still go back to the life you were just previously living.