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Success is not easily attained most of the times. Half of the successful people have gone through challenges that at one time, they almost gave up in life. This article will unfold the top footballers who grew up in poor families and made it in life through football.  It doesn't matter where you come from but what is in you, what you want to achieve and the lifestyle you want to live. There are many footballers who come from poor backgrounds but others were poorest. Here are the top footballers who rose from rags to riches: DIEGO MARADONA. Diego Maradona is considered to be one of the greatest players in the foootball sport. PHOTO:Britanica.  Diego Armando Maradona  was born on 30th October 1961 in Villa Fioriotio, Argentina. Becoming a footballer was his dream from a tender age despite growing up in  the slums of Villa Fioriotio, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Growing up in Villa Fioriotio wasn't easy at all. Maradona used to share a single room with 7 siblings and sanitiz

Pep Guardiola has transformed many footballers to be world class and more lethal than before. The Catalan is known for his brainstorming tactics which made him to be recognized worldwide. In this article, you will know the top ten footballers who were transformed by the Catalan football wizard. Once Pep said, “All the managers in the world, it doesn’t matter how good you are, if your players don’t understand what you are looking for or what you want    , it makes no sense.”    Guardiola is different from other football managers as he likes nurturing talents and equipping them with more skills to make them more developed. Since his time at the Barcelona Academy, Pep has shown light to footballers and made them thrive than they were   before. Here are the top 10 players transformed by Pep Guardiola. 10: Oleksandr Zhincheko. Oleksandr Zhinchenko has been transformed by Pep Guardiola to become one of the most reliable fullbacks in Etihad stadium. Photo: Daily Mail. 

Catenaccio involves a defensive play, tight marking of opponents and aggressive fouling. Mostly, this tactic was used to defend goal margins. It is an Italian word meaning 'a door bolt ' or Lock down . The Catenaccio tactic was first invented in the 1930s-40s by an Austrian coach, Karl Rappan who was managing the Swiss side-Servette. Rappan used a defensive sweeper known as  Verroulieur  positioned just in front of the goalkeeper. The aim of this tactic was to have the numbers advantage during the defensive phase.  Catenaccio had 5 components and these are:   1. Libero/sweeper or Verroulieur. As I told you from the beginning, this is a defender who is positioned just in front of the goalkeeper. His main role is to win the loose balls and double-mark the opposition striker where possible. 2. Strict Marking of the opposition players. Being a defensive approach, strict man-marking was induced to the opposition from the midfielders to the strikers. Thi