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<< NARRATIVE CONTROLLED ~ MAIN ~ DOME DEATHS DOWN >>

LESSON IN SPORTS WRITING

From reader Geoffrey Gold, a comprehensive account of yesterday’s Indonesian soccer final between teams from Jakarta and Jayapura:

Entertaining and attacking game—two goals each—and surprisingly won in extra time by Jayapura.

The Jakarta fans went mental and spent the next hour rioting.

There. All you need to know.

1. Soccer, the truly global game, doesn’t matter where you are; if your team looses you riot.

   Posted by Looneyc on 2005 09 26 at 04:38 AM • permalink



2. The best sports writimg tells you what you need to know in the headline.

   Posted by Ross on 2005 09 26 at 05:11 AM • permalink



3. Heh… Indonesia is maturing. They are now having many features of Europeanesque democracy; free elections, a pompous judiciary and now, rioting soccer fans :-)

   Posted by Rajan R on 2005 09 26 at 06:08 AM • permalink



4. You would have to be mad to play football with a round ball, and even more mad to watch it. It is just not natural and it is hardly surprising that it stimulate bystanders to engage in wild and disorderly behaviour.

   Posted by Rafe on 2005 09 26 at 06:10 AM • permalink



5. Dammit, Ross! First Blamebush and now this! I nearly choked on my sanga. Give me some warning, please.

   Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2005 09 26 at 07:17 AM • permalink



6. Meanwhile in Malaysia crowds are running amok.

   Posted by rog2 on 2005 09 26 at 08:05 AM • permalink



7. In American sportswriting, that’s known as “The Skinny”. Boil down salient points to (hopefully) one sentence. Here’s my edit:

   Entertaining, attacking game—two goals each—surprise extra time win by Jayapura—
   Jakarta fans went mental and rioted.

   BTW, the US is already in the World Cup next summer in Doucheland. Oz must win a playoff series vs a South American side TBD but the word about German beer is out so I expect the Aussies to fight like hell and get there. C’mon Lads!

   Posted by JDB on 2005 09 26 at 11:22 PM • permalink



8. Okay, so it’s a Margo-ish sentence.

   Posted by JDB on 2005 09 26 at 11:23 PM • permalink



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