Follow the boucing ball

Disclaimer: I have to mention two things before I begin this post.

1. I don't know anything about soccer and neither am I a big fan of any soccer team or player.
2. This post is written WITHOUT any intention to hurt any soccer fan (or sports fan) around the world.

I was talking with my Argentinean colleague about the Ronaldinho's soccer video. When I saw the clip first timw I was awestruck by the player's ball control. But I got a different response from my colleague. Right after I opened the topic, he said this guy is earning millions of dollars and his all day responsibility is to practise in the field. As a pro this is not a big feat for him. I was surprised by this retort. But it didn't take me long enough to learn that the player is from Brazil. My coworker also proofed some newspaper from his country that said the video is done with the help of computer.

Later when I was browsing through the net, I stumbled on the news article that had Zinadine's comment "Ronaldinho is breaking the laws of Physics for Nike". Again me surprised by the quote from this French pro.

I knew that soccer has the largest number of fans and fanatics in the workd than any other sports. But it is sad to see their overflowing zeal is restricted by their respective nation's boundary. After all sports is nothing but something done playfully. When "playful" is lost, "sports" doesn't exist. After witnessing this episode, I can now imagine how the fellow countrymen in the two neighboring countries of the Indian subcontinent will feel when they are showed a clip of Sachin hitting six sixers in an over or Shoaib taking six wickets in six consecutive balls!