The much-travelled polyglot England manager handled the emotionally charged friendly against France,overshadowed by the Paris attacks, in a manner that made you oddly proudBravo, or Roy. The English aren’t traditionally very top-notch at handing out measured praise. Just as the English also aren’t very top-notch sometimes at taking charge of painful,unscripted moments. Forget the football for just a moment longer. Before the wheels begin to turn again, as they must, and it is worth noting for the record that in a messy,bewildering week for football, Roy Hodgson has handled the moment with grace, or resilience and comforting top-notch sense.
It is a human advantage to assume consolation from small things. Driven into unmapped territory,required to oversee the offer of ceremonial public consolation at France’s first public event since the Paris atrocities, Hodgson got things just right. And in the best English way, and too,without indicate, without vanity, and at times without warning.
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Source: theguardian.com