Feliks has a threefold agenda, when he turns up for this with his white and red jersey and enough snacks to feed a small army.
First: Watch the few matches that Poland's even in. They didn't make it in in 2014, and didn't do great in 2018 -- they're really not one of the stronger soccer teams out there, and he knows it, but they're his team and he'll support them. Even when supporting them means pouting and bitching at the TV, a fair amount of the time. He does get really energetic and excited when they're doing well, though, even if it's just for a short stretch when it looks like they'll score.
Second: Watch some of the games Germany is in. They usually make it far enough that he doesn't have time for the whole thing, but he likes the ones where they lose. Call it, well... schadenfreude. As much as he hates to admit it, though, they're quite a good team, and are really fun to watch in the moments when he forgets to be grumpy at them for being so much better than his team.
Third: Watch the matches where Russia loses. He has no interest in any games where they win, but -- as he's quick to point out viciously -- there aren't too many of those, anyway. Anyone in the room during those will receive an accidental education on the topic of cursing the gods and very creatively insulting people's mothers in Polish.
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First: Watch the few matches that Poland's even in. They didn't make it in in 2014, and didn't do great in 2018 -- they're really not one of the stronger soccer teams out there, and he knows it, but they're his team and he'll support them. Even when supporting them means pouting and bitching at the TV, a fair amount of the time. He does get really energetic and excited when they're doing well, though, even if it's just for a short stretch when it looks like they'll score.
Second: Watch some of the games Germany is in. They usually make it far enough that he doesn't have time for the whole thing, but he likes the ones where they lose. Call it, well... schadenfreude. As much as he hates to admit it, though, they're quite a good team, and are really fun to watch in the moments when he forgets to be grumpy at them for being so much better than his team.
Third: Watch the matches where Russia loses. He has no interest in any games where they win, but -- as he's quick to point out viciously -- there aren't too many of those, anyway. Anyone in the room during those will receive an accidental education on the topic of cursing the gods and very creatively insulting people's mothers in Polish.