Football!

I'd like to add my two cents (the post above is pure emotion). I watched the England vs. Croatia match, barely switching to the Russia game. Partly because they were supposed to win, otherwise, they really shouldn't have gone to the Euros, and I didn't want to waste my nerves watching them. So, I watched and remembered another recent match at Wembley, when a motivated Russian team flew like some rectangular object made of solid material over a well-known European capital. I watched and understood why Croatia is now first in the group. I saw how they fought on the field, even though they had lost to Macedonia 0-2 just three days earlier. I don't know what their motivation was, but they proved that football is a GAME!!! That you can come out and PLAY, even when you don't need anything anymore. I don't like our commentators, so I listened to the radio sports channel for most of the match (they have an amazing commentator), and there were also broadcasts from the sports club. They were showing two matches, but in three rooms (Russia, Croatia, England), and by the end, there was almost no one left near the Russian screen; everyone was cheering for Croatia. You could hear the roar of the fans (the reporter went outside, but it was still audible) when they won, even though the Russia match was still ongoing, but it wasn't the main thing anymore. I'm writing a bit incoherently, sorry in advance. But what's the point of all this? I don't have any favorite clubs/teams; I prefer to watch a beautiful game and cheer for it first and foremost. Now, I have two teams that I will be cheering for at the Euros – Croatia and Russia. In that order. And one more thing. You can't hope for or believe in our team. You can only CHEER for them, sit down from the first minute of the match until the last, or not watch at all. You can't make predictions or anything else; it's not about us. Croatia, thank you for the GAME!! In the context of all the scandals related to off-field football matters (Italy, etc.), they showed what it means to PLAY!!! To play when they don't need to anymore. To play because they came out to defend the honor of their country. Just to play, so there are fewer meaningless matches. THANK YOU!!! P.S. Sorry again for the incoherence; my head doesn't work very clearly at night. I hope you understood at least something. 8)))