Obscure International of the Week
Well there are a few weird ones this week, especially as every country is playing in the latest round of World Cup qualifying matches! However the most eye catching one has to be….
Iraq v Poland (Cape Town – 09/06/2009) not only a bizarre fixture but to play it so far away from either country is baffaling! I think the most amazing thing about this game is that they have met 4 times before!!!! Poland winning twice, Iraq once and one draw! Who the hell arranges games!!?! This can surely have no benefit to Iraq or Poland or Cape Town, who is going to watch it. With Iraqi’s not having teles because there always getting blown up and there is no one left in Poland because there all over here in Manchester! I also very much doubt that anyone in Cape Town will be that bothered!
So football in Iraq? Who knows whats going on?! The team in 5th place in their league is Robert Pires!!!! I wonder if Villareal know; and you can tell that where ever Arbil are based, it has been bombed more heavily that the rest as they have managed to played 8 less matches than anyone else!!! None of this makes any sense. I find it hard to believe that they have won the Asian cup and are in the Confederations cup! With the possibility of playing USA (now that’s an explosive fixture!) cant wait for that one!
Iraqi League
|
|
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
|
1 |
Duhok |
25 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
58 |
|
2 |
Arbil |
17 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
46 |
|
3 |
Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
25 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
42 |
|
4 |
Al Nafit |
25 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
38 |
|
5 |
Pires |
25 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
37 |
So on to Poland and lets face it there hardly brilliant! Ranked 40th in the world I don’t believe it! Ecaudor and Costa Rica are below them. Well that proves it the FIFA ranking system is nonsense! Simple as that! To be honest when you best player for (a hell of a long time) is a Nigerian born forward who plays in Cyprus its not a good sign for Polish football, but I suppose the new generation will be better as they will be training in English football academies! Little Michael Owenzyi or Wayzne Roonskiy will be heading the next Polish world cup campaign!
Also this week we have England v Andorra (Wembley – 10/06/2009). People that say there are no easy fixtures in world football obviously watch chase eggs or something! Because if this is not close to double figures I could turn my back on England! Andorra’s entire population would not even fill Wembley! A team of bakers and ski instructors should be getting battered off Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and Co!
