Why people watch football (and why it's nothing to do with questions of right and wrong, morality and ethics). It's about suspended disbelief. The notion that we are part of a tribe with an opponent to overcome. Deep psychic needs met. Unresolved in the civilising process. But temporarily indulged in ritualised settings to confront and ensure safe release of necessarily repressed desire. Torres scores against Barcelona and confirms the triumph of representative figures. Watch the flailing limbs. Hear the inchoate whoops. Observe the collective dance. Physical separation dissolving. Becoming one. Momentary transcendence. Not more than a club. Just a club. Serving a purpose.
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