Iraqi Footballer shot dead in dying seconds of game.

[Jetl3on]

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An Iraqi football 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 Major 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.

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How many times have footballers, critics and fans repeated the phrase "he went down like he had been shot?"

[Muntu]

Andrés Escobar Mk II

[skinner05]

Drop ball?

[Gylen]

Good thread title

[scotal]

Muntu said:

Andrés Escobar Mk II

He wasn't playing at the time though was he?


Mind you, I've heard managers say "The crowd were the 12th man for us today", but this is taking it a bit literally.

[cazzer]

Any referee's know the correct restart procedure after that?
Free kick?
Penalty as he had only the goalie to beat when brought down?

[rsstman]

reminds me of Drogba

[C8PPO]

Gylen said:

Good thread title

Beat me to it...

[youngsyr]

Must have been a hell of a shot, assuming the player was running at the time and the shooter was at least 25 yards away.

[Muntu]

scotal said:

Muntu said:

Andrés Escobar Mk II

He wasn't playing at the time though was he?

No, but he was another footballer who was shot dead as a result of some displeasure by a 'fan'

[Spiritual_Beggar]

RAF sore losers then?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7947377.stm

[Eric Mc]

I think that the referee has to issue a Red card to the shooter.

Do they sell the magazine "Shoot" in Iraq?

[dibbers006]

RIP

Not nice

[scotal]

Muntu said:

scotal said:

Muntu said:

Andrés Escobar Mk II

He wasn't playing at the time though was he?

No, but he was another footballer who was shot dead as a result of some displeasure by a 'fan'

Well he scored an own goal, what can you expect?

[Jetl3on]

C8PPO said:

Gylen said:

Good thread title

Beat me to it...

Not me, that was the actual name of the article in Metro.

[[AJ]]

And some people think it would be fine for that nation to have nuclear weapons!

[TotalControl]

Utterly disgusting to see that a sport is taken THIS seriously from numpties. RIP dude.

[G'kar]

[AJ] said:

And some people think it would be fine for that nation to have nuclear weapons!

You may be thinking of Iran.

There has been some fairly significant activity to ensure Iraq doesn't, of late.

[TimJMS]

cazzer said:

Any referee's know the correct restart procedure after that?
Free kick?
Penalty as he had only the goalie to beat when brought down?

Penalty? Was he in the box at the time? He certainly was after.

[mr_krissy_kris]

TimJMS said:

cazzer said:

Any referee's know the correct restart procedure after that?
Free kick?
Penalty as he had only the goalie to beat when brought down?

Penalty? Was he in the box at the time? He certainly was after.