| Things I love and hate about soccer...
Things I love:
How important each goal is: Although soccer does get a lot of shit here in the States for being too low-scoring for people's liking, it makes each goal REALLY important (unless, of course, it's the Argentina-S&M game, in which case Argentina probably could have won 10-0.
Things I hate:
The whole "lying on the ground writhing in agony then get right back up and start running again after the foul is called" thing: This is far and away the WORST thing about soccer. Maybe it's a part of the game, but bear in mind that as an American football fan, I'm used to seeing players play with broken bones, separated shoulders, sprained ankles, etc. It's even worse when the player takes a dive. It's a good thing I'm not a FIFA referee, because I'd be handing out yellow cards left and right for diving and for lying on the ground crying like a little girl.
Offsides: GRRRRRRRR....I HATE OFFSIDES!!! I realize and understand why it's a rule and why it is important for the flow of the game, but I hate when I see a nice scoring chance negated by an offsides (which are oftentimes bad calls by the linesmen).
I'll add more as I think of things... |