Pro Revolution Soccer Ep 4: Why Do We Love Football So Much?

Novara Media

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Philosophy

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Football elicits some of the most intense emotions we’re capable of feeling, from the hug-a-stranger joy of winning trophies to the phone-in misery of relegation. At the end of the day, it’s only a game – but maybe games are more serious than we think? To discuss the emotional and social meaning of football, Keir […]

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0:00.0	Well, such a lovely ball over the top here, and they're running behind for him in his back turn.
0:06.0	Wanna check? Wanna go?
0:08.0	The winner is...
0:11.0	It is not safe for someone like me to watch the World Cup in Qatar.
0:16.0	The legacy of this tournament is a change in the side.
0:19.0	More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since the run line includes the World Cup.
0:26.0	Ladies and gentlemen, that's your time!
0:28.0	A FIFA official star is a million U.S. dollars, while longing them to look for Qatar.
0:33.0	I'm lovely for my lovely football.
0:35.0	I just wonder what's the point anymore, you know.
0:37.0	If I speak, I am in big trouble.
0:40.0	Hello, and welcome to ProRevolution Soccer, my name's Tom Williams.
0:44.0	And with me is the Ivankila figure, the one with the gravitas, the aura, the smell of wisdom,
0:49.0	the Desmond Lionel of ProRevo.
0:51.0	Kim Elben, how the devil are you here?
0:53.0	I'm very well, thank you, Tom. I am indeed going for an Ivankila lineup this afternoon.
0:58.0	So, it's spot on.
1:00.0	I'm slightly conscious now that if Kim is the Desmond Lionel figure, that means I'm the Mark Lawrence in figure,
1:05.0	in which case I should be.
1:06.0	Pensioned off to crinkly bottom or aware of it is there keeping Laura now.
1:10.0	But Laura would not be on an Avira podcast, and Laura would certainly not be telling you what I'm about to tell you,
1:15.0	which is that if you're enjoying this podcast and why wouldn't you be.
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