Unfortunately, then I hear about 4 deaths caused by celebratory shootings. And lest we forget, 50 dead after the semifinal when a bomb goes off amidst a crowd of supporters.
“Those heroes have shown the real Iraq. They have done something useful for the people as opposed to the politicians and lawmakers who are stealing or killing each other,” said Sabah Shaiyal, a 43-year-old policeman in Baghdad. “The players have made us proud, not the greedy politicians. Once again, our national team has shown that there is only one, united Iraq.”A true "fairy-tale" as Soccernet as so nicely put it, it seems only a little while ago I was reading shit about one of Saddam Hussein's sons flogging the feet of Iraqi soccer players, locking them away, etc.
Extremely fitting that the captain and guy lifting the trophy in the picture above happened to score the game's only goal.
Thoughts?
2 comments:
This is fantastic. Those people really need something to be happy about, and if this is going to help unify the country than we couldn't have asked for anything better.
It seems you forgot to mention a possible match-up between the U.S. and Iraq in South Africa in 2009.
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