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In life and sport, people do not like and often do not know how to play. This is understandable: Sometimes you do everything to succeed in something, put their hearts, pass, and at the critical moment brings you some detail, and sometimes even completely independent of yourself, by accident. In the history of the sport were many examples of how athletes are expressing their outrage at the injustice of fate (the judges, supporters, partners, etc.). Today we recall some of the most vivid of them.

The course ended not so long ago, the championship of England in football, as we know, the intrigue is lost and resumed more than once. Leading to many rounds (in the first round), “Liverpool” eventually lost the leadership, behind “Manchester United” at a dozen points. But at the end of the championship mersisaydtsy close getting to the “Red Devils”, and at some point, it seemed, was about to overtake their opponents. However, the tide has turned against liverpultsev, and they missed the first of many, many years the opportunity to win the prestigious trophy on Foggy Albion.

“Benitez did not find the strength to congratulate his counterpart with the victory”

Throughout the championship coaches of both clubs exchanged caustic remarks, and the loser in the end Benitez did not find the strength to congratulate his counterpart with the victory: “I extend my congratulations to the” United “because they won, that's all. I prefer to confine ourselves to congratulate the club. Normally you need to show respect for another coach, but during the season, I have dealt with a lot of things (coming from Sir Alex Ferguson. – Ed.) That I did not like. ” Despite the fact that Benitez twice formally offered congratulations to Ferguson, he never has never done so.

Eric Cantona memorable football fans not only inflexible nature and a phenomenal technique, but his temper and intransigence. In a match of “United” against the “Crystal Palace” of passion on the field any high level, and the Frenchman received a red card (thing familiar to him). However, one of the opposing team's fans, who sat close to the field, showed disrespect for the footballer and shouted something unpleasant. None of the thousands in the stadium and the crowd knew it did not, as a fan was beaten kung fu kick to the execution of Canton. Disqualification, which was then Eric, was the loudest of his career, and in fact was the beginning of the end of his performances in the big football.

South Korean boxer

lightweight champion Byun Jong-Il at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and ran into the ring with Bulgarian Alexander Christ. The judge decided to take the fight from Byun two points for an attempt to strike an opponent's head. Obviously, he should not have to do it, because a second later he had to take from all members of the Boxing Federation of South Korea. And he got the guilty athlete in the ring and otkazlsya continue. Such a silent protest in his performance lasted about an hour.

Tennis fans love to err on Marat Safin, they say, Russians sometimes does not control his nerves on the court and hurl tennis spoils the inventory of racquet striking the ground (grass, artificial turf …). However, in 2000, Goran Ivanisevic took place in a far more entertaining event. In a tournament Samsung Open tennis match resulted in a useless once 3 rackets … and eventually was forced to surrender because he had nothing to play, to continue the match.

President of the Football Association was so annoyed Kuwait arbitrator Miroslav Stupar of the USSR, which all have something at the center after the French team scored the goal of Kuwait purest ball. Resentment officials was so strong that he ordered his players to leave the field without waiting for the meeting. The arbitrator was confused, but immediately decided to cancel the goal to the surprise of the French players. However, the match France won 4-1. Apparently, going after every goal conceded in Kuwait is still a bad taste.

In 2003, Jonathan Drummond, American runner, was disqualified during a quarterfinal race at 100 yards for a false start. This turn of events, obviously, was not part of Drummond's plan, therefore, in order to express all the emotions he had accumulated in a few seconds, he lay down on the track. Then he tried to return to the start again and start the race at all costs. The race was canceled, and the unfortunate athlete and wept bitterly. They say that if the program was part of World Championship competition in sport crying, then it would be an American won the first place. Two hours after all of the above to the reporters left the coach and athlete said: “He's still crying. We force him to drink water, because dehydration is a real threat “.

Italians, like other yuzhnoevropeytsy, football is not just addicted to, and live and suffer. And professionals in the Italian football fans sometimes exceed in ways of expressing their emotions, although seemingly sportsment and activities of the sport should have been able to approach their profession with a cool head (and it's required of a professional).

“I do not intend to pay the salary of the person who ruined Italian soccer”

Many memorable match of 1 / 8 finals World Cup in 2002, when all of a sudden (and arguably a judicial point of view) Team Korea (led by Gus Hiddink) has beaten the Italians. Then the winning goal in the 117th minute scored An Jung-Hwan. The club president, “Perugia,” which appeared Hwang, sorry defeat for the national team, said: “This gentleman (talking about Hwang. – Ed.) Will never return to” Perugia “. I do not intend to pay the salary the person who ruined Italian soccer “.

Story was continued, when cooled down and thought, what was happening, the Italian took it back and offered a new contract Hwang. Hwang angrily rejected the proposal: “My contract with the” Perugia “no longer being discussed. The team made a lunge at my address, instead of congratulating me pocketed goal in World Cup “.

Andrei Lebedev, Sport.Ru
on materials the Independent

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