{"id":31998,"date":"2020-01-11T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T00:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/malaysia\/?p=31998"},"modified":"2020-01-11T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T00:43:50","slug":"10-moments-in-football-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/malaysia\/2020\/01\/11\/10-moments-in-football-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Moments in Football That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve talked about how <\/i><\/b>football matches can get ugly<\/i><\/b><\/a>, and <\/i><\/b>that one time a match started a war<\/i><\/b><\/a>, but there are other times when rare little moments unfold on the pitch and make our eyes moist.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Some say the most important thing in football and life is winning. But sometimes sportsmanship in lieu of a win is pretty okay too. FIFA recognises these moments with the Fair Play Award every year, except (for some reason) in 1994.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This accolade goes to anyone from individual players to whole clubs and federations, in recognition of charitable initiatives that may sometimes seem more like public relations exercises to the jaded observer\u2014even fans have gotten the Fair Play Award just for behaving themselves at matches.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We found ten memorable moments in football that will restore your faith in humanity\u2014and most of these people never got the FIFA Fair Play Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

#10. Cristiano Ronaldo breaks a fan\u2019s nose and apologises by gifting his jersey<\/b><\/p>\n

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He may be best known for his stepover, but Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s freekick is also something to be reckoned with. His <\/span>kick<\/span><\/a> can send a ball flying at speeds exceeding 130kph\u2014or 80mph, if you insist on being difficult\u2014fast enough to raise eyebrows on the Autobahn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2011, CR7 was just a couple of months shy of his third year with Real Madrid, and in the first half of a La Liga match against Getafe CF, he had sent the ball into the stands of the Estadio Santiago Bernab\u00e9u. Unbeknownst to him, one spectator inadvertently caught the ball with his face and had to watch the remainder of the match with a broken nose.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the match concluded, Real Madrid had won 4-0, and CR7 was named the Man of the Match. At this point, nobody would have faulted the man, who Forbes just ordained as one of the <\/span>highest-paid athletes<\/span><\/a> of <\/span>2011<\/span><\/a>, for departing from the field and continuing with his life. But CR7 apparently noticed a congregation of medics crowding around the injured spectator, and after having been made aware of what happened, he made his way over to the spectator to presumably pre-empt a lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n