Champions League: Who is Declan Rice from Arsenal London?
London, Bratislava. In 1997, the legendary Brazilian Roberto Carlos scored a goal to deny the laws of physics.
It was in Lyon in France’s match with Brazil, Carlos then hit the ball with an outside foot so that it flew the wall and unexpectedly ended up in the network of surprised goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.
The accurate intervention of the Brazilian has written in history and is still considered the best -played direct kick in history.
Rice: I’m in the seventh heaven
Legendary goal imitated on Tuesday evening in the match Arsenal Champions League – Real Madrid (3: 0) 26-year-old Declan Rice, who shot the wall and sent the ball to the net.
« I’m excited, happy, in the seventh heaven, » Rice said after a life match, shaking his voice.
Video: Declan Rice and his great direct kicks
He never scored a goal from a direct kick before. He hit twice in the match against Real Madrid.
« I still do not realize what happened. About a few years I realize that what I achieved was really special, » he added for uefa.com
You’re a good boy, why are you crying?
Declan Rice is an English representative and one of the best defensive midfielders in the world. However, he does not suffer from the stellar maniors and presents itself mainly with an honest approach and ambition.
He was born in 1999 in London, but since childhood he represented Ireland because his grandparents from his father’s side are Irish.
Rice was not the greatest talent, but he got to the Chelsea Academy and later West Ham United, with whom he won the Premier League players under 21.
« He wasn’t the best, but they helped him assert himself, » one of the first coaches in West Hame Trevor Bumstead said.
He signed the first professional hammer contract in 2015. He became one of the few players to reach fifty matches in the main team as a teenager.
He stretched the captain’s tape in West Ham as a 20-year-old and immediately became a pet of the tribunes.
He was especially famous for a video with a little boy who cried when he met him.
« You’re a good boy, why are you crying? » Rice asked him and handed him his jersey. And he hugged him again.
Video: Declan Rice and a little fan
Rice: is funny and beautiful
The English football player has often confirmed that he is not only a great football player, but also a man with a big heart.
In 2024, an anonymous user on Twitter was published with a photo of his girlfriend from a vacation that he ridiculed for her character.
« Declan Rice is a millionaire, a football star, a fit, but he was satisfied with a fat white girl. He earns 40,000 pounds a day and plays for one of the largest football teams in the world, but decided to be a woman with such a woman, » he wrote anonymously and deleted the post after a few hours.
Long -time girlfriend Lauren Fryer has erased all social networks after this disgusting attack. The English representative had to talk about his personal life even at post -match press conferences.
« He’s funny, beautiful and nice. He is my refuge when I am lonely and I love it more than anything in the world, » Rice bequeathed.
Together with Lauren they make up a couple since the pupil’s time, in 2022 their son Judd was born. It is interesting that the English footballer composes a poem to his partner, which he publishes on the Internet.
« She was here with me when I was no one. It’s the love of my life, » added the winner of the European Conference League of 2022.
Was very determined
In the summer of 2023, from West Ham United for an astronomical 105 million pounds was bought by competing Arsenal London. At the same time, Declan Rice became the most expensive Englishman in the history of the Premier League.
Against the trophies and the largest club in the history of football, his performance was one of the best in football history.
“He was very determined because we told him that we did not score from a direct kick since September 2021.
It has been a long time, so score two goals of such quality and size from the same player who has never scored a free kick in his career. What is the chance?” Arsenal coach Mikel Artet asked.
The first player in history
Rice is the first player to score two goals from direct kicks in the championship of the Champions League. In both cases it was precisely placed missiles.
« I had a great confidence, I believed. I will never forget this match, » said 64-times English representative Declan Rice.
Madrid retaliation will be played a week on Wednesday, April 16, Arsenal will have a great chance of getting to the semifinals for the first time since 2009.
« We have to continue steps and continue to go in the right direction. In Madrid, we need to raise the level even more to be the team we want to be, » concluded Arsenal Mikel Arteta coach.
