Wednesday, November 24, 2010

World Cup 2010 Blog: The Best Headline You’ll See This Week

World Cup 2010 Blog: The Best Headline You’ll See This Week

Link to World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010

The Best Headline You’ll See This Week

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:43 AM PST

mean-girls

At first, while rubbing the disbelief from the ol’ baby blues, it looked to read “mean” instead of “men”, which I thought to be the next evolution in the desalination of society.

Turns out it’s a lot better than that.

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The story is equally ridiculous, and seemingly without “foundation”…or blush.


Feguifoot media officer David Monsuy explained to AFP: “They are saying that Genoveva Ayong Man and Salimata Simpaore are men. It was the press in Nigeria which started it, with Cameroon following afterwards.”

The accusations surfaced after the CAN in South Africa which was won by Nigeria who beat Equatorial Guinea 4-2 in the final – with the two finalists qualifying for next year’s women’s World Cup in Germany.

In its statement Feguifoot declared: “The accusations of the presumed presence of two men in the Nzalang women’s team are totally without foundation.”

…however, how cheeky would it be to slip in a man Juwanna Man-style and then arrogantly name s/he “Man”? I almost hope this is true.

We clearly need more gender chicanery in world football, if only for the headlines.