Germany imposes will on Greece. Greece makes a few last ditch efforts to fight back, if only for posterity’s sake, but ultimately just gets kicked around as it goes down in flames. Whether the Greeks were humiliated or humiliated themselves is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.
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Now I get it: German fans rubbed it in by chanting: “We paid for your tickets.”
“Without Angie, you wouldn’t be here,” bellowed the German fans, referring to the multibillion-dollar bailouts Greece has received from European partners, first and foremost Germany.
“We’ll never pay you back,” countered the Greeks. “We’ll never pay you back.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/world/europe/greece-vs-germany-spills-off-soccer-field.htmlReport
I was hoping the German fans would break into “Deutschland über alles.”Report
Soccer is a sublimation of war.Report
War is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Soccer leaves out the terror.Report
+1.Report
Soccer leaves out the terror.
Sadly, no.Report
all this hating on soccer when grid-iron (i.e. american “foot”ball*) when grid-iron is far more violent.
*You guys practically handle the ball most of the time. How is it even reaonable to call it foot ball?Report
We rarely have football riots, sir. The carnage is confined to the playing field.
Your second question is one of the great mysteries of life. Like why is team handball an Olympic sport?Report
It’s called football for historical reasons. Students at Rugby played a football variant that allowed carrying the ball, and American football is ultimately derived from this.Report