The Sin of Losing

TOURISM DEPARTMENT 14- GOLDEN CODGERS 6

"Football elevates its divinities and exposes them to the vengeance of the believers". Well maybe the Codgers are no divinities but the vengeance was served tonight as cold as an ice cub by the devilish Tourism Department's boys, who literally annihilated our heroes overplaying them in every inch of the pitch. The Codges tried everything to stay in the game, even managing to come back from a terrific 1-3 partial to draw 3-3 (courtesy of Amin and Ravi). But then the courageous boys in white could not simply play equal against equal. Amin's notorious forward runs were nip in the bud, a spell was cast over Ravi's magic twists and turns, Will fought like a gladiator and he even hit the net (first score with the Codger for Dusty Spates!!!) but the beasts of the circus eventually overwhelmed his bravery, Ahmet's pace and power could not detonate a single time, Luca was simply powerless and, eventually, Can was left too many times alone to face the fury of the adversaries who fired missiles which easily hit the target. In other words a Waterloo of epic proportion that brought the Codgers back on earth after a long winning streak: like Icarus their wings melted down when they tried to touch the sun.
Maybe the Codgers missed some of their key players, maybe the lack of their vice-Manager Buket sow disconcert in their ranks, or maybe simply the Gods of football turned their back upon them, but the impartial commentator must admit that the Tourism Department deserved their win.

However as passionate lover of the game, the Codgers do not believe that "we are because we win", and that failure is the only sin that cannot be fixed: so we can be sure that- like the Arabian Phoenix- they will be ready to resurrect for their ashes. We could see them in action again next Friday aware and proud to have been the losers in a world that too always punishes failures badly!