European Football,
Asian markets, and Blind Love.
Very
funny when one morning I heard my friend's story about the club's fans who
booed X soundly Y club fans through social media. Diatribe was not discharged
as a mere fad diatribe because practically forgotten humanitarian berate
victims in a tragedy that became the club wound Y. There exist only in the mind
- I see the behavior of the fans of the X club. I think the act of the club's
fans X is already the world's most magical, but the more miraculous is the Y
club's fans and friends to seek out the club's fans X nose had to be invited to
a fight in the real world on behalf of their bigotry against clubs Y.
But
my story is not finished, and it was mediocre sound is given fanaticism in
football so great. Things that make me (and probably you) can’t understand the
act of the fans was the fact that they are people of Indonesia, and the clubs
they defend it from Europe where the air is almost one hundred percent sure
they had not breathe. It was a miracle considering the majority of them did not
know the full name Kurniawan.
Fanaticism
European team in Indonesia is envisioned to be - so since the 90's nationally
televised broadcast routine is always the domestic leagues of Europe,
especially The Italian Serie A and The Premier League in England. Big clubs
like Manchester United and Liverpool in the UK to Juventus, and Inter Milan in
Italy established local fan club in Indonesia. For lovers of European football
fanatic, he said. Such as the name of United Indonesia, Juventus Club
Indonesia, Indonesian Milanisti, BigReds, Arsenal Indonesia, until recently
sweet as IndoBarca may be familiar because some of their names has been in
existence from the 90s until today. Ah, and do not miss them - they are also on
Twitter / other social media are supposedly the same fans clubs non "Mainstream/
Big clubs" like West Ham, Southampton, Sunderland, Wolfsburg, and all the
clubs who have never previously imagined would exist their club fans. So
roughly how crazy it was Indonesia to European football, a remarkable fact for
a country who claims to state its own football league football but was not
clear when the onset.
Back
again to my story at the beginning, fans club X and Y was not possible I would say
crazy because most likely they have thousands of other friends whose behavior
is more or less the same. It could be me who say crazy because it is not so '
in love ' on my favorite team. Or maybe I just tell them stupid? But perhaps I am
less 'smart' to
understand football. But I better
not say anything and enjoying my best ball. Most likely, these people have
swallowed an extraordinary doctrine of an omnipotent force. They are (in a
rather college) has hegemony by force of global capitalism.
Actually
pity those present, all too sad. They have been deceived by the love of their
dead, had tricked her, and manipulated to obey whatever is required by their
idol's heart. For them, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, or whatever
their favorite club, is true love, a thing which can’t be separated from them.
For the love, the fans will dissipate body and soul to be able to watch them on
television, wearing the same clothes, wearing the same shoes with his idol, put
their logo in the corners of their rooms, until a fist fight with a fellow
devotee of love.
Unfortunately,
Paris and Romeo had not encountered ending football romantic and flowery. For
European clubs with his hordes of stakeholders, we are the figures in the statistics
that are classified as "Asian Market". We are merely proposed
material when negotiating with a club sponsor or the reason why they distribute
clothes and their merchandises that drain the pocket here. Had
you opened your eyes and your mind yet?