Take nationality for example, in a lot of European countries there is political friction about migrants - yet every european football team has at least one or two players that are children of -or first generation- migrants, they can kick a ball so they are the good ones.
I was watching a game I think it was Turkey against Czech Republic, one of Turkey's best players was a young 18 year old 'Turk' who was born and raised in Denmark, Dad was a Turk, Mum was Danish.
The lad spent his whole youth in Denmark, was football trained in Denmark, school in Denmark, but he plays for Turkey, no problem but where is the logic?
In the German national team ,one of their best players -is -so say- Turkish, his Mum and Dad are Turkish ,yet he plays for Germany.
All very interesting, and I love it, getting to choose which nationality you want to be should be extended even further, I'd like to be Swedish and very logical. If I were a footballer ,I'd play for England, or look into my DNA history and try to get a place in the Welsh team, or Irish, I'm sure there are some genes in there somewhere.
Racists must have difficult times when they support their national team.
Speaking of which- in Belgium, some Flemish nationalists (and I suppose Walloon Nationalists) will not watch the Belgian national team because they are seen as .... well Belgian and not Flemish. A Flemish person from African roots isn't a problem, it's just these pesky Walloons or Brusselsians(or whatever). Football is fast becoming the great bringer together of peoples.
So how does that work with hooligans? Russian hooligans will attack only white English hooligans ?
Strange times we live in.
PS Give Ronaldo a British passport, he looks pretty 'Essex' to me.
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