Having collected just a single point from
their first two games, Panama
will need all the help they can get when they take on mighty Brazil in their
final match in Group E of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011. Fortunately
for them they have a talented striker in Cecilio Waterman in their ranks, and
though neither he nor his team-mates have found the back of the net thus far, World Cup
Football Shirt he is aiming to put that
right on Thursday.In Spanish-speaking countries at least, Cecilio’s surname
suggests he has the kind of superhuman powers that Panama might find useful
when they take on Brazil. “Yes, it’s a name people like to makes jokes with,
though I’ve never been a big fan of comics or superheroes, he said.
“I’ve always preferred running after a ball
or watching football.One of five members of the Panama squad based abroad, Italian League Football Shirts in his case with Uruguayan club Fenix, Waterman is anxious to set
his side’s Colombia 2011 goalscoring record straight and fire the Central
Americans to victory over Brazil: “Like any striker I get down when the goals
don’t come, though I know I just need to stay calm and keep on working.After
kicking off with a goalless draw against Austria, Los Canaleros went down 1-0
to Egypt. The question now is, can they recover in time for their biggest test
of all? “Losing to Egypt
left a bad taste in the mouth, replied Waterman. “We didn’t expect that result,
but it’s gone now and all we can do is to keep on working and try to win. We’ve
got no other option.Waterman has overcome his fair share of obstacles to get
this far.
The fourth of ten children, he has
never met his mother. “My family is everything to me, both my brothers and
sisters and my father, he explained. “He rents rooms out in Panama and he’s
always supported me. All I can say to my mother is that I’m dreaming of meeting
her one day.The striker took his first steps in football in familiar fashion, Juventus Football Shirt playing at the same school as his national team captain and
goalkeeper, Luis Mejia. Later spotted by a Uruguayan agent, he made his way to Montevideo club Fenix.
As to his future, however, Waterman
has his eye on more distant climes: “I’d love to go to Europe
and play there, though not just anywhere. Juventus
Football Shirt I like the look of the Russian
and Moldovan leagues. I like those places and I hope a big team will come in
for me one day.A self-confessed devotee of Thierry Henry, himself a FIFA U-20
World Cup veteran, Waterman has one other dream he would like to fulfil. “I
want to score at the World Cup and if it comes against Brazil, then so
much the better, he concluded. “They’re a world power and we have to beat them.
Not many people will believe we can do that but, as they say, nothing is
impossible.