How to waste time - 101
There was always something about Middle Eastern football and wasting time that used to fascinate me. It was the way in which a goalkeeper would make a big deal out of an ordinary dead ball situation. He would make sure that he holds on to the ball and then immediately dive to the ground, making it seem like he had done the spectacular.
So did it seem, as we witnessed that action in one form or the other, time and time again.
But as the concept of time wasting hit the conscious, it all made sense.
This is how Dagestan does.
Dagestan is the home to Russia’s richest club - Anzhi Makhachkala.
I am not Russian and I am not exactly or remotely close to figuring out what this guy called Timaro is rapping about.
But if you ever thought Russian football is not interesting or exciting enough, you are WRONG. Well, at least off the pitch. When would ever see the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Christopher Samba, Yuri Zhirkov, Roberto Carlos and, of all people, Guus Hiddink featuring in a rap video wearing their club (Anzhi Makhachkala) jerseys?
Another black eye for Israeli football
Occasional violence in any sport is a common spectacle to us – the observer.
Taking our beautiful sport into account, we have come across game day hooliganism, free-for-all pitch brawls and have heard of the lives of numerous innocent victims being taken away.
The most recent being the unfortunate disaster that took place in Port Said, during an Egyptian league game between Al Ahly and Al Masry. Seventy-five individuals ended up losing their lives. The significance of that day would only make us think that Football Associations all across the world would learn from such an incident. And that they would formulate strategies to prevent such on-pitch situations.
