Football is commonly known as ‘The Beautiful Game’. Perhaps due to it’s contagious popularity, or the fact that it briefly put an end to the horrific brutality of World War 1 on Christmas Day in 1914. Nonetheless, the immense adulation of this sport was corroborated by the 3.54 billion people that engaged in the viewing of the most recent world cup in 2018.
There are half a dozen top tier leagues scattered across Europe. The Premier League, based in Britain, the Spanish La Liga, the Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga, the French Ligue 1, and the Eredivisie, situated in the Netherlands. The English Premier League is arguably the competition of the highest level, by virtue of the significantly large pool of talent, as well as the punishing physical demand on the players. Additionally, a few of the instantly-recognisable big clubs and names take part in the Premier League. Manchester City and Kevin de Bruyne, or Liverpool and Mohammad Salah, take up merely a fraction of the brilliance in Britain.
Football for me is a passion. Despite quite cliche-sounding, the bitterness of a loss, the satisfaction of a win, the grit and the fight is all part of my love for the sport – as a spectator and a player.
I myself am a Chelsea fan, and have been ever since I could comprehend the concept of rules of this sport. It is safe to say that the loss of Eden Hazard, wildly regarded as the most superior player in the premier league, was exceptionally agonising, and has severely dented the potential of future success of the club.
Finn W 