Truly astonished by the hype for the football. Had to watch a highlights vid and the commentator (its the bbc) said at the end.
"you could not have written it, because even if you had, no one would have believed you".
I think this in a nutshell shows what a joke sport has become. Reporters are braindead cheerleaders. Their only job is to insanely hype up every minor thing with absolutely ludicrous and illogical comments like this.
It was a 1-1 draw that went to penalties. Pretty standard procedure in a sport where 1 in 4 games end in a tie and even more in a knockout system where everyone plays scared. In fact most teams that end up in competition finals have to go through penalties at least once and all go through extra time. this is the stuff that "no one would have believed if you had written it". Have these people ever read a book. Clearly you can't have to have a low iq to get this role at the beep and probably no wider cultural influence so that point makes sense.
the other thing, is I don't get the big deal. Did Germany play any of their good players. THe olympic games are an u23 tournament. Some top nations don't even bother entering. The final has been hyped (largely I guess because they wanted to sell a Brazilian truimph) as if it were Brazil winning the world cup at home. They didn't. They had that chance 2 years ago and blew it. the olympic football has never been important, 90% of good players are a million miles away playing domestic leagues which they consider to have a higher value, I'm glad the olympics is only 2 weeks every 4 years.
"you could not have written it, because even if you had, no one would have believed you".
I think this in a nutshell shows what a joke sport has become. Reporters are braindead cheerleaders. Their only job is to insanely hype up every minor thing with absolutely ludicrous and illogical comments like this.
It was a 1-1 draw that went to penalties. Pretty standard procedure in a sport where 1 in 4 games end in a tie and even more in a knockout system where everyone plays scared. In fact most teams that end up in competition finals have to go through penalties at least once and all go through extra time. this is the stuff that "no one would have believed if you had written it". Have these people ever read a book. Clearly you can't have to have a low iq to get this role at the beep and probably no wider cultural influence so that point makes sense.
the other thing, is I don't get the big deal. Did Germany play any of their good players. THe olympic games are an u23 tournament. Some top nations don't even bother entering. The final has been hyped (largely I guess because they wanted to sell a Brazilian truimph) as if it were Brazil winning the world cup at home. They didn't. They had that chance 2 years ago and blew it. the olympic football has never been important, 90% of good players are a million miles away playing domestic leagues which they consider to have a higher value, I'm glad the olympics is only 2 weeks every 4 years.