T H E N E W E N T H U S Ia S T S P O R T in G We E K
The neutral supporter T in which the author is all, i'm just here to help h Each week (sort of) Carson Cistulli puts the chaos of global football into s order by previewing the match most likely to please the fan whose only e allegiance is to his own enjoyment. The four factors of the Enthusiast xal Quotient (EQ)—our very proprietary and shockingly precise metric—are 1) p Provocation Factor, which assesses the game's potential for moments of e individual brilliance, 2) Dutch Factor, which evaluates each team's ti penchant for controlled attack, 3) Tugend Factor, which considers each n o team's dedication to the cause, and 4) Long Term Prospects, which takes n g into account how worthy each team might be of the neutral's prolonged affection. the Match of the Week r Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV w Sunday, 24 February 2008, 8:00 AM PST e o TV: GolTV 2 rl t 1 Provocation Factor: 6.5 w d *Bayern's Ribery, named Most Likely to Perform the Impossible in his f high school yearbook, will be absent for this fixture, unfortunately. Still, o i the game will feature Dutch Master Rafael Van der Vaart, who knows a f e thing or two about docking up with the footballing godhead. Other s n enthusiasts Altintop, Toni, Klose, Schweinsteiger, Philip Lahm, and p bruary Farnerud (of Bayern) and Olic, Trochowski, and Kompany (of Hamburg) o e all have the potential to wow. Special mention goes out to Shuttlecoque rt, favorite, the under-utilized Jan Schlaudraff, and African Cup of Nations champ Mohamed Zidan, who should be starting at center forward for g n Hamburg.
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