Chanting, applause, whistles, drumbeats, horn sections, etc. - they are as much a part of football (soccer) as the 22 players on the pitch. They reflect national/club personalities. Vuvuzelas, as we know all too well by now, reduce crowd noise to a constant buzzing drone.
This decision comes too late to redeem the abysmal 2012 World Cup but it’s the right decision at least.
having been to hundreds of games all over Europe then soccer(football) is also the crowd singing at each other , having banters back and forth etc.
These loud awful horns drown out the singing etc and kills the atmosphere.
Thankfully UEFA has banned them.
Imagine having to sit in front of a guy blowing this horn right next to your ear and the commentators were so desperate through PC to make this world cup great because it was held in Africa kept saying the atmosphere was great.
ER no it was not, it was crap.
Never again should the worlds largest most watched sports tournament be held in Africa again
Everyone who went there who I knew said it was utterly crap, no segregation, no atmosphere, security crap, transport crap, night life was crap compared to previous world cups etc