Next Australian great footballer could be an Aborigine, if this commentary is to be believed.
Countless hours playing with a ball of sorts in varying weather, on varying surfaces, usually against players of mixed abilities, helped the intuition of greats such as Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Pele, Roberto Rivelino, Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane.
And today, the streets of Buenos Aires and Rio, or Abidjan and Accra, are the breeding grounds for greatness, giving many an escape from poverty via football as they develop skills that one day will earn them millions from the world’s top clubs.
Nurturing this instinctive type of player will be Australian football’s approach over the next decade - letting the youngsters play and express themselves while encouraging and nurturing the brilliance when a diamond is uncovered. Yet while we develop this approach, I found a place during the week that will surely provide Australia with its first FIFA world player - Arnhem Land.
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