Why Coca Cola Adverts Are Amazing

Coca Cola always brings the best when it comes to TV commercials. From Sport ads to normal promotional ads (I guess all of them are promotional). From the seemingly dramatic mimic of Chocolate factory, to Roger Miller's dance and the likes but this new one is hilarious-- It was inspired by the world cup and is essentially talking about the different kinds of people that watch a football match and I could relate with these different examples. For instance:

The Admirers
The admirers are those ladies who are now die hard Arsen*l fans because of their fine boys. They are not ashamed of this and neither should you. Yes, you. It also goes without saying that one of the best things this club did to attract these set of fans was to sign the captain of all fine boys, Walcott. I mean, how can someone just be that fine? For fear of using too many "fine" in one article, let me stop there.

The Worrier
During this world cup, definitely the person that wins this award is the Chilean coach. He makes a habit of walking to and fro on the pitch. I respective of where the ball was on the pitch at that moment, he meticulously walked those steps to and fro and in no distracted order. Nothing the players or ref did deterred him, not even when his team was up for penalties; his assistants prepped the players while he made the rounds of "the walk".
Another interesting character is Sir Alex Ferguson; in his time as coach he was famous for the gum, so much that his last gum is rumoured to have been framed in a Museum.....just saying.


The Clueless
How many of us football lovers just hate it when a sister or girlfriend is asking us questions while a match is going on. I have entertained questions like; 'why is that man handling the ball with his hand’ while referring to the keeper, ‘why can't the coach change ALL these players, Nigeria is playing rubbish', ‘is the goal keeper wearing trouser or a long sock’ and 'why are the players so lazy, cant they go and tackle that player that is about to kick the ball?' during a free kick. It is not fair that the world is male chauvinistic, so the female gender want in on what is arguably the most popular sport in the world, but those questions are annoying. Though it doesn’t mean I don’t have a thing for girls that like football (or soccer....if you like that sort of thing).

Diehard
Once during an Under-17 World Cup final between Nigeria and Spain which happened to fall on a Sunday (either in the late afternoon or early morning). Our church had a convention going on and all was calm during the early hours of the morning but when the match started, it is safe to say that the population of 'men' reduced even more than is already characteristic of church. Funny enough, it turns out that there was a television near the gate inside the church premises, and each time the team made an attempt, people would shout almost louder than the public address system of the church. When we eventually won, the roar destabilised service, at least for a moment. And it just so happens that the preacher was on his message at the time. Now that is ‘die hard’!!
This company didn't just try to sell their product....again. Unlike every other person they brought up something or an issue or circumstance that people can relate to. This is why this advert stood out for me during the world cup.