What is it about the beautiful game that makes the whole world go crazy and many like me and many of my football fanatic friends getting affected by what I call the 'mad ball disease'... To begin with this beautiful game becomes the biggest leveler of sorts when a much fancied side gets outgoaled and outsmarted by a seemingly innocuous and lesser known side... this beautiful game enables one to become a global household name and in many cases a global icon and dare I say that yes this beautiful game gives a nobody a chance to get his 15-minutes of global fame...no wonder the world recognizes it as the most beautiful game !!!
My first exposure to this madness and to this glorious festival of spirits and sports was way back in 1986 when a certain Diego Armando Maradona turned, twisted and traded towards a glorious triumph over the indomitable Germans...I am sure everybody from my time must still be recovering from Maradona's two goals in the semis against England...if the first one was from the 'hand of god' the second one definitely was from the 'feet of the god' ... a true wondergoal ... many pundits still refer to it as the 'goal of the century' ... I am posting the link here for everybody's benefit and nostalgia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJnk7TCDS0
Over the years, I have been blessed to see some of the most beautiful games as my quest and desire to know more and not miss any aspect of the beautiful game grew by leaps and bounds. The beautiful game demands passion, precision and perfection from its performers and more so on the greatest stage of the game the FIFA World Cup (Somehow I always loved the previously named Jules Rimet Trophy more).
The great goals and the super saves are what makes a FIFA match worth its weight in platinum. The best player gets the Golden Ball Award while the highest scorer gets the Golden Boot Award and the best goalkeeper gets the Golden Glove Award and not necessarily the winners of the above awards belongs to the winning team. This just proves that while individual performances matter in a match, at the end, it is the best team that wins the holy grail and not the individual and many of the individual winners will gladly trade their individual trophies for the coveted and the elusive grand prize.
For fans like me every 4-years we immerse ourselves in the beautiful game, we take sides of our favorite teams and join our teams in their victories and defeats and for a month get happily afflicted with what I call the 'Mad Ball Disease' ... viva the beautiful game !!!
My first exposure to this madness and to this glorious festival of spirits and sports was way back in 1986 when a certain Diego Armando Maradona turned, twisted and traded towards a glorious triumph over the indomitable Germans...I am sure everybody from my time must still be recovering from Maradona's two goals in the semis against England...if the first one was from the 'hand of god' the second one definitely was from the 'feet of the god' ... a true wondergoal ... many pundits still refer to it as the 'goal of the century' ... I am posting the link here for everybody's benefit and nostalgia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJnk7TCDS0
Over the years, I have been blessed to see some of the most beautiful games as my quest and desire to know more and not miss any aspect of the beautiful game grew by leaps and bounds. The beautiful game demands passion, precision and perfection from its performers and more so on the greatest stage of the game the FIFA World Cup (Somehow I always loved the previously named Jules Rimet Trophy more).
The great goals and the super saves are what makes a FIFA match worth its weight in platinum. The best player gets the Golden Ball Award while the highest scorer gets the Golden Boot Award and the best goalkeeper gets the Golden Glove Award and not necessarily the winners of the above awards belongs to the winning team. This just proves that while individual performances matter in a match, at the end, it is the best team that wins the holy grail and not the individual and many of the individual winners will gladly trade their individual trophies for the coveted and the elusive grand prize.
For fans like me every 4-years we immerse ourselves in the beautiful game, we take sides of our favorite teams and join our teams in their victories and defeats and for a month get happily afflicted with what I call the 'Mad Ball Disease' ... viva the beautiful game !!!
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