Kuwait football team at the 1980 Olympics
Posted by MarkSomeone upload a video of highlights of the Kuwait and Nigeria match that took place at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Kuwait won that match 3-1 (they scored an embarrassing self goal) and during the tournament managed to make their way to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by the Soviet Union 2-1. [YouTube]
Jul 23, 2012
The golden days of kuwait football :)
+ barcelona 1982
*sighs* … Really want those days to be back . It’s more like everything is going forward except soccer in Kuwait
The Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 were indeed remarkable. Mainly because of the boycott by 65 countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott#Non-participating_countries
They scored a self goal?
yup, player was passing it to goal keeper and he overshot it. you can see it in the video above.
I wonder where are these guys now! Would be nice if someone could get them to share their experience..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vjYVgADB_w
Forgotten, that’s what happened. It’s sad how Kuwait treated them as some sort of “Habba”
Shame, really.
For the full interview here >>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LVQdDnOiG8&feature=related
I don’t really understand arabic that much.. I just watched his expressions, he seemed really disappointed :/
Sad ..
The interview was basically how is his life when he retired and how much low the amount of money they gave him when he retired.
He only was the person of the time, that’s it. Just because he retired, Kuwait forgot him. Just like phone mobiles, as soon as the new thing comes out, the old thing because nothing.
The interviewer just wanted to point out that there are many people that were high before and forgotten just because they retired. Basically, asking the government to see how they are, give them the respect they deserve, in-grave/remember what they did in someplace, take care of them.etc