I guess if the Japanese women soccer team will get business class tickets for winning the gold medal, than the male team will get first class tickets for ... well they tried hard and it cant be that they fly in the same class as the women team. ;-)
Sincere congratulations to the Japanese Ladies ; they played a beautiful and "sports" soccer. Like you would see in men's teams 50 years ago. But since, men's soccer has become more and more tricky, violent - it is dangerous - and a run-for-money game. Instead of soccer, skilled sports-woman often chose other sports in the countries that experienced this sad transformation. I would hope for a renewal, but would not bet it happens.
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ReplyDeleteteam is seen as a collective nounn even though made of many people
similar: committee
The committee thinks that.....
Thank you for grammar pointers. I meant the word "beat" in the past tense.
ReplyDeletePerson who spells "noun" as "nounn" teaching grammar. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI guess if the Japanese women soccer team will get business class tickets for winning the gold medal, than the male team will get first class tickets for ... well they tried hard and it cant be that they fly in the same class as the women team. ;-)
ReplyDeleteTo their credit, the men's team is said to have been extremely uncomfortable with the arrangement.
ReplyDeleteThey will have their semi-final with Mexico on August 8.
I hope the team get business class tickets on return,
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Sincere congratulations to the Japanese Ladies ; they played a beautiful and "sports" soccer. Like you would see in men's teams 50 years ago. But since, men's soccer has become more and more tricky, violent - it is dangerous - and a run-for-money game. Instead of soccer, skilled sports-woman often chose other sports in the countries that experienced this sad transformation.
ReplyDeleteI would hope for a renewal, but would not bet it happens.