Hail Putin for showing true anti-nationalism and pro-peace instead of wars for ideology, the proposition nationhood of the bastardized, africanized and mongrelized west.

http://www.gumbopages.com/fridge/balkans.html

A recent National Geographic article on the sport’s popularity discusses Croat passion for football.

Israel shouldn’t be taken so lightly. You can be sure that they savor the role of spoiler. ”

They’ve got Andorra and Israel to play just once, in Ramat-Gan – they’ve already drawn with them in Moscow. Israel are a pain in the arse these days, they’ve held France, Switzerland and Ireland and cant be taken too lightly. But England mauled them last month and I think Russia will get the win they need. Russia’s luck has turned, and that means a lot in football. I dunno off hand, but I’m fairly sure there are some FSU players in the team. To be honest I’m not an Israel fan – they came and drew in Dublin a few years ago and surely set a new world record for time-wasting and gamesmanship during the game. They arent a bad team, but England and Croatia have shown them what’s what, something neither Ireland nor France could manage in recent years.

Israel shouldn’t be taken so lightly. You can be sure that they savor the role of spoiler.

Be curious to know how many, if any of former Soviet background are on the Israeli side? Israeli sports has noticeably benefitted from such folks.

Football is especially prone to this, and is one of the reasons its so popular. In sports like ruby, cricket, the better team does generally win. Thats not to take away from Russia though, who, though they rode their luck, did deserve at least a draw and got a win in the end. All they need now is to win in Israel; they should manage that though. Hiddink is as cute as a fox.

As per Euro. matches, in the colonies we unfortunately only get Champions League matches on regular cable TV.

Football (soccer) is a lot like ice hockey. Lucky bounces can make the outplayed team a victor, in a way not that’s not as frequent with some other sports.

I’ve a piece written on it that I’m sending to Sean. I’m delighted Russia won, but they were extremely lucky – the match turned on a poor refereeing decision.