Any foreigner, visiting Bangladesh during the World Cup Football, will definitely be confused over our nationality.He even may have second thought about where he is actually. I mean who wouldn't? Seeing all the buildings, big and small, wrapped and re wrapped in either Brazilian flag or Argentine flags, or simply just both. It seems we forget our nationality for this one month of footballing spectacle. I go out to take a walk, and see two Brazil flags surrounded by five Argentine flags, with either a Germany or England flag in the middle which is just unrecognizable amidst the Blue and Green.
One day, on my way to coaching, I saw one of the most bizarre thing.A small Brazil flag was fluttering proudly on the rooftop of GERMAN High Commission premise! I don't know to whom the flag belonged ,maybe the guards or janitors, but the scene was.....bizarre!Anyway,if it was the guard, then salute man!
Rickshaws with small flags attached to their handlebars were a common site.And I always picked the one with a Brazilian flags. I witnessed a man refusing to board a rickshaw with an Argentine flag( we can assume he was a Brazilian). And I also witnessed a man giving a handsome tip to a rickshaw puller, just because he supported Argentina and had an Argentine flag!
The eve Brazil lost, half of Bangladesh simply went numb,including myself.The feeling of defeat took hours in me to settle. I watched the game,along with few friends, in big screen and the result was, big humiliation.The Argentines were ecstatic! It seemed Maradona has himself given them unlimited supplies of cocaine! Anyways, they rejoiced our defeat in every possible ways.But their fun were pretty temporary.
I watched the game of Argentina vs Germany in big screen too, and what followed the game was...utter delight! Seeing the Argentine fans' faces droop was simply priceless! Revenge never felt sweeter. I come home, a smile stamped across my face, and went to sleep with the smile still intact.But a simple recognition hit me, and it hit me hard! Why are we celebrating exactly? Because Argentina lost. Is that a viable reason to celebrate? Or was Brazil's defeat a sound enough reason? The answer was so obvious! We seemed to gain pleasure seeing other people cry. We seemed to celebrate, when people were sad.
This is not what football is suppose bring out of people. This is not what World Cup is about. We should celebrate when we win, not because the other team has lost.That is so perverted.
And, I also believe girls should not support a team only because of one player,Kaka in case of Brazil, and Messi in case of Argentina, but support the team as a whole! I feel most,I repeat MOST, female Brazil fans are actually KAKA fan and female Argentine fans are actually Messi fan!One piece of advice, looks don't really matter in football!
One day, on my way to coaching, I saw one of the most bizarre thing.A small Brazil flag was fluttering proudly on the rooftop of GERMAN High Commission premise! I don't know to whom the flag belonged ,maybe the guards or janitors, but the scene was.....bizarre!Anyway,if it was the guard, then salute man!
Rickshaws with small flags attached to their handlebars were a common site.And I always picked the one with a Brazilian flags. I witnessed a man refusing to board a rickshaw with an Argentine flag( we can assume he was a Brazilian). And I also witnessed a man giving a handsome tip to a rickshaw puller, just because he supported Argentina and had an Argentine flag!
The eve Brazil lost, half of Bangladesh simply went numb,including myself.The feeling of defeat took hours in me to settle. I watched the game,along with few friends, in big screen and the result was, big humiliation.The Argentines were ecstatic! It seemed Maradona has himself given them unlimited supplies of cocaine! Anyways, they rejoiced our defeat in every possible ways.But their fun were pretty temporary.
I watched the game of Argentina vs Germany in big screen too, and what followed the game was...utter delight! Seeing the Argentine fans' faces droop was simply priceless! Revenge never felt sweeter. I come home, a smile stamped across my face, and went to sleep with the smile still intact.But a simple recognition hit me, and it hit me hard! Why are we celebrating exactly? Because Argentina lost. Is that a viable reason to celebrate? Or was Brazil's defeat a sound enough reason? The answer was so obvious! We seemed to gain pleasure seeing other people cry. We seemed to celebrate, when people were sad.
This is not what football is suppose bring out of people. This is not what World Cup is about. We should celebrate when we win, not because the other team has lost.That is so perverted.
And, I also believe girls should not support a team only because of one player,Kaka in case of Brazil, and Messi in case of Argentina, but support the team as a whole! I feel most,I repeat MOST, female Brazil fans are actually KAKA fan and female Argentine fans are actually Messi fan!One piece of advice, looks don't really matter in football!
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