But how do you develop the mental control to play poker with foresight and clarity?
This mind-set is essential for poker and other tournament champions.
Instead, the best poker players know how to identify when their luck has turned and how to make the most of every moment. “I didn’t really know when that would be because you can never really know what will happen during a game and things sometimes occur that you don’t expect, but obviously I did play and I think I did quite well.Every poker player prays for that perfect hand, but it rarely comes. Neil told me I would get on at some point because we had a lot of injuries. We’d hoped for a positive result, maybe a draw or to nick a goal, but we certainly didn’t go into the game thinking we were going to win it. “Barcelona were amazing, you could see that, just everything went our way on the night,” Watt said. Something like that doesn’t happen every year, more like once every 20-30 years, but we had the luck. We had to make sure that they didn’t play like they usually do,” Tony Watt began. “Everything came together, it was just perseverance on our part, not giving up and I know it’s easy to say, just giving our best. “They were 11 players who were miles ahead of us, and we had to look to stifle every single one. Tony Watt and Victor Valdes in action during the Champions League game between Celtic and Barcelona from Celtic Park. Lennon then brought on youth team graduate, Tony Watt as a substitute and he scored THAT goal to put Celtic two ahead. Adam Matthews had to play at left back, Joe Ledley played in central midfield and Miku played up front.Ĭeltic took the lead, just as they did in the Nou Camp, when Victor Wanyama powered in a header from Charlie Mulgrew’s corner. Top scorer, Gary Hooper, Skipper, Scott Brown and ever-present, Izzaguirre were all out injured. Quite possibly the greatest result in Celtic history, aside from the European Cup final, given the circumstances. Some of Jason Pettigrove’s interview with Tony Watt is featured below, exclusively on The Celtic Star….Ĭeltic 2-1 Barcelona – Champions League – 7 November 2012
Barcelona fans in action during the Champions League game between Celtic and Barcelona from Celtic Park. Photo Vagelis Georgariou.Ĭharting Messi’s rise as a hopeful 13-year-old Argentinian boy from Rosario to becoming the best footballer in the world, Pettigrove’s comprehensively researched book features exclusive interviews with key individuals in Messi’s story – team-mates, opponents, managers, agents and fellow journalists – including: Joan Laporta, Lionel Scaloni, Victor Font, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Jamie Carragher, Mike Phelan, Josep Maria Minguella, Horacio Gaggioli, Tony Watt, Santi Padro and Jorge Barraza.įrom being signed by Barça on a napkin to Champions League glory and becoming FC Barcelona captain, Messi: The King of Camp Noureveals the inside story of Leo’s remarkable reign at Barça including breaking Pelé’s incredible record for most goals scored at one club, how the longed for Copa América title was won and how he, season-on-season, mesmerised the football world.