Purity, discipline, healthy lifestyle: what the fans and athletes of the 2018 World Cup have taught us

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Let's take an example from the guests who came to Russia for the world championship.

Many people associate football fans with hyperemotion, love of alcohol and disorder. However, as it turned out, many of the guests of the FIFA World Cup can also learn good things.

The Japanese cleaned up the trash after themselves

Japanese footballers impressed the participants of the 2018 World Cup with their behavior after the match. The team lost in the 1/8 finals to the Belgians. After the defeat, the athletes carefully cleaned up the locker room and left a note in Russian: "Thank you."

Japanese fans also demonstrated their love for cleanliness throughout the championship. After each game, they helped the stadium workers clean up the rubbish. The last match was no exception.

What does an act teach

The surrounding space can and should be treated with care, no matter what. Even the frustration of losing the World Cup. Not littering, leaving behind cleanliness means respecting yourself first of all.

Argentines criticized Maradona's behavior

The legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona several times became a defendant in scandalous news. He behaved defiantly at the stadium, showed indecent gestures and expressed himself sharply.

His fellow countrymen-fans spoke out on this score very categorically: “Diego Maradona does not represent me as an Argentinean. I am ashamed of him."

Diego Maradona does not represent me as Argentinian. I'm ashamed by him.

What does an act teach

In any stressful situations, you need to behave with dignity. Even if you are a very famous person, but in football it is customary to be sick very emotionally. The whole country and its inhabitants will be judged by your behavior, and this is a great responsibility.

Brazilians condemned offensive video

Brazilian fans posted an offensive video on the Internet. The men surrounded the girl from Russia and asked her to sing along. The words of the song were obscene, but the Russian woman did not know about it.

The video has received more than 800 thousand views. The authors of the video paid dearly for their cruel joke. Fans from different countries, including their fellow countrymen, strongly condemned this act. Brazil has already promised to bring the "jokers" to disciplinary responsibility. And in social networks they demand harsher punishment: for example, to put them in a Russian prison.

Coxinhas brasileiros assediando garota russa, aproveitam o desconhecimento dela da língua portuguesa para abusar da cordialidade.

What does an act teach

For stupid, rude, offensive actions, especially those that hit the Internet, punishment will surely follow. Before you do something, you need to think, and not vice versa.

Australians rode bicycles across Russia

Two Australian fans, Matt Dougherty and Chu Wang Li, rode their bicycles from Samara to Kazan (where the next match was taking place). Football fans covered almost 360 kilometers. We drove for three days, in sections of just over 100 kilometers.

Cycling, according to fans, is a great way to see the world and find adventure.

In one of the Ulyanovsk villages, we decided to collect water from a well. A local grandfather came up to us and dissuaded us from doing it, since the water there was not of the best quality. In gratitude, we gave him a small kangaroo badge, and he hugged us for a very long time.

Matt Dougherty Australian fan

Now the Australians want to get on bicycles from Moscow to Vladimir and Suzdal and ride along the Golden Ring.

What does an act teach

Passion for sports and a healthy lifestyle is a great way to find new friends, gain vivid impressions. And there are no boundaries for this.

Fans showed friendliness

A lot of positive reviews about the behavior of fans from different countries appeared on social networks.

The World Cup is when “aggressive English fans” apologize for accidentally pushing you in a crowd of thousands, where, in principle, it is impossible to stand without pushing someone #WorldCup

The Australians proved to be very friendly. While in Kazan, they met and communicated with local residents, took pictures, signed autographs. The representatives of the Australian national team presented the Minister of Sports of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov with a gift - the didgeridoo, which is considered one of the oldest instruments on the planet.

What actions teach

Kindness, positiveness, good attitude, lack of aggression and anger are universal tools that will help you find a common language wherever you are.

The British washed the damaged monument

The Englishman Hall Rufus, apparently unable to contain the emotions bursting with him, showed himself as a bully. He desecrated the monument to football player Fyodor Cherenkov: he wrote the word England on it.

British fans have washed the monument. And Rufus himself publicly apologized.

The English fan who desecrated the Cherenkov monument apologized:

What does an act teach

If something happens, you don't need to hide your head in the sand. Errors can be corrected, and the sooner this is done the better. Do not hesitate to acknowledge them publicly and apologize: sincere remorse is always appreciated.