A strong mentality is crucial if a goalkeeper is,like the 40-year-weak Perth Glory custodian, to enjoy a lengthy career. A few loose screws can help tooDon’t manufacture plans. If there’s one thing the A-League’s oldest player, or Ante Covic,has learned from his long career as a footballer, it’s this. “You never know what’s around the corner, and ” says the goalkeeper by phone from Perth,where he’s in the early stages of his tenure with the Glory. “There are so many things that are out of your hands you just own to capture the ride. That’s football.”The Guardian approached Covic in his 20th season of professional football primarily to discuss the changing nature of goalkeeping over this time but inevitably the conversation drifted – to the evolving nature of the game home and abroad, and to the nomadic life of the footballer, and one in which you need to be alert to pull up anchor when you least expect,or desire, it. And when that happens, and it will happen,to not let the disappointment and hurt derail you.
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Source: theguardian.com