Fuck the rules. Fuck FIFA. Fuck UEFA. Fuck the respect campaign!
After watching Fiorentina’s match last night against Bayern, I found my self lingering an old line I used to hear when I was a little girl: “play to the rule, play to the referee, play to the game, and let the best team win”. I guess the authority didn’t believe that kind of thing anymore. “Play to the money” must’ve been the one line written on the wall of their office. And they would ensure everything will go perfectly according to their money-driven agenda.
You might think that I’m being paranoid. But the signs are there. For these past two years, I’ve seen a very “commercial scenario” presented by these so-called officials.
First there was that last year semifinal between Chelsea and Barcelona, where Chelsea had 4 clear-penalty over-ruled by Ovrebo. Chelsea might have all the money in the world, but Barcelona had the advantage of being a more recognized sport brand in USA and South America. Of course there was that Cronaldo versus Messi rivalry, exploited to death by the media. The result was obvious. Last year Champions League final tops Super Bowl as the most-watched annual sports event.
Another example is the World Cup “seeded play-off”. FIFA went all the way to warrant the big Adidas/Nike poster-boys’ rightful place in South Africa. I have no doubt or whatsoever that was the true intention behind FIFA’s decision. And remember Henry’s handball? Did FIFA take any action for that?
Arshavin’s appearance in the official World Cup-song video also confirms my suspicion. Clearly FIFA, and their sponsor alliance, expected Russia to go through to the final round. How dare Slovenia ruin their plan, eh?
And then we arrived at last night match. Oh how I’m beyond rage seeing not one, not two, but three fucked up decisions from the officials: Massimo Gobbi’s dismissal, Klose not getting sent off and the 6-yards-offside-goal. Three is more than enough to make a cynic like me distrust any notion that it was only incompetence from the referee.
To make everything worse, it was the same Tom Henning Ovrebo who refereed last year semifinal. Even though the question mark was really pointed at the linesman, the buck stops with Obrevo. He’s the one who make all the decisions.
At this point I’m getting sick with football. The 50 most paid footballers list make me sick. FA’s proposal about having a play-off to determined champions league spot makes me sick. The whole bitching and moaning about the lack of money (for Liverpool) to compete makes me sick. Fucking mercenary players makes me sick.
And I can only asked myself, when enough is enough? Why bother anymore? Why spend all this enormous amount of time on football when everything is so fucking driven by money?
PS: The whole respect campaign is a joke. UEFA/FIFA is really pissing on their own campaign.
After watching Fiorentina’s match last night against Bayern, I found my self lingering an old line I used to hear when I was a little girl: “play to the rule, play to the referee, play to the game, and let the best team win”. I guess the authority didn’t believe that kind of thing anymore. “Play to the money” must’ve been the one line written on the wall of their office. And they would ensure everything will go perfectly according to their money-driven agenda.
You might think that I’m being paranoid. But the signs are there. For these past two years, I’ve seen a very “commercial scenario” presented by these so-called officials.
First there was that last year semifinal between Chelsea and Barcelona, where Chelsea had 4 clear-penalty over-ruled by Ovrebo. Chelsea might have all the money in the world, but Barcelona had the advantage of being a more recognized sport brand in USA and South America. Of course there was that Cronaldo versus Messi rivalry, exploited to death by the media. The result was obvious. Last year Champions League final tops Super Bowl as the most-watched annual sports event.
Another example is the World Cup “seeded play-off”. FIFA went all the way to warrant the big Adidas/Nike poster-boys’ rightful place in South Africa. I have no doubt or whatsoever that was the true intention behind FIFA’s decision. And remember Henry’s handball? Did FIFA take any action for that?
Arshavin’s appearance in the official World Cup-song video also confirms my suspicion. Clearly FIFA, and their sponsor alliance, expected Russia to go through to the final round. How dare Slovenia ruin their plan, eh?
And then we arrived at last night match. Oh how I’m beyond rage seeing not one, not two, but three fucked up decisions from the officials: Massimo Gobbi’s dismissal, Klose not getting sent off and the 6-yards-offside-goal. Three is more than enough to make a cynic like me distrust any notion that it was only incompetence from the referee.
To make everything worse, it was the same Tom Henning Ovrebo who refereed last year semifinal. Even though the question mark was really pointed at the linesman, the buck stops with Obrevo. He’s the one who make all the decisions.
At this point I’m getting sick with football. The 50 most paid footballers list make me sick. FA’s proposal about having a play-off to determined champions league spot makes me sick. The whole bitching and moaning about the lack of money (for Liverpool) to compete makes me sick. Fucking mercenary players makes me sick.
And I can only asked myself, when enough is enough? Why bother anymore? Why spend all this enormous amount of time on football when everything is so fucking driven by money?
PS: The whole respect campaign is a joke. UEFA/FIFA is really pissing on their own campaign.
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