După două săptămâni de meciuri fără nici un rost preliminarii și o ciomăgeală sănătoasă pe seama unei anumite echipe din Spania, revenim la oile noastre. No offense, Swansea fans!
Avem Liverpool – Manchester United de la 14:45 așa că vă aştept gândurile, ranturile sau întrebările pe marginea celei de-a opta etape din Anglia.
Brian Phillips (pe care il stiti de pe Run of Play) despre rivalitatea care ar fi trebuit sa subjuge fotbalul dar n-o face:
They star on opposite sides of Real Madrid versus Barcelona, currently the game’s most compelling rivalry. And they’re temperamental opposites — Ronaldo a flamboyant, collar-popping he-diva who measures time in lingerie models, Messi a low-key, affable team player who seems to live for the game.
Luati de cititi, intregul articol e remarcabil!
Vă aştept gândurile, ranturile sau întrebările pe marginea celei de-a şaptea etape din Anglia. Everton – Liverpool sâmbătă, Spurs – Arsenal duminică. Happy days!
Ți se pune un nod în gât când citești povestea lui Jonathan Wilson despre ce înseamnă să fii suporter:
Why do I bring this up? Well, it comes from trying to explain what being a fan means – to me. I realise this is personal, and I don’t want to suggest there’s a “right” way to be a fan, but supporting Sunderland was never a choice. It just was. I’ve spent a lot of time in Argentina and people, naturally, have asked if I have an Argentinian team. My then-girlfriend and her family are Boca Juniors fans, and so I tried to support them, but the truth was that I didn’t care. I didn’t feel sick with nerves when they took the lead, and I certainly didn’t feel tears pricking at my eyes when I recalled their greatest triumphs.
I don’t really like being so emotional about Sunderland, but I am. And of course it has nothing to do with whichever bunch of players happens to be wearing the candystripes this season. Nothing to do with the manager, the style of play or success. It’s to do with home, and family, and a sense of the club as representative of a strand of belonging stretching back generations. My dad’s last game was the 4-0 defeat to Manchester United on Boxing Day 2007, but in a sense he has been with me at every game I’ve been at since. What I hadn’t realised till last year is that his father, who died before I was born, had been coming with us for years as well.
Asta apropo de o discuție mai veche. Știu, nimeni n-are impresia despre el însuși că e glory-hunter, dar nu știu cum se face că fani Liverpool/Barça/Man Utd vezi la tot pasul, în timp ce n-am cunoscut încă pe nimeni care să țină cu Sunderland (sau orice altă echipă din afară care n-a câștigat nimic în ultimii 10 ani).
Vă aştept gândurile, ranturile sau întrebările pe marginea celei de-a şasea etape din Anglia.