Sep 16 2022
News Article #3
Premier League North vs. South all-star XI
Last week, the new co-owner of Chelsea Todd Boehly made an out-of-the-blue suggestion. Boehly would want to see an all-star game take place between the north and south teams in the Premier League, much as it is done in American sports for example basketball.
The reason for this suggestion was to create a huge commercial match that would attract much worldwide attention, earning money for all parties involved. The reactions of other Premier league coaches were less enthusiastic, for example Liverpool’s coach Jurgen Klopp:
“He forgets that in the big sports in America, these players have four-month breaks. It is completely different in football. What can I say? Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters [an American exhibition basketball team] as well and let them play against a football team?”
For the rest, the article goes on about if this match would take place, which players would make the all-star teams? They also include their reasoning for every player. This was a very good idea as it is very interesting for soccer supporters to read this, but more importantly, it makes the readers think and more often disagree. In the soccer world, much like any other sport, there are always ongoing talks about who is better, and with this these teams, writers directly put in on black and white, making it easier for anyone to disagree with any decision.
The fact that the authors made these teams show a clear point of view as they show their opinions on the players. Besides the making of the actual team. The rest of the information are all facts and no opinions.
In my opinion, the lead is effective, although it only includes a who, what, and when, I do not think the why, where, and how are important here. The Why does get explained later in the article. For the rest the biggest attention grabber is in the title, stating that arguably the biggest name in soccer history Cristiano Ronaldo, misses out on his team, as the title states:
“Premier League North vs. South all-star XI: Erling Haaland vs. Harry Kane, but Cristiano Ronaldo misses out.”
One response so far
An all-star game makes sense to me, but I’m an American. We do these things all the time because team owners and the league will do any stupid thing to make money. The athletes don’t generally like them. Especially footballers.