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The cheering, celebrating and singing fans are part of darts like amen to church. They have largely contributed to the fact that the sport has flourished for years.
But the fact that not everyone likes them is confirmed by one of the discoveries of the year: Ricardo Pietreczko. The 29-year-old will make his World Cup debut on Tuesday evening and according to Swiss number one Stefan Bellmont (34), he is certainly capable of causing a sensation. Before his debut, Pietreczko threatened “not to interact with the crowd” if they whistled at him in a conversation with the German Press Agency.
Fan boycott could be counterproductive
Background to the story: At the Grand Slam of Darts in November, ‘Pikachu’, his darts nickname, was booed mercilessly by the English crowd in Wolverhampton when he played against 19-year-old Beau Greaves (Eng). “If people don’t want to see me, I don’t understand why I should accept something so disrespectful,” Pietreczko explains his boycott threat.
And further: “It is absurd because it is simply disrespectful.” If this happens again at the World Cup, he will completely ignore the crowd. If that’s a good idea? In darts, such actions are often seen as an incentive for further provocations. As legend Raymond van Barneveld says: “If you treat the public badly, they will treat you the same.”
What could be a “problem” for the German in his first match at the Ally Pally: he is playing against a woman again. Mikuru Suzuki (41) is not English, but Japanese, but because women are actively supported by fans in the still male-dominated sport, there could be renewed headwinds.
Price wants the World Cup in other countries
One person who always gets into trouble with the crowd is Gerwyn Price, the 2021 world champion. Last year he caused provocations with a bizarre move by running on stage wearing huge headphones. This year he again argued for the World Cup to be played in different countries – this would avoid the English fans.
“I think it would only make sense for this tournament to go on tour to other parts of the world,” the 38-year-old said before his first round appearance on Monday evening (3-0 against Connor Scutt). He will involve Germany, the Netherlands or his home country Wales as a host country – also “because I have a better chance there”. (ch)
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
