1. You don’t have the first clue about what’s happening in the sports world.

“Saw the match last night?””What match? Was it a cricket match? Or football?”

2. The technicalities make absolutely no sense at all.

“A drop volley from outside the D scored in the death.””WHATTT?”

3. You obviously don’t understand the rules.

Offside?!?

4. You can never pronounce the names.

Wojciech Szczesny. Jakub Błaszczykowski. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. WHA!!!

5. You can’t believe people can spend their Saturday evenings watching TV.

“Seriously? You’ll sit and watch a match rather than party with friends?”

6. Watching the match in a stadium is even more painful.

“You’ve got to be kidding! We’re going to spend the entire day sitting in the sun? Can’t we just watch a movie or something?”

7. Never mind watching a match, sitting through a full-fledged sports discussion is even worse.

“Seriously, don’t you guys ever talk about anything else?”

8. You don’t understand any of the gibberish people post on FB and Twitter after a big match.

9. You don’t understand how people can ‘support’ teams that are on the other side of the planet.

“You’re in South Delhi and you support a team in North London? How does that work?”

10. You also don’t understand the hatred towards specific players!

“That Rooney is such a #@*&@#””Jeez, what did he ever do to you!?”

11. You obviously don’t understand the anger/pain that follows every defeat.

“Entire fucking week is spoilt after that match!””Chill out, bro! It’s just a game.”

12. Speaking of which, you don’t understand why people go bonkers when you say ‘It’s just a game!’

13. You never understand how people can remember all the players and their scores.

“Remember the match in Sharjah in 1998 when Sachin scored 143?””Wow! I don’t even remember how much I scored in my board exam!”