Ndipo samakumbukiranso masana akusewera mpira m’misewu yotayidwa ya Nairobi ndi ana oyandikana nawo; rabonas, feints ndi step-overs zidaphimbidwa pansi pa kulowa kwa leering. Adamva zakumwalira kwa abambo ake zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, koma mpaka lero, zovuta zomwe banja lake lidakumana nazo ku Africa zimangokhala nkhani yakutali, ndikudzaza ndi mafunso osayankhidwa “okhudzidwa kwambiri” kufunsa.

Mavuto omwe akukumana nawo lero, komabe, ndi nkhani ina. Deng wangomaliza kumene kujambula kukwezedwa kwa amodzi mwa mabungwe ambiri am’deralo omwe ndi kazembe wa – omenyera nkhanza zapakhomo a The Line.Kuwonekera kwake kwakukulu, kumapangitsa chidwi cha kanemayo ndipo, poyimirira modabwitsa pa AAMI Park, amalimbikitsa modekha anyamata kuti “asamatsatire” motsatira omwe amachitira nkhanza mabanja.

” Ndikukula, ndimaganiza kuti ndimamuna ndimafunika kuvala koma osawonetsa kufooka, ”akutero. “Tsopano ndikuganiza kuti ndi bwino kuwonetsa kusatetezeka kwanu. Anthu amakulemekezani kwambiri. ”Barefoot to Boots: Socceroo Awer Mabil wodziwika pantchito yothawa kwawo Werengani zambiri

Atatsala pang’ono kuti Deng asayinire Melbourne Victory, amuna a azakhali awo adakantha mwana wamwamuna wa khanda lawo pamkangano wabanja, ndikusiya mwanayo ali wolumala mpaka kalekale ndi kuvulala koopsa komwe adapeza muubongo.Deng amanjenjemera pomwe amafotokoza za “kumenyedwa kwa banja lonse”, ndikufotokoza zakusokonekera kwa mwana wamwamuna wake ali mwana ndikumuwona akukula kukhala mwana wopanda mphamvu. ”Akutero. “Ndi chisankho chopusa chomwe chimatha moyo wa munthu.” Azakhali ake ndi banja lake adasamukira ku Sydney patangopita nthawi yochepa, pomwe pamapeto pake adathawa chibwenzicho, koma zomwe zidachitika sizinasiye banja la a Deng.

Kuyambira pomwe adapeza contract yake yoyamba, asanakhale katswiri wa A-League, wopambana FFA Cup komanso Socceroo, Deng adalimbikitsanso udindo wake kuti alengeze zovuta zamtima wake. “Ndi nthawi yathu,” akutero. “Nthawi yoyenera kuti wina alankhule ndikukhala mawu kwa anthu aku Africa ku Melbourne.Tiyenera kudzionetsa tokha. ”

Mwanjira zambiri, Deng ali ngati wina aliyense wazaka 22. Anakulira ku Spiderman ndipo amakonda zokonda zachiwawa, Kanye West ndi Kendrick Lamar. Amadzilongosola kuti ndi “wabwino kwambiri” pakuvina hip-hop ndipo amakhumudwitsabe pokumbukira kugwera pamaso pa osewera nawo pa tsiku lake loyamba la maphunziro. kuphatikiza chizolowezi chamaphunziro ndi maulendo amayenera “kukhomedwa” mwa iye. Ndipo pantchito yake yayifupi, adakumana ndi zopinga zofananira ndi woteteza wachinyamata aliyense – kuyambira zolakwitsa zotaya masewera, zolakwitsa zochititsa manyazi komanso zolinga zake, mpaka “kukokedwa” motsutsana ndi Adelaide, kufalitsa kwake kwa petulance pawailesi yakanema yapadziko lonse.

< p> Koma wagonjetsanso zovuta zomwe zimangotengera othawa kwawo.Atasankhidwa ku Young Socceroos mu 2015, analibe pasipoti komanso umboni wochepa wakudziwika. Anakakamizidwa kuti atenge zikalata zosainidwa kusukulu iliyonse yomwe adapitako komanso kalabu iliyonse yamasewera yomwe adasewera, kuti akhale woyenera. Anafunikiranso kulandira chilolezo kuti apite kutsidya kwa nyanja. Tsopano akulekanitsa nthawi yake pakati pa ntchito zambiri zongodzipereka ndikukhala ndi mawu achidwi mdera lake, amalankhulanso pafupipafupi ndi omangidwa omwe ali mndende ya Parkville ku CBD ku Melbourne, komwe mchimwene wake wamkulu, Peter, amagwira ntchito.

Anakulira pakati pa achinyamata omwe amawachezera ndipo paulendo wina waposachedwa, adakumana ndi mnzake wachinyamata.Amakhulupirira kuti popanda chitsogozo cha banja lake akukula, akanatha kugonjera “zisankho zolakwika” zomwezo.

“Zaka zanga zachinyamata zinali zopenga,” akutero. “Mukuwona zachiwawa zambiri, anzanu akuchita mankhwala osokoneza bongo, akupanga milandu. Ndiosavuta kuyendetsedwa chifukwa nthawi zonse mumakhala pagulu limodzi. Anzanga omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito amagwira ntchito zachinyamata ndipo timalankhula tsiku lililonse. Amakonda kuti ndikulankhula ndi ana za mavuto awo chifukwa mavuto mdera lathu ndi vuto lalikulu masiku ano. ” Facebook Twitter Pinterest a Thomas Deng akugwira ntchito yopambana ku Melbourne koyambirira kwa chaka chino. Chithunzi: Marcio Machado / Getty Images

Pomwe Deng amalankhula za zovuta zomwe othawa kwawo aku South Sudan amakumana nazo, mawu ake amawongoka, ndipo zimawonekeratu kuti “ali ndi nkhawa”.Amabwereza mawuwo nthawi zambiri, ngakhale samayenderana ndi ndalama, okwatirana kapena atsikana ngati ena azaka 22. M’malo mwake, watsindika kuti makolo aku Sudan samamvetsetsa zomwe ana awo akukumana nazo. Kuti “satenga nthawi kuti amvetsere”. Ananenetsa kuti othawa kwawo aku Africa alibe liwu ku Australia, chifukwa “palibe amene akulankhula”.

Anatinso malingaliro omwewo omwe amateteza banja lake ku Kenya, amawapweteketsa ku Australia. “Tikangotuluka m’nyumba zathu, tiyenera kuzolowera chikhalidwe cha ku Australia,” akutero. “Makolo samvetsa zomwe tikukumana nazo, chifukwa anakulira m’mikhalidwe yaku Africa. Ndizosiyana kotheratu. Za ine, ndizofuna kuthandiza ana awa kuti apulumuke mdziko lino.

“Kunyumba, makolo athu ndi okhwima kwambiri.Amayang’anira zinthu zomwe timachita kwambiri, safuna kuti tizingocheza kapena kutuluka kwambiri. Imabweretsa vuto lalikulu chifukwa kulikonse komwe ana awo ali mgululi, makolo samvetsetsa zomwe akukumana nazo. Ndikuyesera kuthandiza kuwongolera achinyamata chifukwa ndimachokera kumadera omwewo ndipo ndidayesetsa kuthana ndi mavuto omwewa ndikubwera ku Australia, ndikuyesera kuti ndizolowere kukhala ndi anthu osiyanasiyana. ”

Maganizo aku Australia nawonso akusintha kwa othawa kwawo aku South Sudan, omwe akusintha malo amasewera.Kwa nthawi yayitali olamulira othawa kwawo aku Italiya, Agiriki komanso kum’mawa kwa Europe, zomwe a Socceroos adachita nthawi yomweyo za Deng ndi mnzake waubwana, Awer Mabil, akusintha mawonekedwe aku mpira waku Australia. zambiri

Ulendo wa awiriwa, womwe udayamba “kusewera m’mapaki a Adelaide limodzi” udafika pachimake pomwe adalumikizana kuti akwaniritse cholinga chomaliza cha Australia pakupambana 4 Kuwait mu Okutobala. Wolemba mpira komanso wothawa kwawo ku South Sudan, a Ann Odong, adatchula zithunzi za awiriwo akuphatikizana ndi zobiriwira komanso golide “chiwonetsero chovomerezeka cha anthu aku Australia”.

Ngati chidwi cha masewera aku Australia chofuna kutengera luso ili chikuyimira kuvomerezedwa, ndiye kuti kumalimbikitsa kuti Deng akulakalaka kudziwika kuti South Sudanese-Australia.Koma kutsimikizira akulu amderalo kuvomereza chidziwitso chatsopanochi kungakhale vuto lalikulu kwambiri.

Deng akuyembekeza kuti pogwiritsa ntchito udindo wake kuwalangiza njira yomwe adamupangira, atha kudzisintha yekha. Iye anati: “Banja lathu linali losiyana. “Iwo anali omvetsa bwino. Amvetsetsa kuti tili ndi gulu latsopano ndipo tiyenera kulola ana athu kukhala moyo wawo wonse.

“Apatseni chidaliro. Sizofanana ndikubwerera kwathu. “