Feb 24
Ice hockey, part 2
Here’s a question: Is it possible to go through the whole tournament without losing a single match? Especially when Finland will be playing Sweden for the gold? It’s a dream final and it’s a nightmare final. But whatever happens, Finland will be the moral winners. Sweden has lost some matches (including 0-5 to Russia who we just beat 4-0 in the semi). Finland has played five (5!) matches without allowing a single goal against. All of that will be for nothing if Sweden scores a single goal more than we do on Sunday… It doesn’t get any more bitter than losing that match.Oh, and I just have to add, even if Sweden beats Finland 20-0 they will still not have deserved the gold. It was cowardly to lose the last preliminary on purpose in order to get an easy quarter-final. Real men are not afraid of any opposition.
I would not go as far as to say that Sweden doesnt deserve the gold, anyone competing in the olympics and making it to the final sure deserves to be there. But Im willing to admit that maybe Finland deserves the gold more.
As we all now know, Sweden took the gold, and since Im Swedish I cant say Im not happy about that, but lots of credits to Finland. They made an hell of an effort, and as you said, they are the moral winners. Im really not proud of what happened in the last preliminary.
All is fair in love and war, as they say, but Im not sure if the olympics qualify as war.