At his prime, he was the fastest butterfly sprinter in the world in 2001 and 2002. With five world titles and eight world records, Geoff Huegill was on top of the world.
For Singapore's Hariss Harun, and to some extent, Safuwan Baharudin, tonight's glamour friendly against Atletico Madrid could be their ticket to Europe.
Diego Simeone, the 43-year-old Atletico Madrid coach, who once likened his own playing style to “holding a knife between my teeth”, still looked like he could take to the pitch and upend the opposition with his biting tackles.