Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Article about my country in the english speaking press

Mutu back from drug ban to hit heights for Romania. Adrian Mutu, (footballer) was born on January 1979 in Calinesti, Romania. He is known as one of the most famous Romanian football players. In august 2003, Mutu joined Chelsea Fc, for 15.8 million pounds from Ac Parma and he became the most expensive Romanian player. This article shows the effects and changes of Mutu's life after he failed to a drug test for cocaine.

In September 2004, he failed an antidopping test and he was suspended to not play for 7 months. The Football club Chelsea broke the contract that they had with him after they found out about his result from antidopping test. Therefore, Mutu became a free player. After a couple of months, Mutu was taken for free by the famous italian club from Seria A(first italian league for football) , Juventus Torrino. Basically, he returned in the country where he became famous. He played for many teams from Seria, such as : Internationalle Milan, Ac Parma, Hellas Verona. His team Juventus Torrino, helped him to come back from the bad situation that he was in. Nowdays, he plays for Ac Fiorentina, a team from Seria A and he was designated the best player in Seria A last season. This year, 2008 , he scored 23 goals in35 matches in Seria A and European games. Mutu, was without doubt the player that helped Fiorentina to qualify in the next season in Uefa Champions League. He also helped a lot the national team, Romania to qualify to Euro 2008 that is held in Switzerland.

In Addition, it is clear that Mutu have changed a lot and he learned from the mistake that he did in the past and he became a different athlete.

Site:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/mutu-back-from-drug-ban-to-hit-heights-for-romania-837735.html