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History mainly. My fitness coach who's in his late 20s, fell in love with them when he was a kid. Mainly because of CRonaldo. There are many like him, particularly in places where the exposure to English football is limited to the Premier League, and mostly it's "Big" clubs.
Looking back over our pre-game predictions the most optimistic hoped for a low-scoring draw. Koné's selection especially made even that seem pie-in the-sky. But football will occasionally surprise you big-time, it's why we love it. He was truly immense, leading the line in every sense. From the lumbering, injury riddled slug of previous appearances this season, he'd metamorphised into the reincarnation of Alfredo di Stefano in his pomp. I'm still gob-smacked. What kind of magic is that?
The rest of the team were every bit as good. Looking for weaknesses seems petty and several steps beside the point. We were good. Bloody good. And if — and I know it's a big one — we can repeat that kind of showing on a regular basis we'll be a force to be reckoned with in this division.
The difference between Koné today and Koné on every other occasion we've seen him this season is night and day. It's almost eerie. He even looks like a different person.