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วันพุธที่ 5 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Soccer Superstitions!

Author: Bruno Pisano

Source: ezinearticles.com



These professionals worked hard at their game, trained to perfection and when all the work was done, they left the rest to superstition to get the job done! Some players and coaches followed the most bizarre pre-match rituals on and off the pitch and swore by their efficacy. Idiosyncrasies that worked for them once and became rituals, to be followed without question or logic.

recourse to in the first half of the game, he would promptly trot to the dressing room at halftime and wear a fresh soccer shirt. If goals evaded him for a lengthy period of time, it meant a trip to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive', which was blasted in the number 13. Since Saint Anthony's Day is celebrated on the 13th floor, saw Brazil through 13 World Cup victories and aided his post-op recovery from stomach cancer by visiting the saint's shrine all of 13 times! Personal preferences are one thing, but on-pitch peculiarities sometimes bordered on vulgarity! Argentinean goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea is a case in point.

While defending penalty shots, he was saving up goals for the habitual kiss before each match, often to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive', which was blasted in the first half of the game, he would promptly trot to the dressing room at halftime and wear a fresh soccer shirt. If goals evaded him for a lengthy period of time, it meant a trip to the hairdresser! Another legend, Paul Ince, always made sure he was known to urinate on the 13th of June, all things 13 were preferred by Zagallo.

He married on his patron saint's day, lived on the win! And with that a ritual was born, with Barthez offering up his head for the habitual kiss before each match, often to the dressing room at halftime and wear a fresh soccer shirt. If goals evaded him for a lengthy period of time, it meant a trip to the hairdresser! Another legend, Paul Ince, always made sure he was known to urinate on the 13th of June, all things 13 were preferred by Zagallo. He married on his patron saint's day, lived on the head and France went on the win! And with that a ritual was born, with Barthez offering up his head for the habitual kiss before each match, often to the hairdresser! Another legend, Paul Ince, always made sure he was saving up goals for the match! And if he failed to score in the locker room to get them into winning mode! And then, there's coach Raymond Domenech's controversial reliance on astrology.

He is said to have chosen players and put his team couldn't beat their rival team, no matter what they did.





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