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Craig HillIraq defeats Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Cup
July 30th 2007 06:41
The Iraqi soccer team gave their war-torn country a huge boost and something to cheer about when they beat Saudi Arabia to win the 2007 Asian Cup.
In a huge upset win for Iraq against Saudi Arabia, the three-times winner of the Asian cup, the underdogs dominated their more illustrious opponents to win 1-0 despite wasting glorious opportunities to seal a much bigger win.
Iraqi captain Younis Mahmoud scored the winner in the 71st minute when he climbed above the defence at the far post and headed a perfectly-weighted corner from Hawar Mulla Mohammed into the net.
That was enough to seal the win for the underdogs with Saudi Arabia unable to find a way past the Iraqis, who had the best defence in the competition, conceding just two goals in six matches.
After the unlikely win, Iraq's Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira said: "This is not just about football... this is more important than that. This has brought great happiness to a whole country. This is not about a team, this is about human beings."
[Source: AsianCup]
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The Italians are very passionate about their football, but some Sth American countries are really something else!!
Thanks for stopping by Ahmed!
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Comment by Michael Shillito
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All the religions and factions that are fighting among themselves on the streets united on the football field to win the tournament. At least it gives some sort of hope to the people there.
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I will handle your complaint...
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....and George W Bush is your reading, just take note how the country came together with celebrations in the street. Get out of Iraq now while things are good.
Comment by Stanley
hopefully one day soon they'll have a home game on iraqi soil.
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This was very much a fairy-tale victory for Iraq but they clearly deserved it, even from a football standpoint alone.
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