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Rafa Benitez flies to Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi lad play football,
is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to play for
Liverpool.
Two weeks later Liverpool are 4-0 down to United with only 20
minutes left. So Benitez gives the young Iraqi striker the nod, and on he goes.
The lad is a sensation and scores 5 goals in 20 minutes and wins the
game for Liverpool.
Benitez is delighted, the players and fans are delighted and the
media love the new star. When the player comes off the pitch, he phones his
Mum to tell her about his first day in English premiership.
"Hello Mum, guess what?" he says in an Iraqi accent. "I played for 20 minutes today,
we were 4-0 down but I scored 5 goals and we won. Everybody loves me - the fans,
the media, they all love me".
"Wonderful", says his Mum, "let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in
the street and robbed. Your sister and I were ambushed, robbed and beaten,
and your brother has joined a gang of looters, and all while you were having such a
great time".
The young lad was very upset. "What can I say Mum, except that I am very sorry?"
"Sorry?!!!" says his Mum. "It's your bloody fault we moved to Liverpool in the first
place!!"
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is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to play for
Liverpool.
Two weeks later Liverpool are 4-0 down to United with only 20
minutes left. So Benitez gives the young Iraqi striker the nod, and on he goes.
The lad is a sensation and scores 5 goals in 20 minutes and wins the
game for Liverpool.
Benitez is delighted, the players and fans are delighted and the
media love the new star. When the player comes off the pitch, he phones his
Mum to tell her about his first day in English premiership.
"Hello Mum, guess what?" he says in an Iraqi accent. "I played for 20 minutes today,
we were 4-0 down but I scored 5 goals and we won. Everybody loves me - the fans,
the media, they all love me".
"Wonderful", says his Mum, "let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in
the street and robbed. Your sister and I were ambushed, robbed and beaten,
and your brother has joined a gang of looters, and all while you were having such a
great time".
The young lad was very upset. "What can I say Mum, except that I am very sorry?"
"Sorry?!!!" says his Mum. "It's your bloody fault we moved to Liverpool in the first
place!!"
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