“I’m so thankful I didn’t care about these games years ago, because this would have eaten me alive.” Well-known Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, now owner of Welsh football club Wrexham Football Club, couldn’t hide his nervousness after the club’s important victory over runners-up in the fight for promotion.
The Welsh club, leaders in the fifth division, beat Notts County 3-2 on Monday, with a penalty saved in added time by veteran Ben Foster. The victory put the club three points ahead of second place in the dispute for promotion to the next step.
The game, which had a full house, welcomed almost ten thousand fans, including Ryan Reynolds, who was present in the stands. The now owner of the club highlighted the dramatic nature of football in statements to the local media.
“I’m used to working under extreme pressure, but I usually have some kind of hand and some control over it. I have nothing here. All I can do is watch and wait like everyone else. In fact, right now I’m really So thankful I didn’t worry about these games years ago, because this would have eaten me alive,” he said.
The actor also considered “crazy” the fact that only the top finishers had direct access to the fourth step. With just three games to go, both Wrexham and Notts County have broken the 100-point barrier this season, but with only one automatic promotion place in the national league, only the team that finishes first will be guaranteed a place in the next. division. , while the other will have to go through the play off.
“If it were different, and I think it should be, both clubs would now be celebrating together because what they’ve done is not only create drama unlike anything you’ve seen in the movies, but something that I think people people will talk about for a long time,” said the Wrexham co-owner.
“I feel like I don’t have a heart anymore. I think I used every beat I had left during that game. This was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before and indicative of all the lives that watched and participated in this beautiful and torturous game.” 46 year old actor.
Ryan Reynolds, who bought the club along with fellow actor Rob McElhenney, released a documentary entitled “Welcome to Wrexham” that follows the effects of the actor’s arrival in that small town and where, recently, he bought a mansion with his wife, the actress Blake Lively. .
Source: TSF
