John Farnworth is one of themost popular football freestylers(花式足球玩家) in the world. He comes from a football-loving family, and started playing football when he was about eight years old.
John wanted to be a professional footballer at first. However, at around 14 years old, he stopped playing football, because he wasn’t enjoying it anymore.
At that time, John watched a television program about freestyle football. In the show, many kids can use any part of their body to perform tricks(花招) with footballs. He was very interested in the sport, so he decided to go to a football school to learn some freestyle tricks.
After three years of practice, John took part in the 2006 Masters of the Game Freestyle World Championship(锦标赛) in Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹,荷兰首都). In the final round, he faced Mr. Woo, a famous freestyler. Although both of them performed very well, people picked John as the winner of the game.
From then on, John started to become famous in the world of freestyle football. “I love the sport,” he said, “and even when I’m 90 I will still do freestyle.”
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