In sports, but in this particular case, football, fans play a massive role during matches mainly because they create an atmosphere in which the home players blossom, whereas the visiting players are unsettled, thereby affecting the performance of either team.
For the ardent football followers, whether local or internationally, you will notice how, in most matches, especially at the highest level, certain opposition players are booed by the home crowd every time they touch the ball-fans here don't do this because they either don't know how to or probably why they should.
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