Fan kills player during soccer match...

[jamrak]

...where did it happen? yes, in Iraq...

Baghdad: Police say an Iraqi football player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

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I know that everyday many people are killed in Iraq... But the fact that there are still football matches going on, and that some people try to do normal things like sport and entertainment makes me feel especially sorrow about this particular death.

It sounds like an evil joke, but it is the reality. And it shows how big are the troubles in this country nowadays. Poor people! I wonder how hard is it not to get mad under such a living conditions.

 

[Spleen]

Wow. Unbelievable.

 

[Legzman]

wow! The stakes are high in Iraq...

 

[ChefChiTown]

This is why Americans don't play soccer.

 

[hedonis]

Not much of a "fan", was he?

 

[PrimeGuy]

Reminds me of the Last Boyscout. (except that was another player)

 

[BlueBalls]

A colombian player was killed for missing a penalty kick a few years back.

Say what you will about football fans . . . . just do it quietly otherwise you're at a risk of getting shot. :eek:




:1orglaugh

 

[calpoon]

yeah, that's fucked up. in America the fans usually just kill each other, not the players.

 

[Galactic]

Brings a new meaning to the term "die-hard" fan now, doesn't it?

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

yeah, that's fucked up. in America the fans usually just kill each other, not the players.

In America, they just take their clothes off and run across the field. :booty:

 

[Violator79]

In America, they just take their clothes off and run across the field. :booty:

And that's on a good day!

 

[anairhead999]

someone must of had beef with the other person

 

[gunslingingbird]

A colombian player was killed for missing a penalty kick a few years back.

Say what you will about football fans . . . . just do it quietly otherwise you're at a risk of getting shot. :eek:




:1orglaugh

Actually, he got killed because he kicked a goal into his own goal during the World Cup in, I believe, 1994. :hatsoff:

 

[meesterperfect]

...where did it happen? yes, in Iraq...



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I know that everyday many people are killed in Iraq... But the fact that there are still football matches going on, and that some people try to do normal things like sport and entertainment makes me feel especially sorrow about this particular death.

It sounds like an evil joke, but it is the reality. And it shows how big are the troubles in this country nowadays. Poor people! I wonder how hard is it not to get mad under such a living conditions.

very well stated jamrak.
I feel the same.

 

[Wainkerr99]

In ancient Incan society at least they waited until the game was over before killing the loser.

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

i thought we were over there to civilize these people

 

[Kingfisher]

That country is fucked up.

 

[BlueBalls]

Actually, he got killed because he kicked a goal into his own goal during the World Cup in, I believe, 1994. :hatsoff:

Ah yes my mistake. That would be called an "own goal". :hatsoff:

 

[girk1]

yeah, that's fucked up. in America the fans usually just kill each other, not the players.

Agreed. Check out Raider fan who stabs Charger fan with kife:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzzqw7UVAY


American fans don't seem to be as violent & unruly as Euro soccer hooligans & other Futbol fans aroud the world ,but they are no angels.

Although we love sports we don't take it nearly as serious.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Ah yes my mistake. That would be called an "own goal". :hatsoff:

Is that the official term for it? I'm not a fan of soccer, and I don't know what the technical terms are. In football, if you get tackled in your own end zone it's not called "own touchdown," it's called a safety. I figured soccer might have something equivalent. :hatsoff: