Zayed for Ireland

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia

Al-Hilal (الهلال) is a relatively common club name in Arabic. There's clubs called that more than just Saudi: look at Sudan, Libya, Yemen, etc. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there was a Kazakh Al-Hilal. In fact, that would be the reason for specifying "Al Hilal of Kazakhstan"

stovelid wrote:

I wonder could we get his dopey sister framed on a fake adultery charge over there when she vistis him?

You're not a very nice person

Oatesy23 wrote:

It wouldn't suprise you? That's weird. Hilal is an Arabic term. Kazakhstan is not Arabic. It would make no sense to Kazakhs

Not quite. It's a good point to make but not that simple. Arabic is relatively commonly understood, if not spoken or used, in many countries as the de facto language of Islam. It wouldn't be spoken as a day-to-day language or anything but most Muslims would recognise a common term like 'crescent' (Al-Hilal/الهلال). A bit like how scraps of Latin survive in some Christian communities

All of which is pretty irrelevant though: I've just checked the ASF website and it confirms that the team in Group D was Al-Hilal (KSA). Bad journalism is bad journalism