THE PRESS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Almost) full victory

Bursa"s team continues to score decisively in the Press Football Championship. In the match with Realitatea TV, the team reached the goals it had set for itself: it received points for its image and its fair-play. In a media industry much too rife with dirty transcripts and boots to the face, Bursa taught a lesson in nobility, by giving its opponents a fleeting satisfaction. The game had been decided early on, and the initial strategy was based on the expectations that the opposing team would default. The shock of the players of the team of Realitatea showing up was quickly overcome and the players focused most of their energy on debating the positioning in the field. A classic 4-4-2 formation was proposed, but there were also voices that favored a 4-3-3, which would have guaranteed a spectacular game. Just as the entire team had agreed on using the second alternative, the unexpected happened: the rules of the tournament only allowed 6 players per team. Thwarted by a hostile set of rules, the team did the best to make lemonade with the lemons it had received. Even after being warned that 13 is an unlucky number, even for a media group that has so many employees, the members of Realitatea"s team didn"t know when to stop scoring. It"s their problem, after all, one more to add to the bunch of problems they are having. After all, keeping score is only for statistics.

With just one fault in two games, which truly is a performance worth noting, Bursa became a contender for the fair-play award. Smart Olympic, the organizer of the event said that they truly appreciate the elegant behavior of Bursa"s team and suggests that the other officials should adopt a similar approach.