A Reflection Paper On Uefa Champions League

A football game is not about sitting and quietly watching the game while eating hotdogs and peanuts… it is a wild fiasco! The fans dress up in costumes and their team colors, they paint their faces and bodies and sing songs in unison about their team. The stadiums are gigantic and chaotic. The Maracana Stadium in Brazil is usually filled up to it’s capacity with 220,000 screaming fans. Once, many Brazilian fans fainted in the stands when they lost to Uruguay. The popularity of this sport also has it’s downsides. It has even been deadly. For instance, in 1969 the qualifying games between El Salvador and Honduras caused a war between the 2 countries. There had been conflict between the countries, but things boiled over when they clashed on the playing field, sparking a full-scale war that lasted 2 weeks.

However, soccer sometimes has negative impacts on individuals taking part in the game as spectators or players. Soccer makes a number of individuals intolerant and this intolerance could cause disturbances to other participants in the game. Hooliganism is one of the most popular form of intolerance in the game of soccer where fans from the opposing sides in most instances get into physical confrontations resulting in injuries and in worse cases, deaths. An example was when Egypt faced Algeria in an African Nations Cup tournament where Algerian fans got down into the pitch and engaged the Egyptian fans in a physical fight which left several people dead. These physical fights are not only limited to the fans but the soccer players as well. Many instances have been reported of players getting into physical confrontations with the members of the opposing team (Huggins, 2007). This has resulted in the development of more stringent rules to reduce such incidences. This is evidence of how the popular culture that is soccer elicits emotions among the participant of the game.

Soccer is like a religion in many countries all over the world and it means everything to its fans. Where im from, Argentina, soccer is bigger than anything. Alot of people take soccer even more serious than their jobs. Sometimes a little to serious. There has been a lot of soccer related accidents in Argentina and many other parts of the world. Many of the accidents occur during games in the stands. Soccer rivalries are very big in Argentina. Sometimes they seperate towns. Just like gangs here in United States, soccer fans fight for respect and hate towards the other team, a lot of times ending in deaths. Other incidents occur off the field. A good example to show how serious fans take the game, is the incident that occur after a World Cup, when a colombian player scored an own goal during an important game, and he was assasinated a few days later. Things like that usually never happen here in the United States. Not to say that fans are no passionate about football, but its a different type of passion.

People getting arrested, drunk, and in fights for a game? People all across the world attend sports of all kinds. Fans can not always be the nicest or like the other team but that shouldn't stop you from being a fan or going to a game. Infact it’s good to be a fan of a certain team, studies showed that if you have strong liking of a particular team it can actually make you a healthier, happier, and more social person. So if you don’t particularly like a sport just turn on your tv and try watching some type of sport who knows you might just like it.

Both sides come from Spain, a place where football is highly competitive. This local rivalry is important because there is a ton of psychology that effects players on the pitch. Every player WANTS to win, there is nothing being held back when the players go onto the field. Historically, both teams are extremely successful. Real Madrid and Barcelona have over 20 league titles each, 32 and 22 respectively. As for the Spanish Cup, Copa del Rey, they are also very triumphant, Real Madrid’s 19 wins to Barcelona’s 26. This massive success in these local competitions cemented both teams as the most victorious teams in all of Spain. Europe’s biggest competition, UEFA Champions League, where all the fantastic teams all across Europe compete with one another, is another area

One of the things that soccer has over football is its popularity. The World Cup is the most globally watched sport in the world, with billions either tuning in to watch at home of going to the stadiums. The world cup finals draws more global viewers than the super bowl. The structure of soccer is largely responsible for its ernoumous fan engagements. With 90 minutes of pure, sports with an uninterrupted story, with a fifteen minute break at half time.

Fans greatly loves their team and traditions here is that they show support of their team in many ways such as some fans can wears yellow huts, that features hunk of swiss while other my carry the prayers helmets or scores autograph and riding bikes of young supporters. 4.New England Patriots. It's a tradition of fans of this great team to fire the blank muskets after every touchdown during the game and it happened since

Be for the game when everyone is tailgating in the parking lot, there is mini pickup games where anyone can join in because everyone is there to have a good time and support the professional team. This shows the subculture supports people from all races and ethnicity to come together and not discrimination. During the game, there is a friendly environment where people might be in a confined space where they bump into each other, but that is shortly flowed by an “I am sorry”. Also within culture of the game, there are changes and adaptions to the language that is used. At the game, the fans cheer and yell the well, know chants to show support for the team. These chants and songs are well known to the fans, but an outsider looking in would not know what is going on. The fans and the players at the game created and adapted their own sub culture that everyone accepted and conformed to creating a positive

If thousands of fans pay a bunch of money to watch a friendly; featuring a European club is their hate? When both clubs agree to produce a dual scarf do they get along? The answer to these questions alone should clarify the state of the fan culture. Youtube videos featuring Sounders fans chanting and singing traditionally attracts positive

As spectators we are normally passive onlookers of the action taking place. The only influence we can have over the outcome is by making the participants aware of our support by cheering, or of our anger and frustration at an action by chanting and booing. We place our trust in the officials and referees to ensure that strict guidelines and rules are adhered to throughout the action. As spectators we are also commentators expressing our opinions regarding the actions of the participants and the officials. As spectators we can empathise with the emotions of the participants and feel extreme jubilation or extreme disappointment depending on whether you are supporting the winning or losing side. In this essay I will be discussing whether the

Super Bowl is the biggest sport event in the U.S and a lot of money and effort goes into it. Super Bowl is “the National Football League championship game, played annually between the champions of the National and the American Football Conferences.” Super Bowl is not only the biggest sport’s event but it has become part of American culture and it is the most watched event every year. “The Super Bowl has existed since 1967 when the champions of the two competing professional football leagues, the NFL and the AFL, played an extra postseason game after the conclusion of their respective playoffs. When the two leagues merged a few years later, the Super Bowl became the annual championship game” (Sporting Charts, 2017).

they may shout and scream but they're not making a big deal about in and causing arguments. They don't shout at the referee if they make a little mistake. the fan don't always have to be so mad at the game. the fans that don't take it too far they can is 50 seconds of a game to get a drink unlike the other fan that can't leave for one second.

As a soccer mania, it’s an honor to have the chance to watch the Argentinian soccer team playing live in the field. That was during the 2016 Copa America’s semifinal match, happened right here in Houston, TX at the NRG stadium. Went directly to the gate since my ticket was printed. The careless security check was a real concern to me, I thought it’s not what's expected for eighty thousand audiences’ event. Next, I was embarrassed how easy and smooth it was to reach out my seat. But the big deal was the moment I realized that the two teams’ fans weren’t separated, which led me to think twice how that is really different in the U.S than other countries. Last, but not least I really loved how the U.S supporters were cheering their players regardless the poor their team was

Football or soccer as it is referred to in the United States is the biggest sport in the world with many countries having various professional leagues. The best leagues are found in Europe for they usually have the best teams. This is the result of superior publicity that translates into European teams having healthier salary. The two note worthy teams from Europe are Manchester United and Real Madrid. They are both teams in the upper echelon of their respective leagues and are regulars in the European champions leagues.

The lyrics “Walk on, Walk on, With hope in your hearts” are belted out by a sea of red as a Liverpool match is about to start. Even though the intonation of the singing might make a choral director cringe, there is no doubt that everyone wearing Liverpool’s red jersey knows every word to the song. Sung in unison, the undeniable passion of Liverpool’s fans is overwhelming, when they wear their club’s crest and colors on their chest and recite their anthem with their voice. This sort of chanting and singing is mainstay in European football, almost as central to the sport as the ball itself.