lunes 19 de mayo de 2008

Analytical Essay : Violence in argentine soccer





















Argentina is well known because of its good soccer and Argentinians are recognized for their love to this sport. Although all the supporters of a team represent the passion of the soccer sometimes this turn over into violence, argentine police should do educational campaigns to reduce all kind of violence that come from the supporters.




First of all, there are people that believe that the called "barra brava" , that was a term established in Argentina during the 50's to 60's , are losing the sense of what soccer is , because the are too passionated and sometimes this passion turns to violence. for example, in this year, a supporter from Velez Sarsfield was killed by some supporters from Huracan because these ones could not support the ager of losing a soccer match.




In addition, other reason why in a certain these " barra brava" have to be controlled is because there are doing things that is the opposite for what the sport mean, because they are consuming drugs during the soccer matchs and this also increase the violence in the argentine stadiums. Thus, some soccer clubs are fined for what their supporters do.




Nonetheless, there are a lot people that believe that these fervent supporters make a soccer match more interesting because the do a kind of festival . throwing papers and make noise with drums. Moreover, soccer players feel motivated to defeat the rival and play a better game, that is why some people say that these " barra brava" are considered the twelve player in a soccer match.





To conclude, the violence have to be eradicated from the soccer but it does not mean that the passion of the soccer will fade out. Furthermore, the supporters in soccer give to this sport a signifance, the supporters are the soul of the soccer. Nowadays, some supporters are understanding the message and are stoping any kind of violence.