Saudi Arabia Players Want Church Built Near Hotel Demolished

Date: 27-07-2011 11:01 am (12 years ago) | Author: Daniel Bosai
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- at 27-07-2011 11:01 AM (12 years ago)
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I find this absurd!

Reports from Colombia, venue of this year’s FIFA U-20 World Youth Championship, WYC, say Nigeria’s first round foes, Saudi Arabia, have demanded that a church at their hotel in Armenia be pulled down because they are putting up in the premises.

Media Officer of the Flying Eagles, Sam Audu, told P.M.Sports from the team’s camp early today that a news report by one of Colombia’s leading television stations, Caracol, says that the Saudis, who are Muslims, have asked that the church built inside the sprawling Las Camelias Hotel Campestre be brought down.

The church is directly behind the hotel, which is nestled in a thick forest. “Everyone was dazed when the Saudis ordered that the House of God be demolished,” Audu said.

It was gathered that the manager of the hotel has reacted by saying there is nothing they can do about the church, adding that FIFA saw it before it approved the hotel to host the teams for the WYC.
According to Audu, the Saudis reluctantly checked into the hotel yesterday evening.
“Colombia is predominantly Catholic and in both private and public places symbols of that faith are proudly displayed,” the Flying Eagles Media Officer stated.
FIFA is yet to react to the development as at the time of filing this report, but Nigerian players and those of the other teams are not comfortable with Saudis’ stand on the church.
The four teams in Group D, Croatia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Guatemala will stay at the 101-room hotel.
Just as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia will play two games in Armenia. They take on Croatia on Sunday, after the clash between Nigeria and Guatemala on 3 August, and will tackle Guatemala also at the venue.
The 21,000-capacity Estadio Centenario will also stage a second round match.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are one of the country’s most successful sides having won the African Youth Championship a record six times.
At the World Cup stage, the Nigeria U-20 squad have twice lost in the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and were third at the 1985 edition in the former Soviet Union.
Their last AYC triumph was in May this year, when the current team beat Cameroon 3-2 in a thrilling final in Soweto, South Africa.

To reach the 2011 AYC they had to beat both Mauritius and Guinea in the qualifying series.
The core of this team is from the Golden Eaglets Class of 2009, who were beaten by Switzerland in the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on home soil.
They prepared for the World Cup with residential training first in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt before they left for a more concentrated training in Faro, Portugal.
They rounded off their World Cup build-up before featuring in a four-nation invitational tournament in Panama, where they played goaless draw with Panama and lost two games, 2-0 to Portugal and 4-1 to Mexico.
They are solid in defence and with the right service from midfield, they can run up the scores against the other teams.


Source: PM News


Posted: at 27-07-2011 11:01 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- godwindave at 27-07-2011 11:45 AM (12 years ago)
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This is how devil uses them to cause troubles. Shit happens

Posted: at 27-07-2011 11:45 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- princeabedi at 27-07-2011 11:49 AM (12 years ago)
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phyuking set of players, wht has church got to do wit them?
Posted: at 27-07-2011 11:49 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- treasure1112 at 27-07-2011 11:56 AM (12 years ago)
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lol
Posted: at 27-07-2011 11:56 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- monday3 at 27-07-2011 11:59 AM (12 years ago)
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ANIMALS.THIS IS HW MUSLIMS LIKE TO CONTROL EVERY WHERE THEY DEY.STUPID PEOPLE .GOD WILL SUFFER ALL DIRTY MOUTH THAT OPEN TO SAY THAT TRASH.BLOOD SUCKERS.FOOLS. NONSENSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.GOD WILL DAMAGE THEIR  LEVIES ONE BY ONE.I HATE THIS NEWS I HEAR NW.THEIR MAMA AND THERE PAPA ASS.phyuk THEM ALL.    
Posted: at 27-07-2011 11:59 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Alphamale at 27-07-2011 12:00 PM (12 years ago)
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Those players should be lashed, at least 12 strokes of the cain each for being too audacious.

They(Players) should have "ordered" that the match be played in a large mosque. Scallywag!
Posted: at 27-07-2011 12:00 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Micheall at 27-07-2011 12:13 PM (12 years ago)
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Mark my words, those punk will be the first team to leave, their ass will be wooped
 by Nigeria, and they will leave the country shouting Alaahuwak paru!
Posted: at 27-07-2011 12:13 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- interpo77 at 27-07-2011 12:32 PM (12 years ago)
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u can see the rudeness in the lives of muslims, how can u demand unaffordable demand in the nation that is not urs?
what a stupidy set of human beings,. just wait and see the comments of ajani and cadnre defending the
radicalism of muslim ,FIFA has to take this serious and even sack them from this tournerment,
 they better go home than bombing the houx of God,sillys
Posted: at 27-07-2011 12:32 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- godwindave at 27-07-2011 12:36 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: monday3 on 27-07-2011 11:59 AM
ANIMALS.THIS IS HW MUSLIMS LIKE TO CONTROL EVERY WHERE THEY DEY.STUPID PEOPLE .GOD WILL SUFFER ALL DIRTY MOUTH THAT OPEN TO SAY THAT TRASH.BLOOD SUCKERS.FOOLS. NONSENSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.GOD WILL DAMAGE THEIR  LEVIES ONE BY ONE.I HATE THIS NEWS I HEAR NW.THEIR MAMA AND THERE PAPA ASS.fcuk THEM ALL.    

Posted: at 27-07-2011 12:36 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- ourhearts at 27-07-2011 12:46 PM (12 years ago)
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WHAT A VIOLENT RELIGION? THEIR FATHER....
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- hans121 at 27-07-2011 01:02 PM (12 years ago)
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lol Cheesy
Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:02 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
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- Angelita2 at 27-07-2011 01:11 PM (12 years ago)
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guys be careful the way you use your dirty mouth.
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- lanudja at 27-07-2011 01:21 PM (12 years ago)
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U can imagine that rubbish. What a violent religion... Na wa ooo
Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:21 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- luqcyking at 27-07-2011 01:33 PM (12 years ago)
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Reports from Colombia, venue of this year’s FIFA U-20 World Youth Championship, WYC, say Nigeria’s first round foes, Saudi Arabia, have demanded that a church at their hotel in Armenia be pulled down because they are putting up in the premises.

Media Officer of the Flying Eagles, Sam Audu, told P.M.Sports from the team’s camp early today that a news report by one of Colombia’s leading television stations, Caracol, says that the Saudis, who are Muslims, have asked that the church built inside the sprawling Las Camelias Hotel Campestre be brought down.

The church is directly behind the hotel, which is nestled in a thick forest. “Everyone was dazed when the Saudis ordered that the House of God be demolished,” Audu said.

It was gathered that the manager of the hotel has reacted by saying there is nothing they can do about the church, adding that FIFA saw it before it approved the hotel to host the teams for the WYC.
According to Audu, the Saudis reluctantly checked into the hotel yesterday evening.
“Colombia is predominantly Catholic and in both private and public places symbols of that faith are proudly displayed,” the Flying Eagles Media Officer stated.
FIFA is yet to react to the development as at the time of filing this report, but Nigerian players and those of the other teams are not comfortable with Saudis’ stand on the church.
The four teams in Group D, Croatia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Guatemala will stay at the 101-room hotel.
Just as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia will play two games in Armenia. They take on Croatia on Sunday, after the clash between Nigeria and Guatemala on 3 August, and will tackle Guatemala also at the venue.
The 21,000-capacity Estadio Centenario will also stage a second round match.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are one of the country’s most successful sides having won the African Youth Championship a record six times.
At the World Cup stage, the Nigeria U-20 squad have twice lost in the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and were third at the 1985 edition in the former Soviet Union.
Their last AYC triumph was in May this year, when the current team beat Cameroon 3-2 in a thrilling final in Soweto, South Africa.

To reach the 2011 AYC they had to beat both Mauritius and Guinea in the qualifying series.
The core of this team is from the Golden Eaglets Class of 2009, who were beaten by Switzerland in the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on home soil.
They prepared for the World Cup with residential training first in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt before they left for a more concentrated training in Faro, Portugal.
They rounded off their World Cup build-up before featuring in a four-nation invitational tournament in Panama, where they played goaless draw with Panama and lost two games, 2-0 to Portugal and 4-1 to Mexico.
They are solid in defence and with the right service from midfield, they can run up the scores against the other teams.


Source: PM News
Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:33 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- open_reality at 27-07-2011 01:36 PM (12 years ago)
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Anyone who can't stand they mere sight of the church has an evil heart. He who is with a clear conscience has have nothing to worry about. They church of christ must stand while all enemies must bow. RUBBISH!!!

Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:36 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- open_reality at 27-07-2011 01:38 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: interpo77 on 27-07-2011 12:32 PM
u can see the rudeness in the lives of muslims, how can u demand unaffordable demand in the nation that is not urs?
what a stupidy set of human beings,. just wait and see the comments of ajani and cadnre defending the
radicalism of muslim ,FIFA has to take this serious and even sack them from this tournerment,
 they better go home than bombing the houx of God,sillys

nice post. Grin Grin Grin

Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:38 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- segxykay at 27-07-2011 01:39 PM (12 years ago)
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only God knows...................even if church dey beside hotel e no concine a player
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- rolifaith at 27-07-2011 01:40 PM (12 years ago)
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for wat dey should destroy their heads
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- oluwaseyi4 at 27-07-2011 01:51 PM (12 years ago)
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why did the they even biuld a church near an hotel
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- jackson4real at 27-07-2011 01:56 PM (12 years ago)
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pulling down a church becos of their 4weeks stay in a hotel is completely senseless. if they cant stand it, they might as well pull out of the hotel or better still pull out of the competition. EASY !!
Posted: at 27-07-2011 01:56 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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