When the football world cup is on, most of the world stops to watch. From brazil to africa, china, iran, saudi arabia, japan, to europe. Can any other sport do this to the world????
RE:Champions of England... Kings of Europe
by Karun Sharma on May 23, 2008 03:21 PM
U must be a new fan... Liverpool won Premier League 18 times already whereas Man U only 17.
Liverpool won Champions League for 5 times already with another 2 runner ups whereas Man U only 3 with no runner up position
RE:Champions of England... Kings of Europe
by Rams on May 24, 2008 09:44 AM
and where Real Madrid and AC Milan would come then!! As far as I know, AC Milan got into the finals of Champions league at least 4 times since 2000. The fact is that English clubs were never a formidable force in Europe except Liverpool in the 80s. Look at Man Utd. They lost to West Ham because of a goal in the injury time. They couldn't hang on for a few seconds against west ham and now they call themselves kings of Europe! English Football is like indian cricket. The hype is always there.
I am also a cricket fan but a bigger football fan. Football for me is just addiction no sport can match the passion of football.
When the football world cup is on, most of the world stops to watch. From brazil to africa, china, iran, saudi arabia, japan, to europe. Can any other sport do this to the world????
someone mentioned that football is boring, well my answer to him is stick to a miniority cricket which has no impact around the world.
Football is THE world sport....no other sport comes close....
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by cdcontent cdcontent on May 22, 2008 05:50 PM
Just because Football is sooo widely watched doesnt make it more interesting than Cricket I mean T20 Cricket. Theres soooo much to Cricket fours sixes, run outs, change of pace, changing the field placements according to the batsmens strengths and weaknesses, the Duckworth-Lewis factor where a team needs to achieve a certain target at the end of a particular over if in case the rain comes down etc. etc. Take for eg. yesterdays match where Punjab won in the last 3 seconds of a 3 hour game!!! Isnt that a sport worth watching? Dint you see how the game was wildely swinging from one side to another? What more can you say when the media in England covered more of Ashes Test series than Football coz of the closeness of the battle inspite of it being a test match!!! By the way I hate test matches am an ardent T20 fan. Well I can keep on writing but rediff has limit on the character count...in short 20-20 Cricket is a better sport than Football any day
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by Rizwan Khan on May 22, 2008 06:54 PM
I live in the UK. Ashes series was a one-off, still compare this to a football tournament ie. world cup or euro championships you have to live in the UK to understand the hype and media coverage.
Crickets media coverage in the UK is not even 1% compared to football. England is a football mad nation, please dont tell me how much coverage is given to football and cricket in the UK. I live here and know about it.
The truth is in europe cricket is not even a considered a sport. Outside england cricket in europe is almost non-existent!
RE:RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by Rizwan Khan on May 22, 2008 06:57 PM
I am also following the T20 series in india, im a cricket fan. But if its a choice between the 2, there is no comparison. FOOTBALL ANY DAY!! Watching football is far more enjoyable to me than cricket...im sure billions on planet earth will agree...
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by cdcontent cdcontent on May 22, 2008 09:02 PM
Dude, you are stressing on the craze of Europeans and other nations for football. What I am trying to convince you is that a cricket match especially a close one provides more entertainment, thrill, tension, suspense than football. Neverthless Football World Cup is a totally different thing altogether even I watch it:)
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by Rams on May 22, 2008 09:33 PM
Mate, it seems, you believe that the most watched sport is the best! But let me remind you that any sport with stiff competition becomes very interesting! Not like this champ league final where Ronaldo and Terry missed penalties and made the game more dramatic than competitive football. This is one of the worst final I have seen in ages in champions league final. If you like Football, just enjoy it. Don'y try to fool others that it is the best game! If it is good, it is only because the players got so much competitive, but, again, this final? Yuck!!
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by pradeep sharma on May 23, 2008 12:07 PM
Mr Ram, please come out of your narrow world and see what the whole world is doing. You just keep watching T20 and get satisfaction out of it. Remember to develope economically we should also develope in sports. It is a shame that our country don't even win a gold in olympics. It is really funny that a country of i billion go without a gold. It is time to introspect why we are falling behind. May be because of some morons like you who feel achieving in the game of cricket, is the ultimate achievement. The game which is hardly watched in 8 countries can no way be compared with a game which is played and watched all over the world.
RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by Rams on May 24, 2008 09:54 AM
Mr. Pradeep, please get rid of your narrow mind. Just because I am indian and criticizing Football does not mean that I am a cricket fan! As far as I am concerned there is nothing like a great sport unless it is played competitively. Yes, the competition in football is very big and hence we see some exciting games. Talk about the topic on hand and don't indulge in personal critcisms. If I know you, I may prove that you are not a moron but a donkey..
RE:RE:Football is the worlds greatest sport!!!
by Karun Sharma on May 23, 2008 03:25 PM
These depends on personal interests and the social factor since childhood. If you have grown up in India, your best sports will most probably be Cricket... If U have grown up in other country, you will probably love Football (Soccer)... If U have grown up in US then ... no comments ...
drogba shot hits the upright.... Lampard shot hits the crossbar.... terry slips while taking the decisive penalty... drogba gets red card for absolutely non-footballing reasons and therefore is not there for the penalties.....
The fact is that Chelsea were just not meant to win yesterday. The all important 12th man called LUCK was as usual playin for Man Utd.
Man Utd also had missed chances....but the difference being that it was Chelsea's defensive brilliance of Petr Cech & John Terry that prevented the goals. Man utd did nothing but watch the woodwork save their day!!!!
Infact even during the penalties, Van Der Sar was horrible untill that Anelka Stroke. He kept diving the wrong way for most of the penalties and never came close to stopping one. Petr Cech looked the more likely of saving a penalty...
The fact is life is unfair sometimes....that why they say "Life's a Bitch"... What Chelsea have to remember is that "Everydog has its day" - yday was man u's and theirs will surely come, hopefully against Man utd. Man utd are a decent outfit but they are one of the luckiest sides.They are always lucky with refereeing, injuries, goals, tackles and yes Champions league titles. Their 1999 triumph via a 95th minute Solskjaer goal was a "LUCKY STRIKE" and now this one....
Man utd fans especially of Indian origin keep jumpin around whnever they scrape through like this. I wonder where those ppl are who said Man utd wins 2-1 or 3-1.Fact is they nvr do that!!
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by shashiyapa on May 22, 2008 04:44 PM
forgot to add.. do u know the goal diff between Man U n Chelsea in this yrs EPL. they scraped through.. huh
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by rajan bhatt on May 22, 2008 05:39 PM
first of all we are talkin about champions league and not EPL.... If you understand what I mean then just look at the semi-finals when they played boring defensive football against Barcelona and held on to the solitary goal by Scholes (which itself was scored from 25 metres!!!)....
In Europe they play over cautiously whenever they play away from home....mostly 0-0 draws or 1-0 wins through counters....
As far as EPL goal difference goes, I think they handed out 7-0 drubbings to a couple of low lying teams (dont remember which ones) which really gave their GD a big boost. But when it comes to the big matches they never have margins of more than one goal - i.e they scrape through. Even Their 4-1 win against Arsenal in the FA cup came against a virtual Arsenal youth side!!!
RE:RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Kaushik Basu on May 22, 2008 05:47 PM
oh...n margin of obe goal..u rem the scorecard of United vs Chelsea or United vs Liverpool at OT?
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by rajan bhatt on May 22, 2008 06:04 PM
and wat about scorecards at Stamford Bridge and Anfield dude!!!! Everyones a lion at home... Dont forget Chelsea & Arsenal are also unbeatable at SB & Emirates respectively...
And god bless you if find boring defensive football entertaining....yes no wonder they remain undefeated dude cause they play "not to loose"
Want entertainment then just watch any of the matches of Arsenal in the past few seasons and you will know what "Entertainment" actually means. Just try and keep a balanced head while watching though...coz most man utd fans are not fans they are fanatics who just dont accept hard truths!!!! And if silverware is the only criterion to rate football teams then clubs from countries like Germany,Netherlands & France - all great footballing nations should simply stop playin right!!!! What nonsense man...agreed man utd have won trophies but that does not take away the ills of their defensive european approach... Why are they alwys so afraid of loosing????
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Kaushik Basu on May 22, 2008 06:12 PM
well talking of anfield...u better chk out the score...and the name of the scorer..i guess u know which team carlos tevez plays... and talking of "boring"...of man man ...cant take this from a chelsea fan....everybody knows who plays the most boring, physical game on planet earth....u know the reason y morinho was kicked out? and god bless chelsea if they play like this...i am sure abrahamovich will look for another club to buy......n afraid of loosing? i wud say champions hate to loose...ask tiger woods, ask shumacher, ask fedex...u will get the answer
RE:RE:RE:RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by rajan bhatt on May 22, 2008 06:40 PM
and Kaushik one more thing....Fedex does not play defensively against Nadal...Schumacher never slowed down after overtaking Hakkinen or Hill or Raikkonen... Why do man u go for 0-0 draws when they play away from home?? The real champions dont leave their attacking instincts depending on opponents and occassions.... More importantly Luck does not play such a major role when it comes to sure shot champions...
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Thomas John on May 22, 2008 06:51 PM
real champions play sensibly... they dont keep their brains at home when they go for away games. real champions win trophies at the end of the season. real champions dont whine about their miss fortunes they go home with trophies.
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Kaushik Basu on May 22, 2008 06:55 PM
i always wonder y loosers always take solace in the fact that luck was not on their side.....y always crib abt luck...dnt hit the post...put the ball inside the net...dnt slap ur opponents n get a red card...instaed always crying abt LUCK...neways not a prblm..loosers can do watever they want..fact remains MANCHESTER UNITED is the champion and in few years time will overtake Liverpool as the greatest englisg side ever..chelsea???? hmmm...maybe 3-4 lines will be written abt them in the history of EPL
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by rajan bhatt on May 22, 2008 06:34 PM
hey dear kaushik if you read carefully I wrote watch Arsenal's game for Entertainment.... And as far as Chelsea goes agreed they play a very physical game but yesterday they were by far the better side....they dominated the game from 44th minute onwards....
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Kaushik Basu on May 22, 2008 06:42 PM
they dominated the 2nd half..united dominated the 1st...not much to choose in ET..and btw hitting the post is as good as a miss....its not bad luck..it means u hv failed to put the ball in the net..as simple as tht
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Kaushik Basu on May 22, 2008 05:46 PM
yes..talking of UCL...United is the UNDEFEATED champion...hope u know the meaning of "UNDEFEATED"...luck always favors the brave..ever wonder y luck is not with the blues? ever thot y United has the biggest fan base in the world...they play to entertain...n they win by entertaining...u can cry on...luck..referee...etc. etc,... fact remains 10 EPL and 2 UCL crowns in 15 years....even achieve half of tht and then talk
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by shashiyapa on May 22, 2008 04:42 PM
yup.. slappin ur opponent is non footballin reason. u ve showed ur ignorance.. now shut up and cry like cry baby avram grant.
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Thomas John on May 22, 2008 06:04 PM
So what if Chelsea played their hearts out? So what if they played better...(of cos they didnt)? So what if John Terry cried blood? We won...thats what matters! It shows how fast God brings down the arrogant in the face of sarcasm! Man United forever...Its a lesson for Drogba. Chelsea were purnished for Drogba's sins.whistle
RE:Sheer & Pure Luck!!
by Calvin Hobbes on May 22, 2008 05:01 PM
Chelsea should consider themselves lucky not to be out of the game in the first half itself.
They should have lost 4-2 ideally. Luck took them to penalties.
drogba shot hits the upright.... Lampard shot hits the crossbar.... terry slips while taking the decisive penalty... drogba gets red card for absolutely non-footballing reasons and therefore is not there for the penalties.....
The fact is that Chelsea were just not meant to win yesterday. The all important 12th man called LUCK was as usual playin for Man Utd.
Man Utd also had missed chances....but the difference being that it was Chelsea's defensive brilliance of Petr Cech & John Terry that prevented the goals. Man utd did nothing but watch the woodwork save their day!!!!
Infact even during the penalties, Van Der Sar was horrible untill that Anelka Stroke. He kept diving the wrong way for most of the penalties and never came close to stopping one. Petr Cech looked the more likely of saving a penalty...
The fact is life is unfair sometimes....that why they say "Life's a Bitch"... What Chelsea have to remember is that "Everydog has its day" - yday was man u's and theirs will surely come, hopefully against Man utd. Man utd are a decent outfit but they are one of the luckiest sides.They are always lucky with refereeing, injuries, goals, tackles and yes Champions league titles. Their 1999 triumph via a 95th minute Solskjaer goal was a "LUCKY STRIKE" and now this one....
Man utd fans especially of Indian origin keep jumpin around whnever they scrape through like this. I wonder where those ppl are who said Man utd wins 2-1 or 3-1.The fact is they nvr do
RE:Sheer luck!!!
by Thomas John on May 22, 2008 06:16 PM
So what if Chelsea played their hearts out? So what if they played better...(of cos they didnt)? So what if John Terry cried blood? We won...thats what matters! It shows how fast God brings down the arrogant in the face of sarcasm! Man United forever...Its a lesson for Drogba. Chelsea were purnished for Drogba's sins.whistle
RE:soccer
by Mahesh Patro on May 22, 2008 03:10 PM
There are two things. 1 people doesnt understand because of fool, 2nd There is really nothing great on that.
I think you are in 1st category. and that leads some time people say 2nd reason.
RE:soccer
by super success on May 22, 2008 02:27 PM
europeans stadium are full because they see there star from there country playing in club where as in india no star no connection with EPL so how come there is interest in some stupid people who try to show fake interest
RE:soccer
by Abhishek Agrawal on May 22, 2008 03:48 PM
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Interest among school kids and college crowd all over India is high coz of epl and champions league..with a month to go for euro 2008 i think academys should have some programs to target young ppl....
btw laliga might be tech superior to epl but as a viewer epl is more exciting...its same as horse derby (laliga) and formula 1 (epl)
