Sports : life magnified

The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. Every year it brings with it superb matches and amazing stories. I witnessed one such match in which Wigan beat Leeds on penalties (4-2)3-3. David Healy’s two goals and Gary Kelly’s superb strike for the 3rd goal (a guy who scores less than a goal per 100 games) for the equaliser in extra time couldn’t stop Wigan from winning in the penalties.

One more team is eliminated then. 673 will see the same fate when a winner is finally declared.

The 50 year old record didn’t break. Also, I do not understand the obsession with records. If your records come your way, fine. I do not see the big deal. Wins are important and not records. There is an obsession with records. I can understand a young test team like Bangladesh savouring the first test century of a player but it doesn’t matter generally as far as I am concerned.

I will remember players for more for trying to win matches and matches they helped their team win than for statistical records they might have achieved.