Excuse me, but is it somehow a German thing?
Iraq's soccer coach criticized the U.S.-led coalition for ignoring the needs of the national team and threatened to resign unless authorities help the squad prepare for the upcoming Asian championships.
"In a country without any working cinemas or theaters, where people are afraid to go out at night, the successes of our team are a matter of huge national pride," Bernd Stange said Sunday. "That's important for the return of normalcy. Doesn't the coalition, doesn't Paul Bremer understand this?"
Stange, from Germany, complained that Bremer, Iraq's chief U.S. administrator, had provided no support for the team and had not even called to congratulate the players after they qualified for the Asia Cup, the continent's most prestigious competition that will be played in China in June.
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