Je trouve le défi avec l’immigration dans le foot très intéressant. Actuellement, tout de l’Europe lutte contre le racisme, mais en plus je suis absorbé par les grands sentiments du nationalisme radical. C’est un phénomène en Europe où tous les citoyens des pays européennes veulent que les joueurs dans leurs ligues viennent de leurs pays.… Read More »
Wir haben viel darueber gesprochen, wie Fussball einerseits durch die Kolonalmaechte nach Afrika kam, andererseits jedoch schnell als jeweiliger Nationalsport aufgegriffen wurde und ein nationales identitaetsstiftender Sport wurde. Besonders nachdem die verschiedenen Staaten ihre Unabhaengigkeit erlangten, verstaerkte sich diese Funktion des Fussballs ganz besonders. Da Deutschland erst sehr spaet und auch nur fuer kurze Zeit… Read More »
As I read Christopher Gaffney’s Temples of the Earthbound Gods, one issue that particularly struck me was the excessive nature of the barrabrava, the fierce fan group that exists in most of the Argentine and South American football clubs. In the book, Gaffney suggests the unclear, shady relationships between the clubs and their barrabravas, or… Read More »
After a video of Chelsea fans’ racist behavior went viral last week, I bet bost of us expected fans to calm down. According to an article by Fox News however, the club’s following has yet to learn its lesson. This first incident, one we discussed in class, resulted in the ban of five Chelsea supporters by… Read More »
Mucho se ha dicho de la decisión de la FIFA de dar la sede del Mundial 2022 a Catar, un pais con pésimo record de derechos humanos, un clima que no es favorable para una competencia profesional, y una candidatura de muy alto riesgo dado que en este momento casi nada de la infraestructura necesaria… Read More »
Branding a football player as a symbol of some sorts is perhaps as an overdone and exaggerated trait as the football fans in derby matches. After every good game players have, every move they make, even every comment they utter are followed by tens of labels; “legend”, “golden boy”, “judas”, along with thousands of insulting… Read More »
El Balón de Oro es un premio anual otorgado por la FIFA a un jugador masculino que se considera el deportista mejor en el mundo. El premio se inició en 2010 después del premio europeo Balón de Oro y el premio Jugador Mundial de la FIFA se fusionaron. El premio ha sido dominada para Lionel… Read More »
En el 2007 Kaká ganó el Balón de Oro después de tener una exitosa temporada con el AC Milan y de haber tenido gran éxito en la Liga de Campeones. Kaká fue el último jugador fuera de Lionel Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo que gano el premio. Recientemente, Ángel Di María (jugador de Argentina y el… Read More »
Since as far back as I can remember, Arsenal has been my team. The team that I would get butterflies in my stomach for before matches, the team that I would find myself whole-heartedly arguing with others in support of, the team that could leave me both endlessly smiling in victory, or absolutely distraught in… Read More »
Soccer in Ukraine has never been truly detached from the political atmosphere of the nation (See earlier post). The current state of soccer in Ukraine proves to be no exception. The fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces has indeed escalated into a full-blown war, which has affected players, fans, and everyone in-between. Due to war, teams… Read More »
