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| Mexico Finds Itself Knee-Deep in Victory -- NY Times, June 23, 2014 |
The ball touches his fingertips
ricochets left of the goal.
The ball against his body
for another save, and in the 69th minute
he saves again with the upper part
of his left thigh.
“There are nights” he says
“when the ball seems to hit you even
If you close your eyes.”
Mexico’s Coach Miguel Herrera
chose at the last minute to go with the calm
of goalie Guillermo Ochoa.
The ball is in his hands,
his calm and saving hands.
Margaret Rozga has published two books: Two Hundred Nights and One Day and Though I Haven’t Been to Baghdad. Her new book Justice Freedom Herbs is scheduled for January 2015 publication.