Iraqi fan kills soccer player during close game

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

Striker from amateur team shot in head as he was about to make shot

BAGHDAD - Police say an Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

Police Maj. Muthanna Khalid says a striker from the Buhairat amateur team was facing only the goalie during a Sunday match in Hillah when a supporter of the rival Sinjar club shot him in the head in the final minute of play.

Sinjar was leading 1-0 when the shooting occurred. Khalid said a spectator was arrested.

Read more: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29719517/

[Renew Deal]

1. Shooting the ball would have been more effective

:wtf:

[gratuitous]

2. Just win, baby

What's the problem, here? Nobody in the United States, home of the Bush Doctrine, should have anything negative to say about this story. The proper application of violence achieved the desired end. "Hallelujah!" trills the choir at the High Church of Redemptive Violence.

[KG]

3. 'an armed society is a polite society' -

:eyes:

[TheWraith]

4. Well, that's one way to make soccer interesting. nt

[Marrah_G]

5. I will never understand the violence associated with Soccer.

[soothsayer]

7. They throw lit cigarettes and stuff at motorcycle riders in timed trials

in France and elsewhere in Europe.

[Marrah_G]

8. Wierd.

[apnu]

11. Also Tour de France riders (Lance Armstrong notably) have been spit on during the event. (nt)

[Threedifferentones]

9. Although I cannot comment on this case specifically, I can say:

In many parts of the world soccer fandom is actually highly political. Say there are two teams in the Ukraine that are very close to each other geographically, and they are rivals. Fans of both teams are from many of the same places. The thing is, often times people who are socialist will be for one team, and conservatives for the other. So, when the two teams play eachother, the fans see it as much more than a soccer game, they are political rivals as well as sports rivals.

Imagine if all the crazy freepers in America rooted for the Yankees, and all the most radical DUers were Mets fans. The 2000 World Series might have thrown the country into Civil War!

I do not believe at the pro level this really happens in American sports, which is why are fans are much less likely to be murdered at a game.

[soothsayer]

6. This makes Eagles fans look like serious pussies by comparison.

[RebelOne]

10. That's definitely what I would call a poor loser. n/t