Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 03:54:15 06/23/02
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On June 22, 2002 at 04:36:07, Harald Faber wrote: Interesting discussion here! I had the same discussion with a Feyenoord Rotterdam friend of mine. He stated that Ajax Amsterdam plays lousy football and therefore it is a shame that this club has become champion of Holland. No, instead it would be much better that Feyenoord, that - admittedly - played the most beautiful football this season, should be the champ. I tried to convince him that football is a game of scoring the most points and more goals than the opponent. There is NO prize for nice play! OF COURSE I'd like to win with best play. But when this is not possible, I prefer to have more points over nice play without points. Such a discussion is very difficult for my countrymen, since they all want to win with the best play. Therefore it would be better to watch the Italians or the Germans f.e. They play for the result in the first place. And rightly so! Because it is the result that counts :-) Jeroen >Who cares? >May I quote our ex-cancellor Helmut Kohl: "Entscheidend ist, was hinten >rauskommt." (It is the result that counts) >There are MANY countries, like Italy, like Argentina e.g., who would CELEBRATE >reaching the 1/2 final, no matter HOW. >Only the Germans, or at least the German media, have problems with this >attitude. Winning is not enough, winning superior is important. Bullshit. I (and >many others too) prefer reaching the smei-final instead of dropping out of the >tournament but having played attractively. >"Moral winner", that is a loser's excuse.
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