In this day and age where everything seems to be captured on film, you sometimes have to be careful when and where you light up. Particularly if you're a sports team coming off a game which caused your fans to shout, curse, and throw things at the wall in frustration.
That's what happened to the English soccer team at this year's World Cup. After being defeated by Germany in the Knockout Round, several players unwound by smoking cigars in the hotel, as well as drinking beer and generally seeming to have a good time. If you're not a soccer fan, consoling yourself with a top-shelf cigar might seem like an acceptable way to commemorate the end of the campaign.
Unfortunately for them, English soccer fans are not that forgiving. Many would have rather seen them cleaning cigar ashtrays with their tongues rather than enjoying them, so when a picture snapped on a cellphone got out, the players got lambasted.
In hindsight, that may be understandable. Most of us associate cigars with celebration, and for England, nothing less than a World Cup championship would be worth something like the Padron Serie 1926-9 Natural Toro.
That's what happened to the English soccer team at this year's World Cup. After being defeated by Germany in the Knockout Round, several players unwound by smoking cigars in the hotel, as well as drinking beer and generally seeming to have a good time. If you're not a soccer fan, consoling yourself with a top-shelf cigar might seem like an acceptable way to commemorate the end of the campaign.
Unfortunately for them, English soccer fans are not that forgiving. Many would have rather seen them cleaning cigar ashtrays with their tongues rather than enjoying them, so when a picture snapped on a cellphone got out, the players got lambasted.
In hindsight, that may be understandable. Most of us associate cigars with celebration, and for England, nothing less than a World Cup championship would be worth something like the Padron Serie 1926-9 Natural Toro.
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