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[nanila]

It all ended well for the side this household was supporting, so it's still funny now, but this had me chuckling the entire match.


About seven minutes in. Both sides lining up for a free kick dangerously close to goal.

Commentator #1, pointedly: "No one has scored a direct goal in this tournament yet from a set piece."

***long pause***

Commentator #2, plaintively: "Why would you say that?"
Commentator #1, gleefully: "Because they haven't!"

Comments

[pbristow]

I understand this anecdote! About sportsball! What is happening to me?!? =:oO

[nanila]

Well, it's more about snarkiness and superstition than it is about any actual rules of sportsball, if that's any comfort!

[silveradept]

I see someone is deliberately trying to invoke the Commentator's Curse. (It works more often than it ought.)

[marymac]

One of the BBC sailing commentators was banned from being nice about any crew at the Rio Olympics because every time he'd said something nice at London they'd immediately capsized...

[silveradept]

Oh, goodness. That's a remarkable string of bad coincidences.

[meepettemu]

DID THEY?

[nanila]

They did not, which was probably a great relief to Commentator #2 and a source of mild disappointment to Commentator #1. :D

[meepettemu]

I only found out today who won (also who was even in the final I think)!