Argentines And Chileans Star A Mass Brawl In Copacabana

[sleslie23]

Pretty typical of soccer around the world (except in the US, where nobody really cares).

Ah the US. Where riots and looting are common when a team WINS a sports championship.

 

[internationalguy]

I was referring specifically to the fact that US soccer fans could never get worked up enough to fight about it.

However, a report on NPR the day before yesterday said that roughly two percent of US residents were paying attention to the soccer tournament. They were having trouble selling advertising for it, but it has to try to pay its own way here (There is no "Soccer for Everybody").

Well, I'm sure that Steve Bartman will say that baseball fans are so "civilized" that everything that happened to him was just his imagination.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident


or Jeffrey Maier for that matter

 

[Crema Americana]

I was likewise embarrassed/offended watching the post-match interview with Sampaoli (Chile's DT). All of the questions were nice enough, but then an Argentine reporter stands up and says "We Argentines all take pride in this since you're Argentine..." So what... the guy's from Arg, but it's Chile's victory!

Is there nothing some Argentines don't want to co-opt? Just let the Chileans have their moment in the sun for crissakes. Argentine exceptionalism at its finest.

I don't see the offense. It is an Argentine coach - as if the coach plays no small part. At least he wasn't called a traitor.

Chileans aren't the cleanest act either.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/17/sport/football/brazil-chile-world-cup-scandal/index.html?iref=allsearch


South America is hard to understand sometimes - there's a lot of back and forth.
For instance, my husband, my father-in-law, and the handyman that is fixing our heater now are all rooting for England to win this match against Uruguay. The reason? Uruguay celebrated Argentina's exit last World Cup. I suppose that grudge is a lot more recent and close than the whole England thing.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Well, I'm sure that Steve Bartman will say that baseball fans are so "civilized" that everything that happened to him was just his imagination.


http://en.wikipedia....artman_incident


or Jeffrey Maier for that matter

Funny, though, nothing ever happened to Bartman or Maier (who, in any event, benefited his home team).