Slow updates means lots of what I would like to write gets lost. No big deal, it would probably be a lot of bullshit anyway !
Sunday night (3 AM in Japan) I saw the game Italy vs France. The first half was quite good, Italy dominated and I was somewhat proud of the team.
From the send half and on, Italy didn’t appear to be doing much. The team went on and managed to win, quite frankly, out of sheer luck.
By now everyone in Italy is going crazy. Some of my friends that went to watch the game in Roppongi (the Tokyo area dedicated to foreigners) apparently had great fun celebrating the victory.
Personally I left the pub where I was watching the game once it came to penalties. Really too much struggle to see anyone lose at penalties, plus I already considered France stronger, and there was no need to see the actual result dictated by factors which don’t reflect the main body of the game.
So Italy won.. and I think it’s not such a good thing. National team has a wide appeal. Can make cheer people like me, those that don’t care to daily follow soccer news. However it gives a lot of power to those that are crazy about the sport. Gives power to the mass, people that would rater sit on a couch and zip from a useless soccer program to the next.
In the recent years Italian TV only got worse: more commercials, more soccer debates, every single day day: soccer, soccer, soccer.
Italians are easily satisfied by a simple life with a steady job and lots of soccer bullshit to keep them interested in useless stuff, rather than getting busy on developing a brain.
Sure, dumb people are everywhere. That’s why every country has a national sport.. to keep people happy while others get rich and powerful.
I’m sure the current Italian government is so glad to have a popoulation feeling like they are worth something, while in fact their are just puppets.
Congratulations on the World Cup !!! We won.. yeahhhh !!!
Posted by Davide Pasca in Society