Can anybody think of any other sport in which a player can "accidentally" jumpkick an opponent in the chest? And I mean, just, like, physically? Is it possible in any other sport, you know, as an "accident"?I'm calling for a forum to debate soccer's strengths and weaknesses as illustrated by this year's World Cup. I'll go first.
Weaknesses:
- Orange socks.
- Preventing a goal by deliberately blocking it with one's hands (Uru vs. Ghana) and not having the goal awarded automatically.
- Yellow card for a Yakuza assault?? (see above)
- Soccer fans, with or without their clown horns.
- France.
Strengths:
- Despite the lame diving spectacles, players actually can get hurt, and I like that.
- Low-scoring charges any goal with epic significance. The ensuing adrenaline rush in infectious.
- Relatively old players can still kick ass.
- Continuous clock.
- Ambidexterity.
1 comment:
Your #2 weakness is brought about by #2 strength. (It was unfortunate for Ghana, but this act of volleyball is not new. I've seen it done several times in the hundreds of soccer matches I've watched.)
I like your strengths, but your weaknesses make me want to tell you to go back to writing long-winded writeups about the Davis Cup match that no one watched or cared about, or about some black and white movie about the witches of eastwick from 1948.
hee hee hee!
; )
Orange socks rule.
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