Football cover

This is my first idea for my cover for football magazine. As you an see iv'e decided to use the background of a goal and the grass/desert to show and represent what the athlete the magazine is about and also about the athlete. I wanted to try new thing and put some new ideas to do things a bit differently. 

I asked the model to represent himself in what an effective player looks like as I've taken the picture at a low shot looking upwards as if the player is in power on the pitch and that the game is in his hands to show that "he owns the game".

In the picture I wanted the player to look broad and standing tall and with the facial expression serious and with eye contact downwards as if he's looking at his own enemy.