Sunday, April 05 2009,
The tall tale of Roy of the Rovers came to life at Old Trafford on Sunday as 17-year-old debutant Federico Macheda came off the bench to score a last-gasp goal for Manchester United to keep their title hopes alive and leave us journos desperately scrabbling around for information about the youngsters.
The Italian starlet was promoted to the match day squad after scoring a hat-trick for the reserves against Newcastle United's B-team and came on to score a sublime 93rd minute match winner in Sunday's 3-2 come from behind victory against Aston Villa.
After being swamped by celebrating team-mates the former Lazio trainee ran into the stands to hug his father, who worked three jobs in Rome to allow his son to follow his dream, and in his post match interview Macheda described it as the "best day of his life".
After receiving the man-of-the-match award from club captain Gary Neville the veteran defender was asked what he thought of Machena's amazing contribution. "I'm grateful" was all he could muster. What a way to burst the young lad's bubble.
Worryingly, for those of a certain age, Macheda's dad is just 34 years old.
The tall tale of Roy of the Rovers came to life at Old Trafford on Sunday as 17-year-old debutant Federico Macheda came off the bench to score a last-gasp goal for Manchester United to keep their title hopes alive and leave us journos desperately scrabbling around for information about the youngsters.
The Italian starlet was promoted to the match day squad after scoring a hat-trick for the reserves against Newcastle United's B-team and came on to score a sublime 93rd minute match winner in Sunday's 3-2 come from behind victory against Aston Villa.
After being swamped by celebrating team-mates the former Lazio trainee ran into the stands to hug his father, who worked three jobs in Rome to allow his son to follow his dream, and in his post match interview Macheda described it as the "best day of his life".
After receiving the man-of-the-match award from club captain Gary Neville the veteran defender was asked what he thought of Machena's amazing contribution. "I'm grateful" was all he could muster. What a way to burst the young lad's bubble.
Worryingly, for those of a certain age, Macheda's dad is just 34 years old.
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