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He urged the media to focus on reporting the truth instead of taking part in partisan divisions, and not to give space to "fanaticism and hatred."

"This soccer fanaticism has even grown stronger with the young generation because they watch the English Premier League from anywhere," he said.

Paradoxically, even though the mainstream media as always refused to comprehensively document and expose Republican politicians' fanaticism, Republicans still believed they needed to create their own media environment to promote their ideas to the public.

Which takes us back to the book, Red or Dead, a dense and detailed novel as much about fanaticism as football.

“There is such a fanaticism around remaining disciplined, not getting too high, not getting too low,” Enquist said.