Tuesday, June 13, 2006
More Fifa World Cup Craze
From Joyce’s blog: "..."us versus them”...if they're not on our side, then they're our enemies..."
It made me want to share something with you about the previous world cup.
In the 2002 World Cup “knock out rounds” Korea won Italy 2-1, which resulted in Italy being knocked out and Korea advancing to the quarterfinals. The person that made the winning goal was Ahn Jung-Hwan of Korea. For those that don’t know, Ahn Jung-Hwan plays professionally for an Italian team. The owner of the Italian team criticized Ahn Jung-Hwan for making the winning goal: “I am not going to pay the salary of a guy who has been the ruin of Italian soccer”. I believe the Italian team apologized and offered Ahn Jung-Hwan a contract but he refused.
I guess winning the Fifa Cup means a lot more to some people than others, and a whole lot more to the owner of that Italian team. He is a sore loser and he sure knows how to show it too...
It made me want to share something with you about the previous world cup.
In the 2002 World Cup “knock out rounds” Korea won Italy 2-1, which resulted in Italy being knocked out and Korea advancing to the quarterfinals. The person that made the winning goal was Ahn Jung-Hwan of Korea. For those that don’t know, Ahn Jung-Hwan plays professionally for an Italian team. The owner of the Italian team criticized Ahn Jung-Hwan for making the winning goal: “I am not going to pay the salary of a guy who has been the ruin of Italian soccer”. I believe the Italian team apologized and offered Ahn Jung-Hwan a contract but he refused.
I guess winning the Fifa Cup means a lot more to some people than others, and a whole lot more to the owner of that Italian team. He is a sore loser and he sure knows how to show it too...
# posted by Anonymous @ 6:14 PM 
