Sports event like the football World Cup and other international sports tournament are very popular and have a lot of spectacles. It is widely believed that this sports event can be useful to ease international tensions and release patriotic emotions in a safe way. In this essay, I will discuss both views regarding this statement and give my stance.
To begin with, the football World Cup is the biggest sporting occasions with the most viewer around the world, bringing a lot of beneficial impacts with it. Besides from the financial impact it given to the host country, it can also grow patriotic emotions to the citizens of the participating nations, as almost everyone in the country will support their national football team in the event. People from different ethnicities will forget their differences and fully support their nation. For example, all Argentinian people populated all the roads in their country to watch and support their national football team together when Argentina faced France in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final that was held in Qatar.
However, sports fans could also be a maniac, forgetting the purpose of the sports tournament itself, which to bring respect and togetherness among the participants. Sports fans that feel rage and disappointment when the team which they support lost the game could do bad things or even crimes. Supporters can turn to blame their football team’s players which might make mistakes in the match, threatening their life or even their families. For instance, black-skinned England player, Bukayo Saka, who missed the penalty kick against Italy in Euro Cup 2020 final, was racially abused and considered as an immigrant by the England fans. In this occasion, sports would bring negative impacts instead of advantages.
To summarise, I agree that sports event could bring a lot of positive impacts, including to build patriotic emotions and togetherness across the nation. On the other hand, sports fans still need to think rationally and keep supporting their players even when the result is not like what their expect. In this way, sports could bring joy to every participants, not only the winner, but also the loosing team.