Football is more than a game
Opinion piece
Evidence Mahlalela
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soccer ball, bing.com/ images |
Allow me when I say football
is more than just a game. Football is more than just a game because a game is
just about fun but then this is different. Football is fun, interest, love,
understanding, talent, passion, hate, frustrations, controversy, unity,
overwhelming and means of making a living.
I can still recall when I
became a football fan. It was in my early primary school days. I didn’t even
know the basis of soccer nor understood a thing about it. I was just one
desperate little girl who needed a sports activity to participate on, honestly
speaking I was not really interested, I always thought it was a man’s game but
then “kungati kufana nekungaboni”, didn’t know I was wrong.
Time travelled and I began to have fun, the more I participated I developed a
strong feeling of interest. When the interest grew I realised I was falling in
love with the game, I started watching soccer matches, asked questions about
it, began to understand the basics of the game and even further. Oh believe me
it was an awesome and overwhelming feeling. Football taught me how to love. You
can’t just say you love when you haven’t even developed interest nor understand
a person. Love arose from the deepest of the heart.
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South African soccer fans during 2010 world cup, symboling
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This game enables young
stars to show case their talent and put them to places of their dreams. Football
ties strongly with passion because when one is passionate about something then
not even losing 5-2 to Amazulu FC or let me say consecutive lose like that of
Maritzburg United can bring a man down. This is a game that involves so much
hate because when you love something and become so emotionally attached you
dislike anything in jeopardy of it. Fans sometimes even fight, not really sure
about players because the frustrations during the game sometimes pushes them
over the edge. Let me recall Zinedine Zidane’s 2006 FIFA world cup reaction
when he head-butted Italy’s Marco Materazzi’s chest and how can I forgot the
recent one of Equatorial Guinea fans in AFCON 2015 when they couldn’t stand the
3-0 heat against Ghana and decided to disturbed the game, these are the things
that happen when frustration strikes.
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Spain celebrates after winning the 2010 World Cup.
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Football causes controversy
as people get to disagree a lot especially when it’s about their teams, no one
wants to back down and admit one was better than the other however this becomes
an interesting debate that could last longer than the disputes in the SA
parliament. Football is capable of bringing different nationalities, cultures,
races and religion together all in the culture of football. Yes World Cup, CHAN
and AFCON have proven that. In the name of football the world unites and
strengthens the bond between nations.
Everyone is born with talent
so the bible says; soccer is a talent that can make you money as long as you on
your game. If you doubt check out Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo they earn
fortune just by getting on the field and delivering what is expected of them. I
guess now the point is clear when I say football is more than just a game.
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