January 10, 2021. Playa Royale, Mexico. Sports.

In any game, the result is often unexpected. For instance, befor the football game tonight between Pittsburgh and Cleveland, every expert commentator selected Pittsburg as the potential winner. But at the end of the first quarter, the score was 28-0, for Cleveland. Now the game is not over so perhaps the game will change in Pittsburg's favor. But it was stunning to watch. The Junior hockey championship is another example. The Canadian team was by far the most talented team, with 19 first round picks on the team. Everyone "knew" the Canadians would win the gold medal. The goalie had only allowed 3 goals during the first 6 games of the tournament and they were all power play goals. Every writer and TV commentator thought the Canadian team would win the gold. Even I thought the same thing. Prior to the gold medal game against the US, the Player who bacame the MVP of the game commented that he thought that the goalie had not been tested. And he said the same about the whole Canadian team. But the players on the Canadian team were so talented I felt they would overcome any situation. During the first period, the Canadian team came out playing as if they had read their reputation. They were flat. They expected to win before the game was played. Soon, one minute into the second period, the Canadian team was down by 2 goals. They played hard for the rest of the game. But they lost 2-0. The sports psycologists will have a field day trying to find out what happened. Was it coaching? Was it complacency? Was it aggogance? Was the American team under estimated? That is one of the reasons I love all athletics. Until the game is played, you never know who will win, which of course is why they play the game. Until th game is over, the game is never over. I am still cheering for Pittsburgh.