The beast comes out of the cage

2024-01-07 15:45:00, Opinione Lutfi Dervishi

Journalist Lutfi Dervishi

In a magical night on the football pitch, Armando Broja, the 22-year-old Chelsea striker, soared to unprecedented heights with a goal that set hearts on fire and set the net on fire.

With headlines like 'Armando Broja flying', it seems the pitch wasn't the only thing Chelsea's number 9 hit in London last night in their FA Cup tie against second-division side Preston. 14 in the ranking.

When you read the headline "The beast was released from the cage", you think that the defenders of the opposing team regretted choosing to play football, while the goalkeeper probably decided at that moment to give up his gloves and change his profession.

"The whole stadium on foot" was the most surprising headline. For the first time last night we learned that when a goal is scored the fans rise to their feet. Reports from the ground say that while Chelsea fans rose to their feet to celebrate the first goal, Preston fans rose to see "an eagle in London", another headline that flew from portal to portal.

As Broja scored a goal with a header, the headlines crowned it as a "fantastic goal", probably due to the fact that the ball ended up in the net after the shot.

After Broja's goal last night, a new chapter has been added to the book of sports journalism.

The bombastic headlines rival not only military operations (Broja missile/shell), but also police and black chronicle operations (The beast comes out of the cage...)

After Broje's goal, it is not an easy task to distinguish a football field from a battlefield in Ukraine or the Gaza Strip.

With this sports report, where every goal is a triumph and every player is a fighter, Armando Broja's performance has surpassed everything.

He is no longer just a player, he is a phenomenon. His goal doesn't just give the team the win. Victory is little, Triumph is the least to say.

Sports journalism has been the most trusted genre of journalism for public opinion. If a game went 4-0, like last night's Chelsea upset, nobody questioned the result. All newspapers and programs report in 4-0! but with the eagle raised last night in Londer, we don't just have a match, we have a magnificent spectacle.

It seems that the lexicon that will accompany Broja will evolve faster than VAR decisions.

Football is no longer the game where goals are scored, now we are in the great game of conquering the skies and getting the beast out of the cage.

PS Broja is one of the talents that rarely come to Albania, but with the mania to exaggerate it, we are afraid that we harm it more than we help it.