World Cup 2010 Blog: “Klaas Jan Huntelaar Scores, Eats Some Turf” plus 1 more

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Klaas Jan Huntelaar Scores, Eats Some Turf Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:21 PM PST A nasty mashing of the heads occurred during the Dutch victory over England during the international friendlies will surely have all clubs involved utterly thrilled to send everyone off to the next midweek friendly. The two gentleman in question, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Chris Smalling, both landed in the hospital, with Smalling sounding the worse of the two despite the fact that he wasn’t semi-conscious at best, having a turf dinner – and especially since Huntelaar scored on the play. Probably a different type of grass than he was used to enjoying while playing for Ajax, however.

Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan Sets New Cap Record Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST A pretty astonishing achievement was had for Egyptian captain Ahmed Hassan today, earning his 179th cap, which requires an advanced degree simply to count that high. The list is impressive stuff, if only because the top 5 includes not one but two named ‘Hassan’ from Egypt. He’s also not done, which leaves the possibility of a 200th cap in sight. The list, via Wikipedia, undoubtedly steeped in truth: 179 – Ahmed Hassan, Egypt 178 – Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabia 178 – Claudio Suárez, Mexico 169 – Hossam Hassan, Egypt 167 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuador 167 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvia 164 – Cobi Jones, United States 164 – Adnan Al-Talyani, United Arab Emirates 158 – Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabia 157 – Martin Reim, Estonia Plus he had good things to say and deflected attention away from his record and onto the tragedy in Port Said. All around a very excellent performance from him. "Of course I'm happy with that achievement, but my happiness is not complete. I'm still saddened over the death of Ahly fans in the Port Said disaster," the evergreen midfielder, who departed Ahly last summer to join arch-rivals Zamalek, said on his official website after the game. "I've waited for that achievement for so long, but I hoped to get it in better circumstances." "My career with Egypt is not over yet. Some people said I carry on playing with the national team to earn a personal achievement, this is completely untrue," he added. "I will continue to serve the national team as long as I'm able to perform at the highest level." This man should be hoisted aloft everywhere he goes just to save his creaking legs so that we can all see number 200 achieved.

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