People have the saying that ‘Sports is war minus weapons’ too seriously.
In the History of mankind ,there has never been a country that has not gone to war with another country.If people start thinking about this you can never live,even at home.
Look at European History. What was Austrian empire?
What was Germany and Italy what about Britain and her erstwhile colonies?
Past should be buried.
This approach smacks of world cup finals promotion.
Ill informed coaches and the media, if they resort to this as a sort of motivation, it is to be nipped in the bud.
At the state we are in, we need more sports and less politics and ill intentioned ‘motivation’
Story:
World Cup soccer is often the continuation of war by other means, a ritual reenactment of past conflicts that allows those who perceive themselves as victims to claim some sort of symbolic vengeance. Algeria’s coach sought to raise his players’ passion for their showdown with England by showing them watch The Battle of Algiers, a movie depicting their country’s battle for independence from France. England’s tabloid newspapers couldn’t resist the temptation to evoke memories of Churchill and World War II in their coverage of the match against Germany. And most Argentines have little problem with Diego Maradona’s 1986 “Hand of God” goal against England, coming just four years after hundreds of their soldiers had been killed in a war with Britain over the Falklands/Malvinas islands.
http://specials.blogs.time.com/2010/07/09/spain-vs-the-netherlands-a-neutrals-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-354
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