Don’t mention the score!
2008-06-17 | Filed Under Journal |
I find it strange how people can identify so strongly with a bunch of overpaid yobs kicking a ball around a field. I refer, of course, to the currently on-going 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. (That’s “soccer” for those on the other side of the pond.)
Sometimes, the enthusiasm and optimism of fans and the media borders on the psychotic. When Germany lost a first-round game against Croatia, the news reports consistently stated that “For the first time in this championship, Germany has lost a game.” They made it sound as if they had previously won dozens of games, when in fact this was just their second game. It doesn’t get much more glass-is-half-full-er than that. Luckily, they subsequently beat the Austrians, and so everything was once again fine in football world.
Incidentally, England didn’t even get through the qualifying round this time, so I can accurately brag that we have not lost a single game yet in this championship.
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