Yes people, the two "women" above are complaining about a team's good passing. (hello all).

Reading this gives the impression of an overexcited person giving a speech to a crowd. Only one thing missing..here:

Originally posted by NGONGE: Bring on the Germans. La roja played well against (yet another) defensive minded team and finally got their reward. The Germans will also defend but, against Spain (unlike England & Argentina) they will face two holding players plus Xavi and Ineista all congesting the middle of the park and keeping Swinetiger ( ) busy with extra defensive duties rather than playmaking. With Muller suspended, Podolski having to track back against the forward running Ramos and Klose being closely watched by the excellent Pique, the only German threat is likely to come from bloody Ozil. If Spain don't concede first (like England, Argentina and Australia) I comfortably believe that they'll win this game with goals to spare. But if the Germans are given a head start I can see this being a very close encounter. Viva Espana. Thus spoke NGONGE Del Bosque. Ahem..kubbada barta.

^^ Can just imagine you shouting at your TV screen "schnell, schnell, schnell". Achtung! Heil Kloser. Sieg Heil. Sieg Heil. Ich bin ein Berliner. Achtung. Achtung. ACHTUUUUUUNG!

Oppositioneller gewinnt Wahl in Somaliland Präsident Dahir Riyale Kahin abgewählt Hargeisa/Somalia - Der Kandidat der Opposition hat in der abtrünnigen Region Somaliland die Präsidentenwahl vom vergangenen Wochenende gewonnen. Die nationale Wahlkommission erklärte am Donnerstag Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo zum Sieger. Er erhielt 49,6 Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen. Das zweitbeste Ergebnis erzielte der derzeitige Präsident Dahir Riyale Kahin. Er werde sich an sein vor der Wahl gegebenes Versprechen halten, das Wahlergebnis auch bei einer Niederlage zu akzeptieren, sagte das abgewählte Staatsoberhaupt. MEHR ZUM THEMA Meer:Günstige Angebote von NIKI. Jetzt buchen Werbung Vier Tote Ein Überfall mit vier Todesopfern hat die Präsidentschaftswahl in Somaliland überschattet. Die Wahlkommission erklärte am Sonntag, eine Miliz aus dem benachbarten Puntland habe versucht, ein Wahllokal im umstrittenen Grenzgebiet zu stürmen. Nach dem Zwischenfall seien 34 Wahlbüros in der Region vorzeitig geschlossen worden, die von Somaliland und Puntland gleichermaßen beansprucht wird. Zuvor hatte die Wahlkommission noch von einem friedlichen Verlauf der Wahl gesprochen. Allerdings seien einige Wahllokale wegen des hohen Andrangs länger als geplant geöffnet gewesen, erklärte die Wahlkommission. Die mehr als 1,6 Millionen Wahlberechtigten mussten teilweise stundenlang vor den über 1.000 Wahlbüros Schlange stehen, um ihre Stimme für einen der drei Kandidaten abzugeben. Amtsinhaber Kahin: "Die Wahl ist entscheidend für die Zukunft von Somaliland" Neben Amtsinhaber Dahir Riyale Kahin, der 2003 mit knapper Mehrheit die erste Präsidentenwahl für sich entschieden hatte, traten Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo und Feysal Ali Warabe an. Alle drei versprachen, sich für eine internationale Anerkennung des Autonomiegebiets, Stabilität und Wirtschaftsentwicklung einzusetzen. "Die Wahl ist entscheidend für die Zukunft von Somaliland", sagte Kahin bei seiner Stimmabgabe am Samstag in der Früh in der Hauptstadt Hargeisa. Sein Herausforderer Warabe erklärte, auch ein denkbar knappes Ergebnis von nur einer Stimme Vorsprung anerkennen zu wollen. Kahins Vereinigte Demokratische Volkspartei (UDUB) lag vor sieben Jahren mit einem Ergebnis von 42,8 Prozent nur mit 80 Stimmen vorne. Zahlreiche internationale Wahlbeobachter waren in die Region gereist, berichteten aber über keine Zwischenfälle. Der Wahlkampf sei friedlich verlaufen, hieß es. Die konservative Regierungspartei, die liberale Kulmiye-Partei von Silanyo und die sozialdemokratische UCID-Partei des in Finnland lebenden Warabe hatten ihre Kampagnen auf unterschiedliche Tage gelegt, um etwaige Auseinandersetzungen zu vermeiden. Somaliland hat sich 1991 einseitig für unabhängig erklärt, das Gebiet wird von der internationalen Gemeinschaft nicht als eigener Staat anerkannt. Die Region hebt sich durch seine relativ stabilen und friedlichen Verhältnisse vom bürgerkriegsgeplagten Rest Somalias ab. Die bereits zweimal verschobene Wahl am Samstag fiel mit dem 50. Jahrestag einer vorübergehenden Unabhängigkeit Somalilands zusammen, das nach Ende des britischen Protektorats und vor dem Zusammenschluss mit dem Osten und Süden zur Republik Somalia am 1. Juli 1960 fünf Tage unabhängig war. Italienisch-Somaliland war 1941 von den Briten eingenommen und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg UNO-Treuhandgebiet geworden. Staatliche Ordnung nach Sturz von Diktator Barre 1991 zusammengebrochen In Somalia ist die staatliche Ordnung seit dem Sturz des Diktators General Mohammed Siad Barre 1991 zusammengebrochen. 2006 war die Armee des Nachbarlandes Äthiopien mit Zustimmung der USA in Somalia einmarschiert, die Intervention erwies sich als Fiasko. Das rücksichtslose Vorgehen der Besatzungstruppen, wie auch der Einsatz schwerer Waffen in Wohngebieten hatten wesentlich zur Radikalisierung der Bevölkerung beigetragen. Die jetzige Übergangsregierung hat nach dem Abzug der Äthiopier die Scharia eingeführt, wird aber von islamistischen Milizen hart bekämpft. Nach Angaben des Flüchtlings-Hochkommissariats der Vereinten Nationen (UNHCR) gibt es in Somalia eineinhalb bis zwei Millionen Binnenflüchtlinge. Bis zu 600.000 Menschen sind in Nachbarländer geflohen, allein 170.000 über das Meer in den Jemen. Wie in Somaliland gibt es auch in Puntland eine separatistische Administrationen. Die ursprünglich für August 2008 angesetzten Präsidentschaftswahlen am Samstag und Sonntag fanden unter strengen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen statt. Die Grenzen waren geschlossen und der Autoverkehr zeitweise verboten worden, wie Polizeichef Mohammed Sayadi Dubad erklärte. In der Hauptstadt Hargeisa standen die Wähler schon in der Nacht auf Samstag vor den Wahllokalen Schlange. Das offizielle Ergebniswird erst in einer Woche erwartet. Der Führer der radikalislamischen Shabab-Milizen, Ahmed Abdi Godane, der ursprünglich aus Somaliland kommt, hatte die Einwohner zuvor davor gewarnt, an die Urnen zu gehen. Dies werde "Konsequenzen" haben, sagte er in einer Radioansprache. (APA/apn) http://derstandard.at/1277336827524/Oppositioneller-gewinnt-Wahl-in-Somaliland Warya, JB, waxan inoo fasir, saaxib.

^^ Nothing selective, I remember both tournments as clear as day. They played well in both and the two I mentioned were players of the tournment (I think. Let me google this part). The best they played EVER? Saaxib, the Germans only were bad after 96. Before that they were a power to reckon with (they made the final in 82,86 and 90). Remember the actual teams they had back then? P.S. England were ok but not great. No team with Shearer up front could be called great, saaxib.

^^ Yes they deserved to win both Euro 96 and the 1990 World Cup (they had great teams in both). In 96 Matthias Sammer played as a sweeper (I think) and was, possibly, the player of the tournment (alongside Muller). In 1990 Lothar Matthaus was the main man for them and all their games were great to watch. P.S. I thought you said you watched these tournments!

^^ Did the Third Reich bomb Sheffield in World War Two or something? Why can't you 'stand' the Germans? Wale sheeko ingrees bad wadata. p.s. proper football fans care.

^^ Must be. Cameron only made that comment an hour and a half ago.

Adigu ma ilaa PM questions bad la socota?

^^ Why? Germany has been playing some of the best football at this world cup, saaxib. Don't think they'll look out of place as champions. Spain stuck to their own principles and managed to break down all the resistance they faced. Holland, on the other hand, fluked their way to the final and hardly played well. Even worse, Robben kept falling down everytime someone coughed in his direction and Van Bommel fouled his way all the way to the final.

Whoever Holland play in the final they are sure to lose and lose comfortably. Rubbish Dutch. Vamos Espania.

Lily, It takes forever to make dee (hours and hours). Sayid, Far noun One of the many parts that make a hand. Far verb To pass on a message Am I right or has my Arab tongue got twisted again?

^^ The Somali one is hard to make and rubbish to eat anyway. Big brown block of sugar with no flavour. Faheema has the will power to make xalwo dee. You will give up within the first two hours of stirring. P.S. made it@18, my bidaar.

^^ Uganda by the look of his e-mail address (or, it's just A&T using a pen name).

Ibti, I assumed he was going to send it when he goes back. It is already in London? TWO BOXES? And nobody told me? RACISTS. P.S. If I get you the ingredients and the recipe do you think you can make it? (I'm talking to deleted, not Ibti. Taa xita shaah ma taqaan).

See? got so excited I wrote xalwa wrong.

Omani xawla? Ana xaaal baan raba. And, let me tell you, two boxes are not enough.

I am upset indeed. I don't understand what's going on here.

War dadkaan wada waalan daya! His first visit will of course be to Villa Morgan (as Duke calls it).

Watched the clip last night. Can't imagine Norf or Ibti taking part in such celebration. They'll just stand in the corner and nod knowingly. And I thought it was my misfortune to only visit Burco at night! Looks like the best time for people to visit. I'm sure there was no celebration in Burco on the day I visited yet there were many people running around and making noise as much as the people in the clip. Oh! Maybe they were celebrating my visit.

I am glad you used the word ‘interesting’ rather than ‘good’, LST. It is interestingly MENTAL. The man is equating a penalty kick to the struggles of liberation, dictatorships and even poverty! It’s mad. Now I am not saying that there is no political mileage in football, of course there is and Jacob Zuma is milking it to his heart’s content. In Germany, Angela Merkel has been in trouble (politically) for the past few weeks. So what does she do? She leaves the troubles at home and travels to South Africa to watch the German team trash Argentina. She soaks the reflected glory of that win and, as a result, improves her approval ratings amongst Germans (pictures of her shaking a triumphant fist have become synonymous with German victories, even though it is only football). On the other hand, the Italians and French were both sent home in utter humiliation. The French, for their part, have involved parliament, the president and most sections of society in dissecting this humiliation and arriving at reasons as to why it happened. Not one person has suggested a new French revolution or harked to the cake offers of Madame Antoinette. Not one person has genuinely spoken of the return of the guillotine or the beheading of the players (at least not literally). In Italy, though questions have been raised about the defeat of their team nobody started engaging in any form of naval gazing or called for the players to be thrown into the Tarpeian Rock! There was no mention of Caesar, Marius, Sulla or even Mussolini. Nobody spoke about any inherent defects in the Italian character. Only in England, where the team has also been disappointing, have they touched upon the faults in the English character. However, the accusations did not extend to the entire English nation but was rather centered on the character of rich, spoilt and uncaring footballers. There wasn’t even a mention of the spirit of Dunkirk, the British Empire, the home of football or that crazy Norwegian commentator (your boys took one hell of a beating, etc). So why is this African nutcase talking of Ghana’s defeat (on penalties and when they dominated the game) as if it is the end of the world or a reflection of the African character? How can he fail to spot the clear positives here? This is not Hollywood. The South African team qualified as a result of being the host nation and not because they had a great team (in fact, I think they were the lowest ranked team in that tournament) yet, they did very well and were a whisker away from making it to the knockout stages. Algeria played well against England, the USA and Slovenia (having twice conceded critical goals in the dying seconds). One could positively argue that they matched their group stride for stride. Cameroon was a disappointment but, if we embrace the inferiority complex of this author, we could easily argue that Cameroon is not as developed (a nation) as Japan, Denmark or Holland. The Ivory Coast was in a very difficult group and didn’t make it to the knockout stages because the North Koreans decided to totally capitulate against Portugal (something they refused to do against the Ivory Coast). This brings us to the unlucky Nigerians. They lost to Argentina by one goal (a header from Heinze!). They lost to Greece as a result of a harsh sending off and but for that they should have easily won that game. They then struggled to beat South Korea though they dominated the game and fully deserved to go through (they missed some glorious chances in that game). This finally brings me to Ghana. The team that according to this writer was carrying the hopes and aspirations of all of Africa and let the entire continent down! Well, before talking about their games, one really needs to understand what this author wants? Did he really expect them to win the world cup? Does he first know how many countries won the world cup? You probably can count them on the fingers of one hand, yet this mad man expects an African team to come along and easily win it just because the tournament is held on African soil? Could it be possible that he (along with any that agree with him) have set his expectations a tad too high? Ghana played really well for the whole tournament. They did as well as they did in the last world cup and reached the last eight. They beat Serbia, gave Germany a very hard time and knocked out the USA for the second tournament in a row. Asamoah Gyn scored two penalties along the way and only missed the most important one in the last minute of the game against Uruguay. Yet, three minutes after that, he displayed great strength of character, resolve and single-mindedness in stepping up and taking the first spot kick for this country in the penalty shootout. There were no conquistadors, siege of Montevideo, Mugabe, Mandela, Nyerere or the half dozen others that the author mentions. This was a game of football with twenty two players. The author should keep this in mind so that the next time an African team loses in a major tournament; he can longingly hark back to the golden time of Gyan, Mensah, Annan, Boatang and others rather than the crazy notion of comparing football players to politics and matters of life and death. It’s only a game of football, you unpredictable Jabulani.

^^ That's just the north of England, saaxib. La ti war war.

^^ Horta adigu you were relegeted in the group stages. Go sit next to Juxa.