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Morales demands FIFA sanctions Chile for offensive chanting against Bolivia during Russia 2018 qualifier
President Evo Morales has called on the soccer authorities of Bolivia, the South American football confederation, Conmebol, and FIFA to sanction Chile for the offensive chanting towards Bolivians during the Russia 2018 Cup qualifier match played on Tuesday night in Santiago's Monumental Stadium. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHeh. Bolivia, a land with no coastline vs Chile, a coastline with no land.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 09:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'll just bet no one can beat them at La Paz though! Sounds fun trying to play while suffering altitude sickness.
What a delicate flower he is! It must be the influence of the girlfriend who he denied recently!
Sep 08th, 2016 - 01:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And WHO caused the initial problem of today,s dispute then? BOLIVIA! - you sided with Peru in the 1880s and jointly attacked what you both figured was a very small and weak Chile - but Chile fought back and kicked both your arses - and took a fair chunk of your territory as recompense.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bolivia - you are like Argentina over the Falklands - grow up and get over it - you started it - you lost! End of.
Grow up - and no doubt Chile might do a sea access deal- but Grow Up first
”sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will.........errrrrrr, nevermind.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sound like a load of Bolivia to me.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What a bunch of cry babies the Bolivians are.
Sep 09th, 2016 - 10:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0They have never stopped crying about losing a war in the 19th century and they cry when they don't like the chants at a football match.
@1
750,000 square kms is plenty of land.
“I'll just bet no one can beat them at La Paz”
I hope you are not a betting man. We regularly beat them at altitude.
@6 I think they just want the grievance.
Sep 09th, 2016 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's just an opportunity for good rhetoric that Morales couldn't pass up.
Sep 09th, 2016 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Plenty of low-life politicians from any country or culture would be all over a similar slight to their own country. “The National Pride” and all that.
@6 Condorito
Sep 09th, 2016 - 08:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just a joke, I know Chile is quite a big country really.
To be fair to the Bolivians, they were quite unlucky. Not only did they lose access to the sea, but the provinces Chile took have valuable copper deposits, as well as saltpetre used in fertiliser, which Chile has been getting rich from ever since.
@8 Bushpilot
True. Just look at China; they are always complaining that someone or other has 'hurt the feelings of the Chinese people'. Apparently they have very delicate feelings!
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