In April, 2012, an injury time equaliser for the 10 men of ToT had Klaus Liedecke musing on the unfairness of the beautiful game.
Football's Not Fair
by Klaus Liedecke
4th April, 2012
When I was driving home from Bangkok on Saturday, I was thinking about my first article for the site. However, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write. My mind was still thinking about the late equalizer, the missed chances, the supporters, who stood in the rain and the builder of the stadium who forgot to put a roof over the stand. But these are all topics for another day. And then it struck me : football is not fair!
One hundred kilometers further down the road I was still thinking. I tried to remember some nice moments of football, to clear my head of all the bad thoughts for the report I had to write.Then the late equalizer we scored in Yangon and the last minute goal from Ludo in the Kor Royal Cup crossed my mind, and how much I appreciated these moments.
These two incidents happened in the past few weeks ago and I remember them very well. And I was asking myself, how did the supporters from Yangon and Buriram feel at this moment? They probably also thought: football is not fair! Yeah man, football is not fair! But it shouldn’t be. There are winners and losers and emotions!
And I want to share these emotions with you now, through my flippant comments. There are so many good stories about football on and off the field that we could discuss. Over the years, I have written many reports about the football games I’ve seen and I’ve always kept my personal opinions to myself. But know I can set my mind free. It was only after my long journey on the motorway, that I realized that I had written the first article already without even realizing it.
Keep being emotional.
Klaus
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