It’s fantasy football as Nivea’s team of underdogs go all the way to glory
Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? These are the stories that we cling to. They are the stories that we get the most out of. When it happens on the football pitch, there is even more to be proud of. With this in mind, Nivea should be proud of its efforts in promoting one of the true underdog stories with Ivory, F.C. To call it fantasy football might be a bit much. But this really did seem like a fantasy at some points. How else could a Sunday League team from Essex take down a group of mighty English football legends. Simply put, it is not possible. At least it wasn’t possible until Nivea got involved.
Nivea’s involvement in the Nivea Great Football Experiment was more than just nominal. The company did not simply lend its name to the effort in order to garner up interest. They put their resources behind it and the company legitimately cared about the outcome. This is why the players from Ivory, F.C. were not made to play under poor coaches. There was no cursory effort here. Ivory put in a full few weeks of hard effort under Ray Wilkins and Terry Venables. The training was such that they expected to win when they finally hit the pitch against the English football legends. At the end of the day, Ivory made good on their training, taking down the legends by a two to one score.
The underdog story only works if a team is a true underdog. In this case, it is hard to imagine a bigger underdog than Ivory. They were a bunch of guys who had only a few skills. They were largely out of shape, at least by professional standards. The guys were just a mess when it all began. By the end of the thing, though, everything had changed. When the Great Football Experiment had run its course, the underdogs stood tall. They were coached to be confident and fit. They played with vigour and they took the game right to a bunch of guys who should have been much better than them.
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