Posted by Ramiro S. Funez
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/sports/soccer/13iht-SOCCER.html?_r=1&ref=soccer
The above article, found in the New York Times, was written by Rob Hughes and discusses a recent loss by F.C. Barcelona (a club soccer team in Barcelona, Spain-often regarded as the best club team in the world).
The red and blue striped Iberian giants played against Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (a first division team that is just beginning to make a name for itself). The resulting score of the game was 2-0.
The game was definitely newsworthy and surprising for fans of soccer from Spain because Barcelona is infamous for having one of the best squads in the world, while Hércules Club de Fútbol has just recently been beefing up its squad of random international players.
After reading the article, I felt that the reporter did a relatively good job at reporting the story. He certainly included a lot of details, facts, and background on both teams. He also didn't seem too biased throughout his story.
Overall, the article was very well written and had a lot of professional aspects of sports journalism.
I also thought the writer had a very interesting lede. You may notice that he took a tactic that the coach tried to shoot down, but he trusted his own instincts and observatio -- the players looked tired -- and went with it anyway. Good post since we are covering game stories.
ReplyDeletei agree the game story was written very well. good details and quotes
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