DC09 Posted August 13, 2004 #1 Share Posted August 13, 2004 PATRAS, Greece - In its first Olympic competition since its country was shattered by war, Iraq upset star-studded Portugal 4-2 on Thursday in a gritty, come-from-behind victory that set off cheers and celebrations among some 200 fans. “This victory will be received with happiness by my people, who have suffered through much,” said Iraqi coach Adnan Hamad, whose countrymen were already taking to the streets of Baghdad, lighting up the night sky with streaks of celebratory gunfire. The stunning victory over a team that made it to final of the recent Euro 2004 tournament brought a rare moment of joy for Iraqis plagued by violence, chaos and constant power outages. Across their homeland, they watched the game on television at home and at cafes. Even people at a Baghdad barbershop took time out of their late-night haircuts to celebrate the goals. “It’s very important for us to have won this first game,” player Abdul Wahab said. “We hope to give more satisfaction to our people who need happiness.” Things did not go well early for the Iraqis, who handed the first goal to Portugal in the 13th minute when defender Haidar Jabar accidentally kicked the ball into his own net while trying to clear a pass by Cristiano Ronaldo. Three minutes later, however, striker Emad Mohammed tied the game after picking up a rebound from the goalkeeper, Moreira. Iraq went ahead 2-1 in the 29th minute when Hawar Mulla Mohammed scored on a soft shot after dribbling past the goalkeeper, but Portugal tied it with a minute to go in the first half on a goal by Bosingwa. Younis Mahmoud put Iraq ahead 3-2 in the 56th minute, and Salih Sadir scored during injury time to seal the victory. Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 13, 2004 #2 Share Posted August 13, 2004 well done to them. That is a shock result. Pity britain aint allowed a football team in the olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecInca Posted August 14, 2004 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Good on the Iraqi`s, they trully earned this win and can hopefully do really well at the olympics! Whenever there is an event that an Iraqi person is competing in and there isn`t any aussies I`ll be cheering them on! Lets hope they can bring some joy back to their country which desperately needs some!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtemperate Posted August 14, 2004 #4 Share Posted August 14, 2004 I agree Wun.... I love watching them lose.... hehehe Good on Iraq... *does a little dance* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #5 Share Posted August 14, 2004 ha ha ha. Sorry sub ill bow to australia.........erm.......cos uz are good at football. ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtemperate Posted August 14, 2004 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Its not our sport, say that all you want... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Well your rotten at rugby these days as well lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtemperate Posted August 14, 2004 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Sorry only some of the population follow rugby here anyway..... Me not being one of them..... anthing else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 14, 2004 #9 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Pity britain aint allowed a football team in the olympics How come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #10 Share Posted August 14, 2004 (edited) becuase wed be very good talon. Unlike you im VERY proud to be british an ill be cheering EVERY british athlete on in athens. Edited August 14, 2004 by wunarmdscissor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 14, 2004 #11 Share Posted August 14, 2004 They banned you cause you'd be good Doesn't that defeat the purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #12 Share Posted August 14, 2004 No its cos we play in seperate teams for FIFA. Sorry i didnt realise taht you were asking. IF we supplied a unified football team for the olympics FIFA would autmatically force us to play as one team under them. FIFA are very bitter about the UK having seperrate football associations. Its all very anti-british. This means we cannot ever enter a unified football team for the olympics. A bit of a bugger if your a football fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 14, 2004 #13 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Why don't they just play as one team under FIFA just for the Olympics, then go back to having seperate Associations the rest of the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #14 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Why don't they just play as one team under FIFA just for the Olympics, then go back to having seperate Associations the rest of the time? Cos FIFA an the Olympics are totally seperate. FIFA wont allow them to do that. If britain entered a team FIFA would scrap our right to have seperate nations. As we are technically one country we only have special rights because we were one of the founder nations of FIFA.theyre desperate to scrap our special rights though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 14, 2004 #15 Share Posted August 14, 2004 I don't see it as special rights, Scotland, Wales and Ulster have every right to feild their own teams, we're sperate countries from England. FIFA is weird. Do you want seperate teams or would you rather have a British team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 14, 2004 #16 Share Posted August 14, 2004 (edited) heh and then just maybe the brits would beat australia at a sport:P Edited August 14, 2004 by bathory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 14, 2004 #17 Share Posted August 14, 2004 oh seperate without a douvt i love scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuffypuffer Posted August 15, 2004 #18 Share Posted August 15, 2004 I'm rooting for the Italian women, myself.... good for the Iraqis, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings of Selkhet Posted August 15, 2004 #19 Share Posted August 15, 2004 That's really, really awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 15, 2004 #20 Share Posted August 15, 2004 to be honest they only won one game. Its not that big deal really. There are shocks like this all the time in football IE: greece winnin the european champioships. Its good but it happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 15, 2004 #21 Share Posted August 15, 2004 heh and then just maybe the brits would beat australia at a sport:P LOL As much as it pains me to bring this up bathory but i seem to remember ENgland alone kicking Australia's ass in the rugby world cup mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 15, 2004 #22 Share Posted August 15, 2004 LOL As much as it pains me to bring this up bathory but i seem to remember ENgland alone kicking Australia's ass in the rugby world cup mate. a field goal does not constitute having ones ass kicked if i recall correctly, the last time the Australian Rugby team played the English, the english suffered a severe beating:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunarmdscissor Posted August 15, 2004 #23 Share Posted August 15, 2004 But they didnt beat them wen it mattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampChilde18 Posted August 15, 2004 #24 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Um this is all lost on me. THe only sport I like is Hockey, and that doesn't come up until the winter olypics. Meanwhile im ruduced to watching Gymnasts and swimming Not so fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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