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Booing your own team or coach is supposed to be the last resort for the frustrated, angry fan. You break the metaphorical glass and employ the nuclear option when you've had enough. Too much bungling. Not enough effort. No heart.
Different cultures have different thresholds when it comes to determining when it is OK to unleash your anger on the guys wearing your own colors. Generally speaking, Latin cultures tend to be more trigger-happy, while Anglo-Saxons at least wait until the final whistle.
But what is extremely rare is to turn on someone on the first day, which is what many Chelsea fans have done to their new interim manager, Rafa Benitez, since he was appointed on Nov. 21. Loud boos drowned out his introduction during his first game in charge—a home match...
ionel Messi picked up an injury while Chelsea made horrible history as the Champions League group stages concluded Wednesday night ... 1. Messi injury spoils Barcelona's night. What started as an irrelevant match for the... more »
When Rafa Benitez was appointed Chelsea's interim first team manager, I jotted down in my notes that the best thing the Spaniard had going for him was that he was not Avram Grant. I almost spoke too soon. Just three games... more »
Alex Morgan was given the nickname of "Baby Horse" by her Team USA teammates. Maybe a better nickname for the maturing and high-scoring Morgan is "Miss Big Shot." "I don't know about that other nickname," Morgan said, laughing... more »
The film Heleno, starring Rodrigo Santoro and set for limited release Friday, chronicles the life of one of the biggest soccer stars in Brazilian history. Heleno de Freitas was the pre-Pele idol of the soccer-mad South... more »
ilence. If anyone ever doubted the hold that football has over people, its ability to take us in its grip and eclipse all else; if anyone doubted the significance, the transcendence of Leo Messi, they need only witness the Camp... more »
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