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Ronnie O’Sullivan cashes in as wild Hossein Vafaei break-off shocks Crucible
...the Iranian did himself no favours by smashing the balls from his first break-off in an ill-judged reaction to perceived disrespect shown to him by O’Sullivan performing the same shot in their last meeting two years ago. (*I see now why he did it, but still not able to back it up with a win)
The Iranian was accused of “stupidity” and “disrespecting the sport” by a shocked Steve Davis in the BBC studio, while another former world champion, Shaun Murphy, labelled Vafaei’s antics “an embarrassment” and “completely self-inflicted”.
“I don’t understand how you can smash the balls up in the World Championship, then play great in the next frame,” added Davis.
“What type of brain can do that? I don’t know where he’s coming from, but bloody hell, to win that frame after embarrassing yourself – how on earth can you concentrate after that?”
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What was going through his mind? No one does this in frame 2 of 25:
https://twitter.com/eurosport/status...25g-YIlEg&s=19
This was pure uncontrolled self-destructive emotion. This talented guy needs someone to steer him and then he can crack the top 10. otherwise he will fluctuate between 20-40 for the next 10 yearsLeave a comment:
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For sure! Like I said the sport need some new characters and I haven't watched snooker properly for nearly a decade. Vafaei's antics pulled me in lolOriginally posted by DR Strangemoosh View Post
but you defiantly need to back up the shit talking as you said!Leave a comment:
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He is still young for a snooker player and has time but he needs to learn a lesson from this. Pick your fightsOriginally posted by Azmoun_shireh View Post
O Sullivan himself sht talks the opponent a lot. Eg
With Stephen Hendry in 20 years ago 'send him home to Scotland and his sad little life.' but the difference was that Ronnie was world champion that year, hossein hasn't yet made the semi finals of a meaningful tournament
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I still don't understand why he did that at the beginning of frame two. Was it just all the anger made him want to give up the match?
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Unless someone speaks to him urgently, or he finds some calm within himself, he is going to lose this match by a decent margin.
Which is a shame because he will have lost against himself - Ronnie was bad in the first round, Hossein played amazingly.
I hope in this break he finds some peace mentallyLeave a comment:
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He won the third frame so is 2-1 down only, but he looks so angry. body language is so strange and he threw his cue at the end.
He needs to control his emotion somehow and then he will be back in this match for real
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like i understand being frustrated and doing that when you are losing the game, but doing something so angry/frustrated at the start of frame 2, it makes no sense...? Everyone is amazed.
He needs a psychologist and a mentor within the game
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Hossein is only in frame 2 (out of 25 potentially) but he has lost the match mentally already. I would be absolutely amazed if he comes back from this
He smashes the reds from the break in the second frame for no reason, something i have never seen before at this stage in a match. He is far too emotional and it was obvious in the post match comments after the Ding game that his emotions are too much in control about meeting Ronnie. He looks like a complete mess. such a shame after how well he played against Ding
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