Federico Macheda Interview After Debut Game (No 2)

My last post had a You Tube clip of a post game interview with Federico Macheda and Gary Neville, after Macheda had scored the match winner on debut. You Tube also has another post game interview:

This time, it's Federico Macheda by himself (no helping hand from his captain this time). The answers were fairly similar to those given in the previous interview, but this one also had some extra information. Here are the highlights:

When asked how it felt when he scored the match winner, Macheda said:

I don't even know how it felt. It is the best day of my life, you know. I was dreaming a day like this, so I feel very enjoy.

Asked about the goal itself, he said:

I had a very good turn, with a good touch, then a good bounce and shot.

On running to the crowd, Macheda said:

I ran to my family, you know, I think they deserve it more than me.

When asked if he was surprised to be on the bench for the game (Manchester United had quite a few injuries), he said:

Yeah, very surprised, because I had to go to Italy yesterday, to play with my national team, then the boss say, you have to stay with us because you might go on the bench and I stayed. Then I had a chance, then I scored a good goal.

If he'd been disappointed about missing national team duty, I bet that disappeared after scoring the winner against Aston Villa.

On whether his life will change now everyone knows about him, Federico said:

My life still the same as before for me. I only to keep going like that, work hard and enjoy.

We'll have to see about that. That's what most young players say, but not all of them can live that. Many get led astray by the fame and money at such a young age.

If Federico Macheda can keep his feet on the ground, he'll be a superstar - let's hope he does.

Federico Macheda Interview After Debut Game

There's a clip on YouTube containing the post match interview with Federico Macheda (and also Gary Neville). The interview was given after Macheda's debut game, where he scored the winner against Aston Villa in the final minute.

Here are some highlights from the interview:

When asked what it felt like to score the winning goal on debut at Old Trafford, Macheda said:

I think this is the day of my dream, you know. It was my dream to have my debut and score a goal like that and I enjoyed it.

When asked what Alex Ferguson said to him before he came on, Federico said:

Just play simple as you know, play, just play.

When asked who he ran to after he scored, he said:

My dad, my family, you know. There was my family there, so I went to them because they deserve it as well.

Nothing startling in any of that, but interesting to Federico Macheda fans nonetheless.

Obviously Macheda's English isn't perfect, but it's pretty decent. I expect he'll be doing a lot more interviews in future and given his age, I'm sure that it will quickly improve.

Also in the same interview, Gary Neville, the Manchester United Captain said:

When it fell to Kiko, obviously you've probably not seen him before today, but he's a great finisher and you would want it to fall to him in the box.

Nice words from Gary Neville (and his English is fairly decent too). Obviously, the players at Man Utd know Macheda and have seen what he's capable of in training.

The Goal That Launched Federico Macheda's Into The Spotlight

Here is the goal that catapulted 17 year old Federico Macheda into the worldwide spotlight.

Manchester United are playing Aston Villa on 5th April 2009 and the Federico Macheda comes off the bench in the 61st minute.

In the last minute of the game, the ball is played into him by Ryan Giggs, just inside the box. His back to goal, Macheda does a little back heel and spins around. The ball comes off the defender, falls at his feet and he curls the ball into the corner, past the goalkeeper Brad Friedel's outstretched hand.

The goal was a match winner and may even prove to be a title winner, as it allowed Manchester United to beat Aston Villa and move back in front of Liverpool. After United's recent stumbles against Liverpool and Fulham, they couldn't afford a draw against Aston Villa as all the momentum is with resurgent Liverpool.

But leaving all that aside, watch the goal. It's a stunner! A star is born. His name: Federico Macheda.

Welcome To The Federico Macheda Blog!

This blog is going to follow Federico Macheda's career as he breaks into the Manchester United team and establishes himself as a football superstar.

Macheda is the most exciting young player I've seen in a while and I think he's going to be a huge superstar in the future - and I'm going to document the ride right here.

Housekeeping - although I'm sure none of you will have thought that this is the official Federico Macheda blog, I need to state clearly that it's not: This blog is about Federico Macheda, not by him.

About Me

Well, I'm a Manchester United fan. I'll admit I'm not a hardcore supporter - I'm more a fan of the Premier League in general - although I've been following Man Utd since the early 1990s.

Most people hadn't heard of Federico Macheda until he burst onto the scene with an amazing match winning goal against Aston Villa on 5 April 2009.

I had heard of him before this, but he was really just a name on paper to me and I didn't have any idea of what he's capable of. So I was stunned by the goal along with everyone else.

Why A Federico Macheda Blog?

I've been thinking about launching a football related blog for a long time, but couldn't work out what angle to take. There is so much already being written about football that it's hard to see a place where you can add value. I mean does anyone really want another Cristiano Ronaldo blog?

When I saw the goal, I thought: no-one knows anything about Federico Macheda, so why not create a blog which digs into his history and follows him through his career.

A Federico Macheda blog may help fill a gap in the information that's out there about him - okay maybe that's a little grand, but hopefully I can tie the information out there together in one place, making it easier to find.

Of course, I'm going to enjoy writing about Federico Macheda and that's probably the most important thing. :)