the ball is round

Today, while teams of the Germany and Netherlands national football federations warm up for what self proclaimed critics call an early final in the Euro 2012 championship, according to specialists in a totally unrelated field both countries are on the verge of losing their AAA credibility status.

Especially in the traditionally developed countries people generally tend to claim that a football tournament amongst national teams is just another sport event and no connection lies or should be sought between the representing nations historic conflicts. 

Apparently clashes between football fans of Poland and Russia had a historical taste to them and whether we will youtube more acts of violence or not, let there be no doubt that there are millons of chats, jokes, wordplays shifting to more serious and even healthy discussions going around as football teams group on sportsfields surrounded by equally coloured fans.

None of the participating countries in the Euro 2012 are at war with one another.  Then again, all of the participating countries are going through some form of economic recession (technically or not) to the extent it affects their general population.

I believe people - in general - have become wiser over time.  I also share the opinion of many that politicians - in general - are lacking an ability to adjust strategies and team up their nations to score points.

The ball is round and economies are in vicious circles.  Of course there is a connection.