On Air:
“good evening everybody. today we are going to witness one
of the greatest rivalry of football. it’s between…”
In the Field:
Sanjib told, “ok, we are late for the game. Can we please do
the sit-taking portion a bit faster?”
“do you think me and Babu posturing for selfies?” asked
Nilesh.
On Air:
“…Celtic and Rangers. Rangers have a huge support today. In
recent times Celtic has improved their build-up gameplay that…”
In the Field:
On the other side;
“how did he missed it? oh! what a chance!”, said Angshuman.
“it’s ok. Chill. Chances will come around.”, said Kartik.
“it’s not a 2nd division team we are going
against that chances will come again and again. After all, recent times we have
been beaten quite often. It’s enough ok?”
On Air:
“…improved their playing style and helped them to win the
games for the last two seasons. As we all know about the rivalry between the
two ‘old firm boys’ team’; it’s a match between nativist and the immigrants, so
as the rivalry.”
In the Field:
“what is going on? Pass the ball man! Please! We have payed
200/- to see this junk! Clap! Clap!”
“foul! It’s attempting murder I say! Referee, red card!”
On the other side;
“boo! It’s fucking fixed! We are already lost! Let’s get
those sons of beeps out of the ground!”, said Angshuman.
On Air:
“ok, here we go. The match begins. Tensions all over the
faces as it is a do or die match. Once and for all they have to play together
to be the favorites today. Because, this game is not only about winning the
game, but winning the attention.”
In the Field:
On the other side;
“what’s the say? 25 yards. Can he?”
“no. he can’t. I haven’t seen this kind of goal in this
stadium for the last 3-4 seasons.”
On the other stand;
“he can. 500/- rupees. On?”
“1000/- on yes.”
On Air:
Ok. Now here is the situation. 5th minute of the
match and Celtic got a free kick. 25 yards. Quite difficult but not impossible.
Let’s see what happens. Larsson is ready to take the free-kick. Can he deliver
his best shot? Here is the whistle from the referee… Larsson with the curving
shot and…
In the Field:
On the other side;
“…”
“see! Am going home. It’s ridiculous!!! They scored from a
25 yards, a fucking long-ranger!”, said Angshuman.
On the other stand,
“told you, this boy is going to give them 5 goals! Genius!
Brilliant! What curve!”
On Air:
“Goal! What a shot! The curving one from Larsson and he made
the Rangers’ goal-keeper stand and gaze. This is absolutely genius. Big game,
big pressure and a huge goal to celebrate. The first drop of blood has been
bled by Celtic, by the scintillating slice shot of Larsson…”
“bro! what are you doing?” a voice came from behind. It was
Nilesh.
“just feeling nostalgic. Nilesh, do you remember the last
derby we saw together? I was just remembering that.”
“yeah, ok. But why?”
“no, just suddenly I found out this portion of newspaper
from the year 1900. It was a match between Celtic and Rangers. Their rivalry is
as same as ours. Here, East Bengal known as the immigrants and there Celtic
known as such. That match ended up 4-0 and the derby we saw together ended up
4-0 in the favour of the immigrants. The first goal of that match came also
from the free-kick and that was scored from 25 yards.”
“remember what was the expression of Angshu? He came home
early, very after the first goal. O man! What a game that was…”
Nilesh continued. I just thought about how I emerged myself
completely into the 6th September, 2015 after just read a few lines
of commentator’s speech about a match almost 115 years ago. Then I looked at
Nilesh and saw how my few sentences made him remembering about almost
everything on that 6th September.
It is a factor of being a fan of East Bengal talking about
derby. It is a passion about talking football and using slangs against the
opponents. They are Mohun Bagan and we are East Bengal; we are Mohun Bagan and
they are East Bengal; this barrier; this emotion; this feeling can only be
described in a derby match and can only be expressed if someone witness a derby
in Yuva Bharati Krirangon. Even a visit of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo on
a derby day in Kolkata can be missed, but derby can’t.
We may not be the hooligans, but we are, literally, the
Bengalese who never let anything come across on a match day of Kingfisher East
Bengal vs Mcdowell Mohun Bagan. Above all, on this day, this particular day,
from 17-70 years old, slangs are the songs, harassment is the harmony and
barriers are the beginning. Football is nothing but emotions.
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