Ghurka rifles in, but it's disallowed for offside
One of the most fascinating games for FootballCynic this week was the South Asia Cup semi-final between Afghanistan and Nepal. A goal by Belal Arezou for Afghanistan broke the deadlock in the 100th minute and left the Nepalese with a mountain to climb, so to speak. Nepal are managed by Graham Roberts, whose career included stints at Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers and Chelsea.
Afghanistan now face hosts, India, in the Final. You just wonder whether Afghanistan have a player called Khyber, so that the headlines could read “Khyber pass leads Afghans to victory in India”. Nepal now compete in the Sherpa Vans Trophy.
Afghanistan now face hosts, India, in the Final. You just wonder whether Afghanistan have a player called Khyber, so that the headlines could read “Khyber pass leads Afghans to victory in India”. Nepal now compete in the Sherpa Vans Trophy.
Do you think they've reached such dizzy heights before? (FootballCynic writes: Indeed, they are at the peak of their careers)
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Over a cup of tea and toast with strawberry jam, Lady Knobhead was discussing at length the fortunes of Nepal in the SAAF Cup. "Do you think they kept it tight at back and relied on quick breaks from their nippy wingers?" she asked me. Now you may think Lady Knobhead has rather well informed about Nepal's formation but in fact she was drawn to this game by your reference to 'Nepalese'. According to Lady Knobhead, a Nepali is someone who comes from Nepal whereas Nepalese is someone from Nepal. I am afraid I had to stop midway through a bite of my toast for further clarification. Lady Knobhead gave me one of those looks which means "Weren't you listening?" and repeated the same explanation. So, we are none the wiser, but I was able to tell her that as Nepalis (I assumed she meant this was the right word) are quite short generally, they are nippy little blighters and rely on quick breaks - and Mr Roberts was no mug at putting it about (in a footballing sense, of course) to keep it tight at the back. This leaves me to report your omission, Mr Cynic. You should have pointed out that the Nepalese flag, or is it the Nepali flag, well, let's go for the flag of Nepal, is the only flag that is not a quadrilateral. In fact, I love this explanation from Wikipedia - The national flag of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in shape. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. So, there you have it. Yours sincerely and vexillologically resuming toast and jam activities Lord Knobhead of Knebworthi. (FootballCynic writes: Does that mean we should call the Stoke City winger Jermaine Pennon?)
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Your pint is very germane. (FootballCynic writes: FootballCynic's pint? Oh ok, same again)
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