"The winner will be drawn, at random, out of a hat"

I may as well start with an apology, cause as I have to put it in a nutshell, I am forced to say that Spain has basically two main football (soccer) teams: Barça and Madrid.

Obviously we have more Spanish teams, but remember that there's not that much room inside a nutshell, ok?

So we have two main, brilliant football teams, who are eternal rivals and whose followers are consequently rivals too, or is it the contrary? Are the followers the eternal rivals and thus their teams too? Well, whatever! The fact is that you might as well ignore that in this special world, people let their passion turn them upside down and friends can turn into enemies in just a wink.

Pacific fellers suffer an impressive transformation like comics heroes do after drinking the secret beverage. Ever heard about Hulk?

But let's concentrate on the game itself; 11 players in each team, that is 22 guys running for a ball! Yap, that's it! Only one single ball for so many people! And if you think that the aim of the match is to keep the ball, you can't be more wrong, cause that's not the case. They can't even touch it with the hands; they have to shoot it into the contrary goal and all that on a huge ground, just using their head and their feet.

If ET was dropped suddenly on Earth in the middle of a match, he will be overwhelmed and will probably think that 22 balls will settle the whole thing and quiet the people: so each player will have his own and will be free to use it as he pleases and everyone will be so satisfied. I have to agree that this will be a great solution.

What about the public then? It seems that people, like in Antic Rome, need competition and fight. Don't want to push it that far but I can't help comparing footballers to the new gladiators.

Thus the winner can't be drawn, at random, out of a hat. The winner has to fight and beat his adversary otherwise there's no fun. And football is fun! And a great show!!!

Manchester vs Arsenal a few decades ago ^_*