Bloody Football

[poliphilo]

I should have been doing the housework but my country needed me, so I sat down and watched the England game instead.

The more I see of this World Cup the more I'm confirmed in my opinion that football is the dullest game on the planet.

I watched the wome's tennis final at Eastbourne on Saturday. Justine Henin-Hardenne and Alexandra Myskina contrived between them to do something amazingly athletic, skilful and exciting every thirty seconds or so. By contrast the whole 90 minutes of the England-Ecuador game threw up four of five such moments.

Why is football the world's game of choice? Why does David Beckham make more money than Justine Hardin-Hardenne? Why do people invest so much emotion in a sport that delivers so few thrills?

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

The England-Ecuador match was a down-right drag. However, I find that good matches really are thrilling, and the beautiful game can, indeed, be exceedingly elegant at times.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.

Maybe there's too much at stake here for the players to be anything but cautious most of the time.