It involves strong emotions among players and fans. But it also requires discipline. An undisciplined team, or sportsman is worse. But that is not the only thing that creates poor taste among sports lovers. Badly behaved sport fans, especially rowdy soccer fans are notorious.
Soccer hooliganism is also a problem in the Western world.
In Europe, especially in England, the notorious soccer fans are becoming a headache to soccer game organizers and host countries. One can look at the amount of money Japan is spending and the efforts and expertise it is now requiring in order to be able to contain the British soccer fans who will go to Japan to watch the team play in the next World Cup 2002. In Japan, although soccer and the songs have permeated among the society, violence and hooliganism is unheard of. But what happened at the Addis Ababa stadium was bad. Although the crowd justifiably made its protests known to the football players, the way that protest was expressed was a bit too much.