Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Things are getting ugly

There's been a lot of talk the last few days about Switzerland's big win over Turkey in the World Cup soccer playoff match last Saturday. Not that I really ever know if something is the talk of the town here, but I think it's been a big deal. Sounds like things have gotten ugly between these two teams. Following Turkey's complaints that Swiss fans "whistled and jeered" during the Turkish national anthem on Saturday in Bern, the Swiss team was given a hostile reception upon arriving in Turkey yesterday. According to CNN, Turkish fans threw eggs and tomatoes at the bus carrying the Swiss players as it left the airport. Can't we all just get along?