Passion for the game can have deadly consequences.
Football attracts fans from across the world, but that passion can cross over into madness. And that’s what happened last Wednesday night in Paris.
A taxi driver (a Paris-Saint Germain fan) attacked Manchester United fans who were celebrating their team’s victory over PSG. ManU had just beaten PSG in the finale of a Final 16 match in Champions League competition.
The driver attacked a fan by knife after the fan, with others in his party, continued celebrating ManU’s victory. The stabbing victim is recovering after surgery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQmWug4gM4
Yes, ‘fan’ is an abbreviation for fanatic, but there are boundaries to fanaticism.
