Soccer may not be the same if you don’t have a rooting interest. After all, screaming love for your favorite side and hatred for your rivals is what being a supporter is all about.
For a segment of the soccer public in the United States, they are mainly neutral fans that enjoy the beautiful game. If that’s you, then congratulations because the 2015-16 version of the UEFA Champions League has got to be your cup of tea.
The beautiful game can get no better on the club level than what we’ve all been witness to in the last matchday-and-a-half.
Who doesn’t like a good upset? Better yet when the team being upset has a villain for an owner or only is there because of the billions pumped in to the team by some oil tycoon.
Over the last few weeks we’ve seen upset after upset and masterful individual effort after individual effort. Suarez, Messi, Neymar, Lewandowski and Sanchez gave great performances to name a few individuals.
More importantly, teams from Belarus, Croatia, Russia, Portugal and even Greece got results in the firs two weeks of action.
Take this Tuesday’s Arsenal vs. Olympiacos matchday 2 clash for a perfect example. The Greek side came to the Emirates without much hope of winning. Heck, scoring in England was a hill to hard to climb for the club.
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