In one of the funniest episodes of Kuwaiti sports farce, the federation decided to postpone the Premier League match between Kazma and Al-Tadamon, due to the absence of Jordanian Olympic team player Ali Al-Azaizeh, who joined his country’s national team in the Asian Cup for Olympic teams. Yes, only one player! It is as if the entire team cannot compete without him, and that the rest of his teammates are merely wooden puppets that can only be moved by his feet.
This decision reveals the true face of Kuwaiti football: fragile management, clubs with weak personalities, and personal interests that govern more than laws and fair play. A club the size of Kazma, which was once a factory of stars, depends on an Olympic player who is not even from the Kuwaiti national team? Is this professionalism or a tragic comedy? Really, is this acceptable?
What is even more strange is that the player’s absence outside the International Federation’s “calendar” did not prevent our proud federation from responding to the request, as if all that remained for us was to say: “Welcome to Kuwaiti football… where relationships are more important than matches!” The matter was not related to the interest of the national team or the interest of the clubs, but rather to a personal request from the president of the brotherly Jordanian federation, which puts us before a funny and bitter truth at the same time: politics and relationships make our sporting decisions, not professionalism or adherence to the laws.
Football is bigger than all of this, but unfortunately, sometimes, for us, it is just a game that has become a reflection of administrative superficiality, not skill and professionalism. These facts show that our clubs deal with it as a social scene full of courtesy and leniency. A player is absent, a match is postponed, a team collapses without a player, and management is rushing to please others. As for professionalism? It seems that this word has forgotten its way into our stadiums.
Hence the honest question: What remains to be said about the development of our sport and our ball? How can we expect to create strong teams and clubs that compete at the regional and international levels, while our decisions are governed by courtesy and personal interests?
My pants
A yellow card for every “rational step,” and a penalty kick for anyone who thinks about “professionalism.” Salute to the Kuwaiti Federation, which proved that Kuwaiti football has reached the pinnacle of development… in the art of leniency and courtesy! Audience? He laughs and cries at the same time, because reality has proven that matches are sometimes not decided by skills or tactics, but by phones and communications.
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