When It’s Not Just a Game
source: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/when-its-not-just-a-game/
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It’s just a game after all, but one in which millions of dollars, pounds, euros are at stake and the fans’ and players’ emotional investment is incalculable. Still, two disturbing incidents followed the European Champions League semifinals this week.
After Arsenal lost to Manchester United, 3-1, on Tuesday (4-1 on aggregate), a 29-year-old Arsenal fan in Nairobi, Kenya, was so distraught, he hung himself.
Suleiman Alphonso Omondi was watching the match with friends at a pub and left crying after his team lost, said Omondi’s friend, according to Sky News.
“We didn’t know he was going to hang himself until this morning when we received the reports and came here to find his body at the balcony,” said Calvin Otieno.
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After Arsenal lost to Manchester United, 3-1, on Tuesday (4-1 on aggregate), a 29-year-old Arsenal fan in Nairobi, Kenya, was so distraught, he hung himself.
Suleiman Alphonso Omondi was watching the match with friends at a pub and left crying after his team lost, said Omondi’s friend, according to Sky News.
“We didn’t know he was going to hang himself until this morning when we received the reports and came here to find his body at the balcony,” said Calvin Otieno.
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