I don't like it, much less in football. It's great that people love their country, and it's great that you support them in international competitions, but for God's sakes, there should be a limit. Take BBC sports for example. OK news site, centers on the Premiership mostly, which is ok, it's my favorite league, and the site is british, so it makes sense. They had updates about the U-21 competition, which makes sense, it's the only competition going on right now. England get knocked out, front page news. Holland wins, I didn't even find out until I scanned the site more thoroughly. Instead, I get 5 reports about Man City and Sven, 3 on Henry and his impending move, and some about unknown player's injuries.
This doesn't really bother me that much. What bothers me more is Spanish football commentary. Take the Real Madrid vs. Peace Team match, which I doubt more than a handful have even heard about. I didn't even know who was playing for the non-Galacticos, and why this match was being played, anyway. I found out that a Sevilla player was injured, though. And some more about many spanish clubs, and Real Madrid. Halftime, interviewer talks to Casillas, not about the match, not about why they came all the way to Israel to play it. Oh no, they asked them about the La Liga win and celebrations. Is there no other time to discuss that?
During the World Cup, I swear, it was even worse. Every match, including the ones not involving Spain, had discussions about La Liga and how Spain would do against the two teams playing. This when there weren't any players from the LFP there, if there were, holy bejesus, they'd follow him with a magnifying glass. Champions League? Same crap happens.
I will say though that Canal+'s transmission tend to be fairly clean from this, which is why I only watch matches on it. Really, I just can't stand this crap. I would mind it less if I didn't have to endure it everywhere, there. My friends have week-long arguments about La Liga, why it's better than other leagues, and how Spanish teams get knocked out of CL due to factors which are not related to their skill (except for Barca being knocked out by Liverpool, that was ok because Liverpool are a Spanish side in disguise, apparently.)
Of course, calling people on their biased **** doesn't help, this is a normal conversation:
Idiot: Valencia are the best team in the world.
Me: No, they're not.
Idiot: Shut up, what do you know?
Me: I know they're not the best in the world.
Idiot: And who's better? Real Tel-Aviv? Israel don't have any good teams.
Me: I know, Valencia still isn't the best, though.
Idiot: -turns to talk to someone else- They'd win the CL if it weren't for all the injuries.
I swear, this happened word for word (translated from spanish).
To sum up, I hate my friends.
This doesn't really bother me that much. What bothers me more is Spanish football commentary. Take the Real Madrid vs. Peace Team match, which I doubt more than a handful have even heard about. I didn't even know who was playing for the non-Galacticos, and why this match was being played, anyway. I found out that a Sevilla player was injured, though. And some more about many spanish clubs, and Real Madrid. Halftime, interviewer talks to Casillas, not about the match, not about why they came all the way to Israel to play it. Oh no, they asked them about the La Liga win and celebrations. Is there no other time to discuss that?
During the World Cup, I swear, it was even worse. Every match, including the ones not involving Spain, had discussions about La Liga and how Spain would do against the two teams playing. This when there weren't any players from the LFP there, if there were, holy bejesus, they'd follow him with a magnifying glass. Champions League? Same crap happens.
I will say though that Canal+'s transmission tend to be fairly clean from this, which is why I only watch matches on it. Really, I just can't stand this crap. I would mind it less if I didn't have to endure it everywhere, there. My friends have week-long arguments about La Liga, why it's better than other leagues, and how Spanish teams get knocked out of CL due to factors which are not related to their skill (except for Barca being knocked out by Liverpool, that was ok because Liverpool are a Spanish side in disguise, apparently.)
Of course, calling people on their biased **** doesn't help, this is a normal conversation:
Idiot: Valencia are the best team in the world.
Me: No, they're not.
Idiot: Shut up, what do you know?
Me: I know they're not the best in the world.
Idiot: And who's better? Real Tel-Aviv? Israel don't have any good teams.
Me: I know, Valencia still isn't the best, though.
Idiot: -turns to talk to someone else- They'd win the CL if it weren't for all the injuries.
I swear, this happened word for word (translated from spanish).
To sum up, I hate my friends.
....i mean cmon, go and **** yourself in the mirror