Football isn’t just a game, it is a lot more than 22 players running round the football pitch or the coach shouting at his players every minute of the game neither is it just about the fans in the stadium roaring and chanting. Football is filled with so much emotions that you cannot express fully. You have to understand what it means to be a die- hard football fan to have an insight of the colossal joy of scoring a goal and winning matches alongside the hateful feeling of pain that comes with losing a football game.
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In the words of former Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly, “Football is not a matter of life and death. it’s more important than that”, I am not a Liverpool fan but a huge football fan. But, Mr Bill Shankly failed to add that Football is not just a sport, it’s a religion.
Football is not just about passion, it is also about the emotions and it can never be just about a game, Football is our LIFE, it doesn’t create a character, it reveals our character.
No matter what faith we belong to, ethnic group or the color of our skin, football doesn’t discriminate instead it brings up together in an unexplainable fashion, despite any happenings in the country like the Arab Spring or the economic issue in Greece, fans still made their way to the stadium to enjoy the beautiful game leaving all their worries at the gate of the stadium to celebrate with their national side winning, a win at that level would give boasting rights of your ethnicity and background wrapping your national flag round your neck with great pride.
For this explosion of joy and sometimes agony to begin, it starts with a “ball”, a ball at your feet and the remain events to follow in 90 minutes will be history.
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Football teaches the art of value over time, despite our rivalries and bants between our clubs, we never fail to appreciate or value a star player in another team. Yes, I am a Chelsea fan but I would appreciate Cristiano Ronaldo who is in Manchester United, you don’t find or buy such respect in the world. A lot of players and fans spend their time trying to earn respect on and off the pitch: Marcus Rashford is a typical example of one.
It doesn’t stop at scoring goals and winning trophies, the players themselves give a lot of gratitude and respect to the ones who ensure that the stadiums are not quiet or empty- the football fans. We are the interesting piece in football, we are responsible for chanting the names of our club and players, banting rival clubs and also pushing our clubs to achieve more.
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Football is a unique game, the 11 football players in each team becomes one immediately the whistle is blown that’s the beauty of team work. It is the only sport that doesn’t get offended when you decide to share in its love. The feeling of playing football, watching in the stadium or from your homes, work-place, etc is amazing, every second counts and a lot can happen which will decide if you go home happy or sad. I hope we can truly understand what this game means to us.
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