The Ghanaian national team drew against mozambique, and the entire Ghanaian fans and press team where outraged by the performance of their black star's. in their minds eye they feel the Mozambique team where a weaker side for them to win and qualify for the next round, but rather they drew 2-2 and crashed out of the AFCON competition.
One press man was vigorously abusing the Ghanaian coach as he was walking pass them, calling him unprintable names.
As gambler and a football fan, it most appropriate for you to always show a good level of emotional intelligence whenever results doesn't go your way, because that's the spirit of sportsmanship,
The results must not always go your way as a gambler, you will lose some and you will win some.
https://x.com/SaddickAdams/status/1749560310959108318?s=20https://x.com/FinaNapoleon/status/1749572663058518185?s=20At this stage I am not trying to claim, that I am better in the spirit of football sportsmanship. For me, it's so sad when fans express excessive anger at their favorite team. That doesn't mean we can't be angry and disappointed, but in principle our spirit of sportsmanship must be upheld. reading from what you wrote in this post, it would be very unfortunate if there was one of the newsmen who should be able to act neutrally but instead provokes situations and circumstances. To be honest, I don't know the details of this match, but the impact of provocation by someone can create chaos and even riots. yeah, like what happened in my country in 2023, the Kanjuruhan riots.
Referring to what you said, specifically the title of this thread. I just want to add that controlling emotions is not the main point. but more about awareness, and increasing a strong sense of tolerance. for example, I have a favorite team, namely Barcelona and Arsenal. sometimes, these two teams play with poor performance. I often criticize from my point of view, but not to judge him. Likewise, when I bet on another team, even if I lose, I'm not used to cursing. Tolerance and the spirit of sportsmanship must be upheld, for example when Barcelona were slaughtered by Real Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana. Even though Barcelona is my favorite team, I give high appreciation to Don Carlo and his team because they deserve to win. Likewise with Barcelona, they have done their job very well but unfortunately Real Madrid is better prepared in all aspects. Just enjoy the moment, especially if the match presents an exciting match with beautiful modern football style play. As a football fan, watching a decent and exciting match is enough. After all, every season these teams will always face each other, so there will always be situations of losing and winning. Well, so awareness is just as important as controlling emotions.