heywoodu 13,570 Posted June 15, 2018 #1551 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Out of pure curiosity: why do people support countries that are from the same continent as them, even when it's an entirely different country hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away? Is it just because of some continental pride or because one simply finds the country/team interesting? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlo 65 Posted June 15, 2018 #1552 Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 minutę temu, heywoodu napisał: Out of pure curiosity: why do people support countries that are from the same continent as them, even when it's an entirely different country hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away? Is it just because of some continental pride or because one simply finds the country/team interesting? don`t ask me - i`ve always supported teams from other continents - i love Peru, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica. Iceland is the only European country apart from Poland i will support but as a small nation - not because they`r Europeans :). Maybe i support Ireland sometimes (and Wales) but it`s quite common in PL. I fell in love with sports.....since i first seen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted June 15, 2018 #1553 Share Posted June 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Out of pure curiosity: why do people support countries that are from the same continent as them, even when it's an entirely different country hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away? Is it just because of some continental pride or because one simply finds the country/team interesting? Continental quotas. Better performance might result in more quota increasing chances to qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,591 Posted June 15, 2018 #1554 Share Posted June 15, 2018 16 hours ago, OlympicsFan said: This is imo the only reason why an african nation never won the world cup. Think about this: Why has Turkey never won the world cup? Western nations conspired to have the world cup at this time of the year so that african nations are too weak to beat them, in 4 years it will be very different. I hope (and think) you're joking, but you do know that the time of the ramadan is changing, right (comparing to the gregorian calendar)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,591 Posted June 15, 2018 #1555 Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: Out of pure curiosity: why do people support countries that are from the same continent as them, even when it's an entirely different country hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away? Is it just because of some continental pride or because one simply finds the country/team interesting? Personally I first and foremost cheer for the Nordic countries (in most sports, though in sports where Finland or Norway are rivals of Denmark and/or Sweden, not so much ). We have kind of a bond. Secondly I cheer for the players of my two favourite teams, AGF and AIK. That's the reason that I cheered for Costa Rica 4 years ago (as Celso Borges played in AIK), but that doesn't give anything this year (I think the closest would be Serbia but Aleksandar Jovanovic was left out). After that it's mainly the style of play. So for me, the continent (except for the Nordic) doesn't really matter though I do often end up cheering for a European team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted June 15, 2018 #1556 Share Posted June 15, 2018 So no Salah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted June 15, 2018 #1557 Share Posted June 15, 2018 but this stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,572 Posted June 15, 2018 #1558 Share Posted June 15, 2018 after 2 hours on news : 99 Egyptians had heart attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted June 15, 2018 #1559 Share Posted June 15, 2018 http://www.news24online.com/news/fifa-world-cup-2018-saudi-team-will-be-punished-5-0-loss-09e81534 Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted June 15, 2018 #1560 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Nice diving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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