Well, well, well, it seems sexual intercourse isn’t the performance killer that many coaches believed it to be if you are to go on what has happened at this year’s World Cup.
According to the Daily Mail, research has shown that all the teams that had strict rules regarding the sexual interaction of players and their spouses during the tournament have been knocked out. While several of the teams that have given their players more freedom are still competing.
Germany and Holland bosses allowed wives and girlfriends to stay in team hotels and both have navigated their way safely into the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Meanwhile, France, Brazil and Costa Rica who have more complicated rules regarding sex, but still allow it, also remain active in the competition as do Argentina, Belgium and Colombia whose preference isn’t recorded.
Other sides happy to let their players spend intimate time with loved ones include the United States, Switzerland, Uruguay and Nigeria – all of whom made it into the last 16.
Of the sides that banned sex – Spain, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chile and Mexico – none made it past the last 16.
Now this could be totally coincidental due to the small sample of the research subject, who knows, but I’m sure the players will be glad to hear this.