A Brief of the 1996 UEFA Euro Tournament and 1996 Olympics in Atlanta

Section A The most famous footballer referred to in Passage A is George Best. He was honoured by having a documentary on television. The opening game of Euro 96 was held on June 8th at Wembley. Adam Sweeting comment “Not so much a football tournament, more another excuse for a round the clock orgy of comment analysis, name dropping, beer drinking and statistic swapping”. This quote explains to the reader that throughout the tournament football supporter, television commentators, journalist will be talking about the own opinion on the games over a drink in the pub or at home. This opinion will be a post mortem or celebration depending on the result of the game discussing scores and techniques used during the game. The quote football and rock and roll implies that people look back to 1966 and the result of that tournament. The supporters all hope that history will be repeated in 1996 and England will win the cup. In this paragraph Adam Sweeting compares the English Supporter to the Germans, Brazilians and Italians. He implies that other countries supporters look to each tournament as a new tournament. Whereas English supporters always look back on previous wins and do not give the enthusiasm and passion to win to the team. Adam Sweeting attitude to England supporters is a negative one he sees the England supporter using the tournament as a chance to cause disturbance and chaos.
“Another excuse for a round-the- clock orgy “whist drinking beer. Adam also sees some of the football supporters as football hooligans.
In Adam article he refers to them as “scumbag contingents”.

Section B This passage is about the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta where Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the first gold medal for Britain at the Atlanta Olympics. Steve Redgrave was subdued and peaceful until after the medal ceremony. In complete contrast Matthew Pinsent was excited and was showing how happy he was by smiling and punching the air. The