If a man cries when his team is beaten, then he is a complete loser. The only time it's even acceptable to let a defeat get you down for more than an hour is a derby loss, or a cruch promotion match defeat.
I don't actually know any man who has cried after a football game, which perhaps suggests that the type of men you associate with are loose cannons anyway!
The slightest thing you say to a girl can change her emotions so drastically, which is why they are strange creatures. Not that I've ever said it, but a comment like 'I don't really like that top' would send them into a complete strop, because they want to be told it looks great.