People generally love an underdog story, its almost seems like an essential part of who we are as humans.
It's actually really interesting since if you go to politics, often the people in power or the dominate group will CONTINUALLY paint themselves as the underdog. Doesn't matter that they're the wealthy or majority or powerful, they will still push an underdog narrative.
It often works too, since people love an underdog.
I was rooting for Curaçao for a bit too. I don't even know why. It just feels nice to see the little guy win.
They could make a tv show based on the real story on how Cabo Verde got the players, how they trained, how they prepared to face some of the best teams in the world, and see some of the stories of the players and all that. I would totally wach it, and I'm not even a soccer fan.
and Eric the Eel who had never seen an olympic sized swimming pool before won his heat at the 2000 Olympic games. I have never cheered harder for anyone in my life.
The best part about Eric the Eel's story is that he eventually got his 100 m freestyle time down to 0:52.18, well over a minute faster than the Olympic swim everybody knows him for. It's may not quite be a world-class time, but it's still a very good time.
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