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A soccer world cup without fun

It may be true that at this World Cup the game proposed by the teams is poor, personally it seems to me that what is most lacking is fun.

It means having the pleasure of entering the field to challenge the opponents, the game then is the means to achieve this goal. This is not naive reasoning; it is clear that teams want to win even when playing poorly or with only one shot on goal. However, when the pleasure is lacking, the desire to do everything to succeed is lost. So it happens as with Lukaku who has been dominated by the sense of revenge, by his frustration at not having been decisive until d now, which instead often leads to acting impulsively and with little precision, or the locker room fights over personal issues that however kill the pleasure of playing together, or playing for a trade and not for passion as has happened to several footballers no longer young.

However, this lack is not only of the players, I would say that an important role for its solicitation should be played by the coach, who if he does not highlight its relevance in a world cup, where the whole world is watching your team, I would say he fails in his leadership function. The leader must ignite the team and think like Napoleon when he stated, “I win my battles even with the dreams of my soldiers.”

Do coaches have this goal of making teams dream?

Soccer: sport of champions or team sport

So many people write about soccer in these days of the World Cup in Qatar looking for outstanding actions. It seems to me that we often talk more about individuals, even if they are champions, rather than teams. One reads that Ronaldo is old but luckily there are others scoring instead of him, of Mbappé has already won everything at his age, one wonders if Messi will take Argentina on his shoulders.

Few words have been spent about teams, what makes them strong and what makes them weak. It is often said that 11 champions do not make a team but then in the comments the opposite is shown and it is claimed that without champions you cannot win. Boniperti, former Juventus president, was certainly right in saying that the only thing that matters is winning. However, if you live the match with this mentality you care too much about the final result and you risk losing the path it takes to achieve that result. I would like to read comments on the matches at this World Cup talking about the road a team took in the match to win and not just about the beautiful play and player’s amazing shot. About how teams show unity on the field.

Above all, of how teams fight and show that they never give up not only to the opponents but also to the negative momentum that there are in every game, how they go from negative momentum to positive ones, from phases when they suffer to phases when they are proactive.

Otherwise it is just reporting.

How to prepare for the football world cup

Much has already been said about how players and teams should approach this sports season in which the World Cup is being played for the first time in winter, breaking the national championships into two parts. I think players should think with the idea that the most important game is the next one, without stopping to consider that it is a league one, a European cup one or will be the first one in the World Cup. In fact, when you lead a particularly demanding life, playing important matches every week with the knowledge that this kind of commitment will last until almost the summer of 2023, you have to reason in giving your best during the week. This allows one not to stress unnecessarily with negative thoughts regarding how to maintain physical and mental fitness for such a long period, the fear of injury, or too many games to play at a high level. In these moments, one must think about what one can control in the immediate future, the next game, work to get more responsibility out of one’s mind, and, then, work to recover. Precisely recovery from the game you just played is, in my opinion, a central aspect of soccer players’ training, from injury prevention to relaxation and being with the people you love. The greater the commitment to the game, the greater the importance of this recovery phase. The commitment is to not accumulate unnecessary mental and physical stress now, which adding up to future stresses can facilitate injuries and otherwise a state of mental fatigue that would take time to clear.

My thought, therefore, is to stay focused on the present, which are the match itself and the days leading up to this event. The second step, is to devote some time to recovering, so that after a few days we can re-engage in the best condition to play another match. Footballers, and especially those who assume they will reach the final stage of the World Cup, should minimize their worldly and social commitments, since their problems of psycho-physical fitness are not only about how to get well to this competition but later will be about how to continue the season until the conclusion of the league and cups for the teams that will also have this commitment. I am convinced that the worst months for the players will be the post-World Cup months, because they will be justifiably tired while, on the other hand, the teams’ expectations of them will continue to be high. Even more, in this third phase of the sports season, the work on recovery that will have to be done by the players with the full support of the club, the coach and the team will be important. Team cohesion will play a primary role in eliminating the complaints and aggression of those who did not go to the World Cup versus the attention paid to those who did, and vice versa in not allowing a reduction in commitment and cooperation on the field in those who played the World Cup.

Amazing Qatar success in football

World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar won their first ever Asian Cup with a 3-1 victory over four time winners Japan.

Probably has motivation had a part in this success?

Almoez Ali

Yasmina al-Sharshani, the Qatari lady golfer

In Qatar, sport became more and more important not only for men bu also for women. Also in golf the ladies are finding their place. The golfer Yasmina al-Sharshani (26 years old), a young and dynamic Qatari lady with a great personality, graduated from the Sports Science Program at Qatar University, represents the State of Qatar in International Golf Tournaments and she is already training for the Rio Games in 2016. “The 2016 Olympics in Brazil is my ambition because the golf sport will be included after 112 years of absence. So I am preparing myself for the Olympics and I hope to have the chance to represent my country, Qatar,” she said.