Saturday, September 15, 2007

Why is Soccer so Serious?

We've all been there. You sit and watch your favorite sports team fail to win when you know they should, so you yell and scream. Occasionally fans will riot after a win, but for the most part a loss means you sulk. Apparently not when soccer is involved.

A man in Albania, Vilson Alushi, had vowed to burn his fish-delivery van if Albania failed to win against the Netherlands on Wednesday. Well guess what happened? Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal in injury time to end the game 1-0. I will hand it to Alushi though, he promptly went out to his van, doused it in gasoline and watched it burn. His friends alerted the fire department (probably cause they needed a ride home), but there was no water though because residents had drained the station due to a flood. I can only guess that the van is char-broiled.

Lunatic burns own van over soccer [msn.com]

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