How the Pixie Becomes Magical
Slovenia might have gotten some unrequested assistance from Sir Walter Raleigh when they faced Russia in their two-legged World Cup finals playoff last month.
From Reuters: “The Russian FA (RFU) will investigate media allegations that national team players went late-night partying on the eve of last month’s World Cup playoff against Slovenia.”
A televised report appeared on the state-run Channel One that players had been out the night before the home leg drinking and smoking hookahs until the early morning hours. The RFU has sent letters to both Channel One and the Marriot Grand, the hotel where the team had been staying, looking for information on the reliability of the report.
Russia ended up drawing 2-2 over the two legs, but was eliminated from the World Cup on away goals.
Ireland is advising Russia on how to complain to the international community in the hopes that the tobacco can be unsmoked and the match, which Russia won anyway, replayed; and failing that appeal to the laws of space time, petition FIFA to include a 34th team. All we need now is for Costa Rica to pipe up that they were unfairly undone by a goal that should have been disallowed for offside, and we’re just one team shy of a ninth group.
This is par for the course – we had a Russian on my rec team who used to smoke at half-time.
There’s a reason I moved to goalie on my rec team…
More time for enjoying delicious Camel Filters.
Dimitar Berbatov approves.
In communist Russia, hooka smokes you
>which Russia won anyway
Its only a problem if you lose and get caught.
Sort of like cheating on the wife.