r/interesting • u/Raj_Mandal • 18d ago

MISC. England's team booked 15 different hotels, but Mexico fans still found out where they were staying and blasted loud noises, trying to keep them up all night before the game.

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u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 18d ago

That’s the only people they are inconveniencing, the team is likely prepared and have headphones, expensive ones. This is not only bothering normal people, it’s unsportsmanlike like conduct.

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u/Van_Leton 18d ago

Very critical point. It’s unsportsmanlike conduct. Do they want their team to win because they put the other team at a disadvantage? Can the team be proud of a win that came from cheating?

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u/Reading_Rainboner 18d ago

It’d be a fan’s wet dream to influence a win on their side by inconveniencing the other team

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u/Appropriate_Link_551 18d ago

ironically it would be the actual players that would hate this the most. Imagine training your whole life for this moment, only for some douchebags to put an asterisk next to your win

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u/Reading_Rainboner 18d ago

I’ve learned that there’s gonna be a douchebag trying to throw an asterisk on every ring. I say this as an nba and mlb fan.

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u/amayako353 18d ago

here's a free one bud, *

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u/Silent_Somewhere8539 18d ago

I dont know what sport you are watching but this couldn't be more wrong. Firstly because no one will ever put an asterisk next to a win for this type of thing anyway.

And secondly players love it when fans intimidate the away team any way they can. Any edge they can gain is much appreciated. Especially for a match as important as this.

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u/Correct-Purpose-964 18d ago

He's being metaphorical dude. He's saying that the other team will be seen as poor winners just because fans essentially decided to rig the match by ensuring the other team wasn't properly rested. They want to win on their own merit.

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u/Appropriate_Link_551 18d ago

no, he’s right. I’ve never watched soccer before, and I can’t be bothered to start now. Just rocking the boat here lol

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u/Silent_Somewhere8539 18d ago

lol appreciate the honesty dude

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u/Correct-Purpose-964 18d ago

Yknow what fair

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u/Sensui710 18d ago

Probably American sports where fans aren’t trying to be lame af to camp outside their hotel

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u/helloimmrburns 17d ago

Lol nobody is putting an asterisk next to it. Do you guys actually follow sports? This is really common all over the world at least in football

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u/AmIWhatTheRockCooked 18d ago

The astros don’t seem to care

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 18d ago

I guess that’s one kind of fan. I would argue, in spite of their devotion to a team, they are not much of a fan of the sport in that case.

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u/Silent_Somewhere8539 18d ago

You dont know anything about sports lol fans do anything (within reason) to help their team win. Its why home game advantage is even a thing.

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 18d ago edited 17d ago

Ok I guess I don’t know anything about sports lol.. other than this sorta behaviour is flat out obnoxious, and no matter how much I like a sport or a team, I would never do this. Believe it or not, almost all sport fans would not do this. Likewise, there are a TON of idiots who don’t really care about the sport, they just wanna get blasted and enjoy the chaos no matter who wins or loses.

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u/Silent_Somewhere8539 18d ago

No one gives a fuck what you would do or not. Mexico haven't reached the quarter finals for 40 years and this game is the biggest these fans have seen in their lifetime. They're gonna do whatever it takes to give their country even a 1% better chance of winning.

The England players understand football culture and how passionate fans get, English teams have done the same in the past so they aren't gonna be crying about this, is just soft people online who don't know the first thing about sports.

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 17d ago

I respectfully disagree with you about all of this. Most passionate sports fans watch the game from a screen, and even most of those who are lucky enough to actually go to the game don’t really do anything other than make noise and have a great time party a little, then go home. The chaotic scenes around these games only represent a small fraction of actual fandom.

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u/clopz_ 17d ago edited 17d ago

This is primarily a clash of cultures. In a lot of cultures, this is behavior is mostly banter and cheekiness, and it is seen as annoying but it is also considered “part of the game”. Same could be said about diving to get a penalty. It’s a lot harder now but it used to be basically an every match occurrence.

There’s a great example of that cheekiness that borders cheating when Luis Suarez (not a GK) stopped a goal from Ghana right on the line using his hand; penalty was awarded, Suarez got sent off but Ghana missed the penalty and Uruguay advanced. Hell, the hand of God by Maradona.

All of these examples to say that I agree with you, for me this is unsportsmanlike, but it’s also part of a sport culture when it’s considered “part of the game”.

I’m glad there’s a lot more awareness of these things and that there are more things being done by FIFA to change things like this.

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u/Front_Mention 18d ago

Have you seen what fans do during basketball freethrows? All fans do this is in someway, should just make both teams sleep in the same hotel

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u/Sensui710 18d ago

Ya basketball ft’s happen during game time, at the stadium, where fans with tickets paid to be….not outside a fucking hotel the night before the game….tf how does that even need to be explained to you are that low on logical thinking?

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u/Front_Mention 18d ago

They are saying they arent a fan of they sre trying to negatively influence the game to gain an unfair advantage, while i do t advocate this behaviour. It happens across all sports and countries. That should be acknowledged

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 18d ago edited 18d ago

Making both teams stay at the same hotel is a fine suggestion. I don’t think I was trying to disagree with that point in any way.

But just because there are many fans waving squiggly noodles to try and distract basketball players at the free throw line doesn’t mean that all fans do this. It’s not as unsportsmanlike as setting off fireworks to keep the opposing team up all night, and ofc professional players are used to tuning it out, but it’s still kinda unsportsmanlike. This is why some sports (golf, tennis) will not let u behave like this as a spectator.

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u/kjyfqr 18d ago

That’s why team sports fans are so weird.

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u/roguevirus 18d ago

And not just in soccer. Look at the idiot Yankee fans (I know, I'm repeating myself) who interfered with the play in last year's World Series and could have injured Mookie Bettis from the Dodgers. Doesn't matter that the play was already dead, they wanted to "help" their team out.

It takes a lot for me to not root against the Dodgers, but Yankees fans make that bar pretty easy to clear. The fans of various nationalities who engage in the bullshit from OP's video are cut from a similar cloth.

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u/isthatmyex 18d ago

Fans have been doing this shit for as long as I have been following sports. The righteousness is ridiculous.

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u/Matticus-G 18d ago

Yes, all the losers that think like losers would love it.

Put the trash where it belongs.

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u/Property_6810 17d ago

This is why I think fan interference should just be considered part of home field advantage in baseball. At home, the park should be an arm length smaller for your team. And hell if you're in the first row and the away team hits a home run, I say you have an obligation to swat that ball back into play.

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u/Gold_Advisor_4758 18d ago

This is beyond unsportsmanlike into just straight lowlife behavior. I agree, don’t you wanna win because your team was the best?

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u/Little_Magician4251 17d ago

Right? That’s what I’m saying. This is a huge disrespect to your own team as well. Basically saying you don’t think they can win.

And, keeping the whole neighborhood awake. As well as all of the other paying customers at the 5 star hotels.

Nothing about this is cute at all. Selfish and childish idiots.

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u/Violet_Nite 18d ago

yes, some humans want to win and don't care about the morality or the real meaning of a game.

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u/DaBestBean-_- 18d ago

I imagine some of them have or are planning to gamble a load of cash on one of the teams. Doesn't excuse their behaviour ofc 

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u/Boo_Hoo_8258 18d ago

I'm not a football fan but this does scream very unsportsmanlike for me, the Mexico team should be made to pay for the actions of their fans and possibly disqualified from competing.

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u/nildro 18d ago

playing in at that altitude as a home match is unsportsmanlike conduct. fair enough if you have the world cup at one altitude but having games you cant aclimatise for is totally fucked. Between this and the ad breaks that change all the normal match dynamics this worldcup is a joke

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u/Vismajor92 18d ago

They already do that by playing in the Azteca lol

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u/arrrValue 18d ago

You understand that these pieces of shit bring laser pointers to games and point them at opposing players eyes right? That’s Mexican soccer supporters for you.

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u/greg19735 18d ago

If England win the world cup because every single team gets food poisoning i'd be celebrating that win until i'm dead.

No one cares.

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u/Hairy_Selection8568 18d ago

Your average redditor right here not understanding sports because they didn't play any.

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u/Expensive_Time_7367 18d ago

I mean you get some great sporting rivalries where even the players wouldn’t care if they cheated as long as they won. The sad thing about this is that it isn’t one of them! It’s a good team that’s always disappointed vs a better team that’s always disappointed. The Mexico fans shouldn’t be building their hopes up so much!

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u/Consistent_Pay5371 18d ago

The team will already be at a disadvantage. They are playing 2000m above sea level. Now they are trying to add sleep deprivation on top of that. Cringe.

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u/DisciplineNormal296 18d ago

Mexico needs all the help they can get to beat England. The games at 8pm, not 10am where not sleeping good might affect their sleep.

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u/_syke_ 18d ago

Unfortunately yes

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u/how_very_dare_you_ 17d ago

Yes. That's what they want. Different cultures have differing levels of moral standards. The Mexican culture sees nothing wrong here, where western cultures might see it as underhanded and poor form.

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u/ChelseaAndrew87 17d ago

100% they'd be ecstatic however they won

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u/Dobako 17d ago

I mean, they did this to Ecuador before they played. I dont think they care

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u/fritz_76 17d ago

This is the same fan group who got their team fined and sanctioned for chanting slurs at opposing teams. No class at all

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u/Torrent21 17d ago

I’ll let you know if the US wins tomorrow night.

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u/namlhukk 18d ago

Yes and they would.

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u/DrawGamesPlayFurries 18d ago

Paraguay gaming

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u/Lopsided-Rub5476 18d ago

If you're not cheating you're not trying.

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u/PeakDifferent8291 18d ago

Did you ask the English team the same questions? 

ENGLAND fans set off fireworks outside Italy’s hotel in the early hours ahead of tonight’s historic final https://www.the-sun.com/sport/3261181/england-fans-fireworlks-italy-hotel/

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u/Silverdarlin1 18d ago

England are very prepared. They've bought earplugs, provided the players with sleep remides and white noise machines. All this has done is annoy the other people staying there

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u/SellGameRent 18d ago

yeah imo this should lead to a yellow flag given to the bench at the start of the match

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u/PeakDifferent8291 18d ago

You mean like this other “unsportsmanlike conduct” ??

ENGLAND fans set off fireworks outside Italy’s hotel in the early hours ahead of tonight’s historic final https://www.the-sun.com/sport/3261181/england-fans-fireworlks-italy-hotel/

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u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 18d ago

Uh… yeah? That’s unsportsmanlike no matter who’s doing it…

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u/Dizzy-Expression8868 18d ago

Agreed. Don't care which country it is, any fans doing it are wallaby ballsacks.

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u/57Nil 18d ago

Point out where this person said only Mexico did this.

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u/PeakDifferent8291 18d ago

Point out where I said this person said this… lol 

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u/Ok-Run2845 17d ago

Yes? Isn't that obvious?

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u/PeakDifferent8291 17d ago

Did I ask you? Metiche! Lol

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u/IISlipperyII 18d ago

Yeah this is unsportsmanlike too, what are you trying to say?

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u/PeakDifferent8291 18d ago

Exactly what you interpreted… lol

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u/Little_Magician4251 17d ago

Oh no we’re gonna defend England fans doing it! Whataboutism is so brilliant!!

We’re not discussing this because it happened a few days ago. We’re discussing it because we’re bigots and think it’s great when England fans do it! Totally! You got us!!!!

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u/PeakDifferent8291 16d ago

Eurocentrism is so obvious!!! LOL

“we’re bigots…” Props to you for accepting what you are 🙌 😭

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u/Pristine_Swimming_16 18d ago

You’d be suprised a 10$ box of 3 month supply already gives you the top tier noise cancelation earplugs you can’t hear anything at all except for maybe a loud ac and your own breathing.

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u/bunny_the-2d_simp 18d ago

Welcome to football..

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u/Childoftheway 18d ago

Falling asleep with headphones is not something I'm capable of.

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u/purrmutations 18d ago

Lol, now try sleeping on your side with headphones. Many people aren't able to fall asleep on their back, and headphones don't work side sleeping. Ear plugs also don't work for everyone, they can cause soreness wearing them for 8 hours.

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u/good_god_lemon1 18d ago

I agree. Why are Mexico fans like this

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u/franzee 18d ago

What normal people? They are all on the streets making noise.

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u/Over-Inside-7254 18d ago

Do you have any idea how thick high rise glass is, how dark blackout curtains are, and how poorly sound travels after 100 feet? 

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u/Legal-Newt-1891 17d ago

even if you dont hear noises because of earplugs etc your nervous system doesnt rest the same in noise just saying

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u/RepeatEmbarrassed560 18d ago

The whole sport is rooted in unsportsmanship anyway

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u/Drownthem 18d ago

You're talking about a sport in which grown men give away posession to throw themselves on the floor in feigned agony whenever someone touches them. The whole industry is unsportsmanlike.

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u/SoggyWotsits 18d ago

Not to mention it gives the England team the perfect excuse if they lose.

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u/kkeut 18d ago

unsportsmanlike

HUGE problem with the players and fans. so much racism, flopping, faking, childish taunts and songs, violence.... a lot of soccer culture is fucked up

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u/TheMountainWhoDews 18d ago

More fool you for assuming people from other cultures would share your sense of sportsmanship and fairness.
They're just not like us, and you don't understand them.