`I was in the pub and the Manchester derby went on TV. Three guys in the middle of their 20s came in and one of them ordered the first round, ordered three mugs on the table and said "So we got it, did not we? `No politics! We drink one or two and watch the game. No politics!" Everyone nodded affirmly, swallowed lightly and turned to the screen. When Manchester City scored a goal, one of the boys was excited:This is great, but he was bought with the money of a state that executed gays. The other two turned and shot him verbally:No politics!`
`It was an interesting anecdote, and I find that bass is typical of many people.
While City is paving the way for another championship title, ranging from amazing to amazing football, should we be like that kid in the bar? Or can we ignore the fact that the owner of the citizens is a member of a royal family who runs a country where they gladly punish gays with imprisonment, screaming, beating or death? How does homosexuality kill a suitable owner`s pass passed by any Premier League club buyer? Is there any level of investment at all to clear this spot?
Add a bunch of documented human rights violations to this, and we have not even reached the accusations of financial doping and dirty image cleansing through sport. This makes it understandable why many feel, mildly, abhorrent. I do not want to think that even the most loving and one-sided City fan would look for a way to protect the killing of gay men in return for 31 wins per season.`
`I personally would never have swallowed it. Every time I see this team, it always comes into my mind. I try again and again to forget this and just enjoy the art of his remarkable football but I can not. It just seems to me an unbeatable example of high immorality. I`m sure I`m not alone in this feeling.
But am I so funny? Even adventurous? Are not I just ashamed to feel that way? After all, if you look at everythi ng in detail, you would be morally divided for almost everything. You would never listen to some great musicians, you would never look at great works of art, you would never read great books. Because many of them are created by people who did really bad things. Okay, they probably were not part of a royal family running a country applying the death penalty to gay men, but hey, everything is a creeping rock, is not it?`
`You would also find it hard to get to work because the interconnectedness of everything means you could always track the origin of your salary to something reprehensible done by someone in the business. In a nutshell, you can find something wrong in everything and everywhere.
Can you support a football club without indirectly supporting or being uncritical to the detour of its owners to the killing of the gays? Maybe just being too naive. The club is not the owner. The club from contacts with best football tips is something completely separate.`
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Football predictions Wahbi Khazri placed Marseille on their knees
St. Etienne won a 2:1 derby with Olympique Marseille. The two teams faced each other in a devastated match of the 17th round of League One. They created a real performance of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard iand the main figure on the pitch was Wahbi Khazri, who brought the hosts` success, putting both goals for his team. Marseille led Kevin Stootman in the 16th minute, but Hazri turned things in favor of his team with 59 minutes of penalty and 88 minutes.
The guests took the first shot in the match. In the 16th minute, Florian Thauvin stood on the right and Kevin Strootman headed the goal for 0:1. Then, in the 28th minute, the hosts claimed a penalty for a violation against Hazri, but even after examining the VAR situation, the judge judged that there was no point in pointing to the white dot. The second half was really exciting with both front and rear doors. In the 54th minute a powerful shot by Lucas Ocampos was saved by the goal keeper. Two later, however, the e vents shifted to the other door, where Steve Mandanda stumbled at the detachment of Hazri. Initially, the referee played an ambush, but after VAR`s intervention, it was seen that there was no such thing, and this time St. Etienne received a penalty in his favor, while Hazri himself made the white point for 1:1. There were new positions in front of the two doors, and Florian Thauvin was awarded for the hosts and Wahbi Khazri for the hosts. In the 88th minute, however, Hazri became the hero for his team. He mastered the border of the penalty area and with a bomb attack did not leave any chance to Mandanda, bringing the victory of 2:1 to his team. Thus, St. Etienne recorded a third consecutive success on his account and with 36 points occupied the 3rd position. Marseille has already scored 5 consecutive games predicted by football news and has fallen to the 9th place with 28 points.
The guests took the first shot in the match. In the 16th minute, Florian Thauvin stood on the right and Kevin Strootman headed the goal for 0:1. Then, in the 28th minute, the hosts claimed a penalty for a violation against Hazri, but even after examining the VAR situation, the judge judged that there was no point in pointing to the white dot. The second half was really exciting with both front and rear doors. In the 54th minute a powerful shot by Lucas Ocampos was saved by the goal keeper. Two later, however, the e vents shifted to the other door, where Steve Mandanda stumbled at the detachment of Hazri. Initially, the referee played an ambush, but after VAR`s intervention, it was seen that there was no such thing, and this time St. Etienne received a penalty in his favor, while Hazri himself made the white point for 1:1. There were new positions in front of the two doors, and Florian Thauvin was awarded for the hosts and Wahbi Khazri for the hosts. In the 88th minute, however, Hazri became the hero for his team. He mastered the border of the penalty area and with a bomb attack did not leave any chance to Mandanda, bringing the victory of 2:1 to his team. Thus, St. Etienne recorded a third consecutive success on his account and with 36 points occupied the 3rd position. Marseille has already scored 5 consecutive games predicted by football news and has fallen to the 9th place with 28 points.
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