Usain Bolt lives out football dream by sharing pitch with legends at Hublot Match of Friendship

Sport360 staff 12:04 22/03/2018
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  • Usain Bolt showed off his football skills at the Hublot Match of Friendship.

    After dominating track and field during a legendary career, Usain Bolt is looking for his next challenge.

    The Jamaican sprint star has long been a fan of football and on Wednesday, he got the chance to show off his skills in the Hublot Match of Friendship – a game between former athletes with the teams coached by Jose Mourinho and Diego Maradona.

    Bolt was joined by Patrick Kluivert, Robbie Keane and others as part of Mourinho’s squad, while Maradona’s side featured the likes of Roberto Carlos, Marco Materazzi and Hernan Crespo.

    The contest finished in an 11-11 draw, but Bolt was ecstatic to strap up his boots and hit the pitch to show what he can do.

    “For me, I’m always a big fan of football. I want to join and be part of the soccer community,” Bolt said. “They approached us and for me it was easy because I like to give back and do charity. So for me it was good.”

    Bolt is widely considered one of the greatest Olympians ever, having won gold eight times while being part of three world record runs – 100m (9.58 seconds), 200m (19.19s) and the 4x100m relay (36.84s).

    He’s seemingly done it all as an athlete, but still just 31, Bolt wants to try his hand at something else and football is on his radar as one of his passions.

    “I’ve done everything that I want to do in the sport (track and field). This is why I’m trying to move on to football because it would be a new challenge, something difficult for me to do and to challenge me and that’s what I want,” Bolt said.

    “Track and field, that’s how it started out. It was very challenging and I had to work to get great, so for me, I want to do something else that will challenge me.”

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