2018's World Football Team is in full swing in Russia. When you bought beer, fried chicken and popcorn, the melodious national anthem melody came from the TV, a little peaceful and a little excited, but have you really listened to these songs carefully? There are many love-hate entanglements behind them!
Are you ready to cheer for the team you support?
I want to sing the national anthem, but I have to sing it. It’s all tears.
In the highly anticipated battle between Spain and Portugal in the first round of Group B of this group stage, we can clearly see the differences between the two countries when singing the national anthem.
You can see that many Portuguese are excited when singing the national anthem. This song "Portuguese" (Portuguese: A Portuguese) sounds passionate and exciting. Its birth is closely related to the revolutionary path in Portugal. In the late 19th century, the royal family increased taxes for the Pink Map plan, but then compromised under the threat of Britain. The news came back to the country, and the crowd was angry and questioned the monarch. The Republican writer then composed this song to inspire his compatriots to stand up and fight. After the success of the revolution in 1910, this song became the national anthem.
Portuguese national anthem is passionate and sang passionately
In contrast, Portugal's opponents are much calmer. Spanish players have a cold and handsome face, their lips are closed and their expressions are serious. They only occasionally see players or fans humming a few words, huh huh? What the hell is going on?
It turns out that the Spanish national anthem " Royal March 5" (Spanish: La Marcha Real) has no lyrics. In the Franco era, lyrics were written for this song, but after the end of authoritarian rule, the lyrics full of fascism were abolished. Oh, will it be a bit unlucky every time the game starts? To be honest, it's really a bit. The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee was deeply moved by this, so in 2007, he called for a lyrics collection competition, but unfortunately he ended in vain. In a short period of time, such a small embarrassment may continue.
The clip of Spain "singing" the national anthem in the 2014 World Cup
On the other hand, there are Argentina teams that cannot sing in the World Football Championship. This is not because of any special reason, but because the "prelude of the Argentine national anthem is too long"! Argentina's national anthem lasts for 3 minutes, but there were only 90 seconds of national anthem singing during the World Football Championship. After spending time, the players naturally had no chance to speak!
is also a clip of Argentina's "sing" national anthem in the 2014 World Cup. Is singing the national anthem related to the winning or losing of the football match?
is so interesting to sing the national anthem, so naturally some researchers will want to see the correlation between the status of singing the national anthem before the game and winning. This research was published in the European Journal of Sport Science in February this year.
To find out the mystery, the researchers found videos of the 2016 European Football Championship and invited two graduate students in sports psychology to be independent observers. The two were asked to carefully observe how the players sang the national anthem before the game and scored 1 (most unenthusiastic) to 7 (most unresenthusiastic) for the 24 teams' performance in 51 games.
Their specific observation focus includes oral and non-spoken parts. Scientists will observe whether the players sing and how many national anthem they sing (the more they sing, the more they sing, the more they are enthusiastic). At the same time, they will also analyze the players' facial expressions and body language, such as: how close they stand to each other and whether the players will put their arms on each other's shoulders. The two’s ratings are basically echoing each other, while the controversial parts are fully discussed.
The distance between players is also one of the observation indicators of ratings
The research team found that the level of enthusiasm shown by players can partially predict their future games. Among them, teams that sing more enthusiastically overall will lose fewer points (but won’t get more points). Another important thing is that the more enthusiastic you sing during the knockout stage (excluding the group stage), the more likely you are to win the competition.
sings have two different emotions, and the endings are very different
Switzerland and Spain are two countries with less enthusiastic national anthem, and neither team reached the quarterfinals in 2016. On the other hand, Wells and Italy are the countries that are most devoted to singing. What's the result? Italy successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and Wells even played all the way to the semi-finals. What about Portugal, the champion that year? Hehe, their national anthem is very enthusiastic.
Researchers tried to explain these phenomena, and they believed that the players' performance when singing the national anthem showed their team spirit. The loud singing shows the unity of the team and "We are ready for battle and we must move forward bravely for the team (and the country)!"
The enthusiasm of singing the national anthem not only connects our side more closely, but also may intimidate the enemy. New Zealand's national team often dances Haka before the game, which has a similar effect.
New Zealand players have a tradition of dancing Haka before the game starts.
When the game enters the knockout stage, the victory or defeat will become more important, and the teams have no capital to lose. At this moment, the team will rely the most on the level of efforts the players have given to the team.
You cannot pretend to be passionate. Only when you are sincerely committed can you get good results
However, is it because of enthusiasm that brings better performance, or is it better performance that brings enthusiasm? The possible explanation is that football players sing more positively when they think the chances of winning are high. However, in the study, it is impossible to see a clear causal pattern.
You may think that in order to win more games, national coaches should directly ask the players to be more enthusiastic when playing World Football and singing the national anthem. In fact, when the last 2014 Brazilian World Championship, British manager Roy Hodgson instructed players to sing the national anthem.
How to make everyone sing?
However, such instructions probably don't help winning. If players sincerely show their enthusiasm for the country and team, it may thus increase the level of collective efforts and performance. On the contrary, if the player is simply obedient, it is unlikely that it will affect the outcome. In other words, you cannot just show positive appearance when singing the national anthem, but you must truly devote yourself to your enthusiasm.
Of course, this study also has some limitations. For example, they did not ask the players themselves for their opinions, but simply used the observation method. The results obtained in this method may be different from the players' true feelings and social identity.
The open and secret cannons in the lyrics of the national anthem
mentioned the relationship between the national anthem and the victory or defeat of the football match, but, in fact, if you look at the lyrics carefully, you will find that they have a smell of smoke and gunpowder! For example, the national anthem of Poland , "Poland will never perish" (Polish: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego) is clearly identified with the contradiction between them and Sweden : "Jarnetsky went to Poznan , ending the Swedish occupation in order to defend our motherland."
On the other hand, German national anthem " German Song " (German: Das Deutschlandlied) seems a bit too arrogant. The lyrics emphasize the four natural divisions of Germany at that time: "From Maas to Murmur, from Esch to Belt." Embarrassingly, the places that were originally divided are now the territory of Holland , Lithuania, Italy and Denmark . Therefore, when singing the national anthem, everyone usually starts directly from the third paragraph.
German territory everywhere? Well, let’s not sing that way
. When each team sang the national anthem, you may also find that some players did not speak. This is not because they think the song is not good (?) but because many players have immigration backgrounds and naturally have diverse national identities.
The national anthem is warm and affectionate, the most beautiful scenery in the world
But, does the national anthem have to be so tit-for-tat? Do you also have to bear the heavy burden of winning or losing? Not yet, before the World Football World Cup started, there was a "warm national anthem" between Peru and Denmark.
The cute Peru team finally returned to the World Cup after 36 years, and the excitement was beyond words.The Peruvian Football Association sent blessings to the teams in the same group before the start of the game (May 23), and the heartwarming Danish team returned the gift to the first opponent of this World Cup in a very warm and serious manner:
Denmark not only invited many football superstars in the football world, but even specially adapted its own national anthem lyrics and dedicated the adapted songs to Peru. Both teams are committed to making the competition between the teams look friendly, and it also makes people discover that the national anthem can actually become a way to embody the athletic spirit. However, friendship is friendship and winning is winning, Denmark still beat Peru 1-0 on June 17, winning the first victory in the world.
After reading all the interesting things behind the national anthem, you might as well observe how each team sings next time you watch the football match. Who knows? Maybe it would be better to use it as a lottery purchase indicator than the octopus Paul?
