Soccer: I Don’t Get It
The rules are simple enough: don’t touch the ball with your hands. Kick the ball into the net. Fine.
I get confused by all the other, cultural traditions that surround the game. For example, why, after either side scores a point, does the announcer scream “NOOOOOOO!!”?
UPDATE: Lots of people have written in to suggest the announcer is screaming “GOAL!”. That is incorrect.
UPDATE 2: Thanks to commenter “Handsome Dan” for including this link to TV footage that clearly features the announcer shouting “NOOOO!” when a goal is scored.
UPDATE 3 and CORRECTION 1: Commenter “Eplekjekk” does have a good point: screaming “NOOOOOO!” when a goal is scored is much more of a Latino phenomenon, less common in Europe. The mystery remains: why “NOOOOOO!”?
