Football, football everywhere. But I'm not following it.
I fall into the euro snob category over here in North America because I'm one of those Europeans who don't think MLS football is good enough. It's not really true, because I'm a big fan of Toronto FC. But, I do enjoy pointing out the occasional absurdities so that makes me a naysayer.
In reality I could be called a football snob, or a selective watcher. I don't watch useless pre-season exhibitions. So what that Tottenham beat Juventus (I'm sure even the players think the same) or that Man City walloped Spurs in the US last week. They are un-competitive matches. And today the Charity Shield was on which I will not watch. It wasn't on TV here anyway. It's a glorified friendly match.
I once got into an online argument with a Maltese journalist who was doing a live text update of the Champions League final for his newpspaer and I asked why he was getting so excited about Juventus, or whoever was playing, when I'm sure he never went to the local stadium to watch Maltese league football. So does that make me a reverse snob? An inverted snob? Patriotic? Of just dumb, as the journalist said, for watching inferior quality football? Whatever. Give me competitive anyday, whoever it is.
I look forward to the World Cup, not just for Brazil vs Argentina but also for Honduras against Iraq. My point? I didn't watch Arsenal win the Charity Shield today and so I can't say much about it, except that the BBC told me it was "feisty".
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