Italy 1 Australia 0 Oh the pain, the pain! Not only did the Aussies match it with the Italians, but it looked like we might actually win the game after Italian defended Marco Materazzi was red carded not long after the half-time break. But a poor refereeing decision a few seconds from the end has [...]
Australia 2 Croatia 2 Too tired to add anything beyond what the above supporters are expressing.
Ynetnews report on the latest object of the terrorists’ scorn: soccer. A British jihadists website has warned Muslims against being drawn in to what they described as “the new religion of soccer.” The Saved Sect website, which calls on Muslims to work to establish an Islamic state in Britain, has attacked “football fever,” saying that [...]
The Egyptians are still seething over “Flaggate” (yes, I just thought of that term now – ed.), providing some more grist for my mill and some chuckles this morning. First up, we have the “WTF” reaction: The live commentator on the Arab satellite channel broadcasting all World Cup matches in the region abruptly cut short [...]
Big Pharaoh has posted some of the Arab reactions to Paintsil’s Israeli flag waving. Needless to say, many Arabs are not happy about it. “I ask every Arab and Muslim who has zeal for his religion to boycott all kinds of Ghanaian products even if they were necessary for the daily life” (Big Pharaoh: ummm, [...]
Some more light has been shed on the now famous Ghana-Israeli flag waving incident from a few days ago. John Paintsil, the player involved, has explained why he did it: “I love the supporters in Israel so I decided to take out the flag,” Paintsil said. “I have played for Hapoel and Maccabi Tel [...]
Brazil 2 Australia 0 Despite the rare planetary alignment that sparked the interest of Indian astrologers, Brazil defeated Australia. Nevertheless, Australia had a number of scoring opportunities, and challenged their more fancied opponents. But not all is lost: Croatia’s draw with Japan means that Australia need only draw against Croatia to progress to the next [...]
Israellycool reader Joseph writes to me about a curious incident at the World Cup: …..when Ghana won, one of the Ghanian players pulled out an Israeli flag and waved it all around on his victory run…I did not see this game due to the Jewish Sabbath, so I did some detective work, and managed to [...]
Australia 3 Japan 1 Ok, maybe not the best ever, but at 1-0 down with less than ten minutes left, things were not looking good for the Aussies, competing in their first World Cup in over 30 years. But the boys in green and gold would not say die. 3 goals in 5 minutes, [...]
I will certainly be supporting Australia’s bid for soccer World Cup glory. But Ynetnews (via the AJN) explains why you should also be supporting us. Australian soccer coach Guus Hiddink‚Äôs father, Gerhardus (Gerrit) Hiddink, stole food coupons during World War II in order to feed Jews who were hiding in his Dutch village of Varsseveld, according to [...]
