There may be no “I” in team, but apparently in Bosnia-Herzegovina, this means a lot more than not hogging the ball.
Miroslav Ciro Blazevic, the coach of the national Soccer team, has come up with a somewhat unorthodox way to motivate his squad. “I take two of my players and tell them, ‘Love him! Kiss him!’ and he kisses him.”
You read that right: he makes them kiss each other on their sweaty man-mouths. Before I start to come across as something of a homophobe, I’d like to mention that all this stubbly Frenching is not a problem for me, just kind of unusual on a sports field. Then again, this is Europe we’re talking about. Take that, casual and totally hetero pat on the ass.
Nevertheless, the players don’t seem to be putting up much of fight against Blazevic’s motivational tactics, and what’s more, they’re doing better than they ever have before, with a real shot at the World Cup. Without speculating about the reason for the technique’s success, the coach might want to consider turning up the heat as they continue to advance. I’m just throwing out ideas here, but maybe he could have his players run their fingers through each other’s hair when they score penalty kicks and encourage locker-room shockers after victories. Goal!
Comments
balrog
October 21st, 2009 - 2:28:12 PM
like a quick peck on the cheek? or full-on seven-minutes-of-heaven style tongue hockey?
Ben
October 21st, 2009 - 2:59:27 PM
He's just doing this so that when he moves to coaching women's soccer, it won't be considered out of line.
Sari
November 1st, 2009 - 1:58:18 AM
Mwuahahaaa, Ben, a nice turn around there but seriously, football kisses are becoming ever more common in the sport these days and in fact I'd like to be so brave as to predict that in twenty years time it will be seen as something of a de fault way of celebrating a goal. As a woman I simply can't wait! ;D *goes to check whether Bosnia-Herzegovina made it to the WC already, hoping for the best*