If nothing else, the international break offers some respite from the misery of the Premier League season with a proliferation of silly stories. Alexandre Lacazette, for example, is going to ask his bestie Antoine Griezmann to join Arsenal. After I finish typing this, I’m chatting to my bestie Doris Stokes to see if she can persuade Johan Cruyff that it isn’t too late for a comeback. If Ferenc Puskas comes as well, we’ve got the Alexis and Özil situation covered. The pair ‘feature’ in the loopy stories of the day. Arsenal are, it says here, “eyeing a swap deal” where Alexis goes to PSG and Yoolian comes the other way. PSG’s strained FFP troubles are sure to be soothed by paying the Chilean £300k per week. There is a tacit acceptance …show more content…
English football bemused Bobby as he watched Arsenal from the bench at the Stadium of Light. The physicality of the challenges made him question the wisdom of his move to the club. The same questions floated in Lacazette’s mind. Speaking to the French media, he observed that the “refereeing decisions [still surprise me]. Sometimes I think it is a bit dangerous.” Such views won’t garner much sympathy for the striker. The media continues to portray the Premier League as the best in the world despite plenty of proof to the contrary. More excitement? Yes but thud and blunder is mistaken for ‘best’. It is visually but the repeated failure of English teams in the Champions League underline how far behind we are on the benches and pitch. Defenders receive favourable treatment in the English game. I know you’re thinking that’s not true but the perceived fussiness of officials in Europe underlines that. We’ve always been out of step with continental football. Even English officials referee the game differently in the Champions League. They are much more in line with their continental peers than the weekly fare they serve in the Premier League. And Says a Prayer for Me Why would that be? Surely the judgements passed by PGMO assessors are the same as…oh. Therein is the problem. English officials are their own paymasters. UEFA promotes ineptitude to get it off the pitch – yes, Herr Bussaca, I’m looking at you – we end up with
Today, transport and the financial power of football has completely transformed the game. Aeroplanes have allowed world cups; internationals and the champion’s league take place and technology wise, the new goal line technology and 3G pitches are being introduced. The media also acts as a super power in football with both sky and BT sports dominating the media world of football. This is all been possible due to the money in football and the business men involved. Billions of pounds are in football and this is what attracts the best football players to certain places in the world. Recently Gareth Bale was sold for £90 million which just shows how much money the top players can be sold for. The money has also allowed for some of the most impressive stadiums in the world such as the the Camp Nou which holds 100,000 people. Clearly football has changed drastically since the
Soccer is regarded as the world’s biggest sport, it’s played everywhere, from the streets to major cities around the globe. There are many misconceptions about soccer and it’s very frustrating to hear about; being a Soccer fan myself. Whether you call it football or soccer, there are three enormous misconceptions I hear all the time and one of the biggest misconception I hear from people is that soccer is a very long and boring sport. The second one I pick up from people is whenever a penalty kick has been awarded, the referee must give a red or yellow card to the opposing teams defender. This Just isn’t true. The last misconception is you will get beat up by delinquents if you go to a game. Most People believe that soccer isn’t very exciting to watch and is very tiresome to go through. Soccer isn’t a game where two teams go back and forth scoring goal after goal.
Back in 2012 Lance Easley made a so called “bad call” and received several death threats. He now has post traumatic stress disorder and suffers from severe depression. No one should suffer this because they are doing there job. One referee actually ended up receiving 15-16 death threats all over one call. 3.5 billion soccer fans and there are a bunch of crazy fans who will go crazy over a not so good call.
For the six clubs in England, finishing top four in the Premier League is the same as surviving relegation.
“We return our All Conference forward/midfielder Ivann Amaya, and we are excited to see him improve from his success last year. His hard work ethic this past spring and summer will give him building blocks for a productive sophomore campaign,” said Rutkowski.
The atmosphere surrounding soccer stadiums has changed drastically since the 1970’s and 80’s when racial abuse and discrimination was common. Soccer fans have found matches more family-friendly while authorities have over time introduced measures to improve standard behavior at matches. Despite such efforts, racial discrimination in sports is still evident in today’s world with several forms of discrimination identified ranging from; referee discrimination, customer discrimination and most commonly racial discrimination. Often quoted as the best soccer league in the world, the English Premier league is characterized by a mix of British born talents with around 25% being players from ethnic minority backgrounds. One can argue that the league is one of the most inclusive sports; however, it has its fair share of challenges emanating from racial discrimination. Black, non- White and non-European players have been found to have been discriminated based on their race and color.
“As I ran through the tunnel, they were going to throw acid in my face. I was petrified and I probably never moved so much and so fast on a soccer field in my life”, (Morley 10). This is said by Clyde Best, the first black player to step on England’s field for its top division. Best faced extreme discrimination, reflecting the strong resistance to immigrants landing on Britain’s shores back then. According to Federal International Football Association(FIFA), any discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group, skin color, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, birth or any other status, sexual orientation or any other reason is punishable by controversial sports in history. Racism is a growing problem in professional soccer that affects the player’s mental focus, can cause physical harm and affect the overall credibility of the sport.
Santi meets the scout that is going to help get a tryout for one of England's biggest clubs which is, Newcastle United F.C. Santi’s agent says that he
The idea of racism in English Football, particularly the Premier League, is nowhere near as old as racism in England or the rest of the United Kingdom for that matter. However, the Premier League is often times considered the world’s best league when it comes to football and draws the best talent from around the world. In the recent years, the league has seen a sizeable influx of players from outside Britain and Ireland, which shows a reflection of an increasingly commercialized game with a global reach. These incredible players are put on center stage week in and week out throughout England on the biggest public arenas and draw millions of faithful supporters to their home club’s stadium. However, even with an increase in the number of foreign-born players, racism is still very prevalent in the ever-growing sport. The reality is that football represents one of the tapestries onto which social achievements and problems, claims and counterclaims are ritually etched. The growing awareness of how racism is connected to football functions through a complicated framework which reveals it as a problem which is very much “out there” in wider society today. Racism does touch the game of football, its players, officials, and their millions of supporters and reinforces the notion that racism is still very ubiquitous in an England that is often times considered diverse and accepting.
The selectors for the English team debate on what players they should select. They consider Alex. They are concerned that he’s Russian and the son of Prince Sergei Obolensky, who has a reputation of being a notorious lady’s man in London’s society. However, LORD WAKEFIELD points out that he’s also the finest winger in the country.
Ouch! That hurts! Watch Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen getting crushed in a real Football tackle after Ron Brooks, Buffalo Bills linebacker from the NFL took him out in full force!
Both cases today are viewed as the low points for the leagues, but sense then major precautions have already been taken in order to ensure that activities like this will never arise again.
The Italian International admits the prospect of joining Real Madrid is exciting, but he is happy at Parc des Princes and wants to win big things with his current club.
“That team wants to replace a player with their best one! This is totally unacceptable!” the coach of team A said with anger. Before I had the chance to respond, the coach from their opponent team B approached, “We gotta follow the rules. It is clearly stated in the competition rules that ‘in condition of a player’s injury, one player in two matches in allowed’.” “How do you define ‘injured’? If you can still play the game, then you are not injured. If you let your best player to play twice, it is definitely not fair”, coach of team A continued to question the authenticity of team B's statement.
It has been suggested that the UCL is a product of societal evolution. After forty years without change the European Cup had become commercially obsolete to broadcasters and sponsors due to the lack of guaranteed matches involving Europe’s biggest clubs (Ahlstrom, 2002). The knockout format allowed for clubs who would bring in large sums of revenue to be eliminated after merely two games.