I don’t like football
I know, it’s quite strange to hear from an Italian. But I do not like football. In my parents’ house, when I was a little boy, no one was interested in football. No one watched it or enjoyed it. So I did not inherited from relatives and I can not understand the joy and trepidation connected with watching a match or seeing “your” football team doing well in the weekend match.
For this same reason I cannot enjoy watching the world cup. Someone could jokes saying that it’s because Italy is not in the competition this year…but that’s not the reason. The truth is that I do not have fun at all watching sports in general. During 2006, when Italy last won the World Cup, I was around on my bike, returning home after a day of work. The roads were desert, there was an unnatural silence, a vibrant tension in the air. And, time by time, there was a sort of collective shout that exploded when a team did a mistake or a goal was scored. And then silence again. The effect of coral participation was quite powerfull. I simply was not able to feel part of this, and I must admit i felt a little bit sorry about this.
I’ve always been a very active sports player since my early years, and I always preferred to play individual sports. Even if I’ve never been a strong athlete, what I find interesting in sport is to reach my limits and try to push myself further. I love learning new things and experience places and activities which are far away from our everyday life, challenge myself in long, difficult trails or paths and succeed. This is what I love of sport.
I do not think that sitting on the sofa, having some beers and watching some super-paid guys playing a game have something to do with sport. It is a form of amusement, not far away from watching a movie or going to theatre. And, I think, sport seen on TV tries to reproduce the feeling that people have during a competition: it is a comfortable and easy way to recreate, without big effort, the sense of challenge, expectation, and joy after the victory that you can feel when you are part of a real contest or match.
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I don’t like football
I know, it’s quite a strange thing to hear from an Italian. But I do not like football. In my parents’ house, when I was a little boy, no one was interested in football. No one watched it or enjoyed it. So I did not inherit football fever from relatives and I can not understand the joy and trepidation connected with watching a match or seeing “your” football team doing well in the weekend match.For this same reason, I cannot enjoy watching the world cup. Someone could joke, saying that it’s because Italy is not in the competition this year, however that’s not the reason. The truth is that I do not have fun at all watching sports in general. During 2006, when Italy last won the World Cup, I was riding my bike, returning home after a day of work. The roads were deserted, there was an unnatural silence, a vibrant tension in the air. Time after time, there was a sort of collective shout that exploded when a team made a mistake or a goal was scored. And then silence again. The effect of coral participation was quite powerful. I simply was not able to feel part of this, and I must admit I felt a little bit sorry about this.
I’ve always been a very active sports player since my childhood, and I always preferred to play individual sports. Even if I’ve never been a strong athlete, what I find interesting in sport is to reach my limits and try to push myself further. I love learning new things and experience places and activities which are far away from our everyday life, challenge myself in long, difficult trails or paths and succeed. This is what I love about a sport.
I do not think that sitting on the sofa, having some beers and watching some well-paid guys playing a game has something to do with sport. It is a form of amusement, not far away from watching a movie or going to a theatre. I think sport seen on TV tries to reproduce the feeling that people have during a competition: the sense of challenge, expectation, and joy after the victory that you can feel when you are part of a real contest or match.
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I do not think that sitting on the sofa, having drinking some beers and watching some superover-paid guys playing a game hasve something anything to do with sport. It is a form of amusement, not far away removed from watching a movie or going to the theatre. And, I think, sport seen on TV tries to reproduce the feeling that people have during a competition: it is a comfortable and easy way to recreate, without big much effort, the sense of challenge, expectation, and joy after the victory that you can feel when you are part of a real contest or match.
I do not think that sitting on the sofa, having drinking some beers and watching some superover-paid guys playing a game hasve something anything to do with sport. It is a form of amusement, not far away removed from watching a movie or going to the theatre. And, I think, sport seen on TV tries to reproduce the feeling that people have during a competition: it is a comfortable and easy way to recreate, without big much effort, the sense of challenge, expectation, and joy after the victory that you can feel when you are part of a real contest or match.
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I know, it’s quite strange to hear this from an Italian. But I do not like football (or soccer :). In my parent's’ house, when I was a little boy, no one was interested in football. No one watched it or enjoyed it. So I did not inherited the football gene from relatives and I can not
understand the joy and trepidation connected with watching a match (or try "game" here to avoid repetition of match) or
seeing “your” football team doing well in the weekend match.
For this same reason I cannot enjoy watching the wWorld cCup. Someone could jokes might saying
that it’s because Italy is not in the competition this year…but that’s
not the reason. The truth is that I do not have fun at all watching
sports in general. During 2006, when Italy last won the World Cup, I was around on ridiing my bike, returning home after a day of work. The roads were deserted, there was an unnatural silence, a vibrant tension in the air. And, from time to by time, there was a sort of collective shout that exploded when a team did made a mistake or a goal was scored. And then silence again. The effect of choral participation was quite powerfull. I simply was not able to feel part of this (try "it," to avoid repetition of this), and I must admit i I felt a little bit sorry about this.
I’ve always been a very active sports player since my early yearschildhood, and I always preferred to play individual sports. Even if I’ve never been a strong athlete, what I find interesting in sports
is to reach my limits and try to push myself further. I love learning
new things and experience places and activities which are far away from our everyday life, to challenge myself ion long, difficult trails or paths, and to succeed. This is what I love of about sports.
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Nice story, I like it, maybe partly because I am not big fun of football as well. Sometime I watch big matches, even then I regard this pastime as a waste of time. However I always amuse my father who is a big fan of football, doesn't matter how large is stakes. He can watch lame game between to local losers with the same energy as the fight between Barcelona vs Roma.
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Thankyou, it happens frequently to have to split corrections since Italki gives limited space. You are really kind, but there's still a lot to improve.
Since I do not know what BFC is...I don't know if I can agree with you or not :) :) :)
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