mediter
09-09-2007, 08:02 AM
honestly i never even knew we had control of malta at one pointJust a quick clarification:
Malta was not celebrating independence day from Turkey, but Victory day. Just after the Ottoman empire conquered half the world (of that time) it was time to take over Malta but despite sending an army of 48,000 against 8,000 Maltese, the Ottomans were completely destroyed in less than 5 months of fighting.
For those interested, they can read here about the Siege (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1565)).
This is just a clarification for what is being said and alleged above.
Now to the point about the game. You Turks can take pride of your team despite not winning yesterday, you still have a great team, although loosing two points yesterday may make it difficult for you to qualify, which I hope you do. It was a slip because perhaps the Malta team was not respected, but Malta is building up belief and now they play to win games and not just not to concede many goals. With a population of less than half a million, with very limited resources, when facing nations with millions of people, strong and talented like you, we have to look at our history for strength and belief. Well done Malta... we are right to celebrate... and good luck Turkey.
Malta was not celebrating independence day from Turkey, but Victory day. Just after the Ottoman empire conquered half the world (of that time) it was time to take over Malta but despite sending an army of 48,000 against 8,000 Maltese, the Ottomans were completely destroyed in less than 5 months of fighting.
For those interested, they can read here about the Siege (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1565)).
This is just a clarification for what is being said and alleged above.
Now to the point about the game. You Turks can take pride of your team despite not winning yesterday, you still have a great team, although loosing two points yesterday may make it difficult for you to qualify, which I hope you do. It was a slip because perhaps the Malta team was not respected, but Malta is building up belief and now they play to win games and not just not to concede many goals. With a population of less than half a million, with very limited resources, when facing nations with millions of people, strong and talented like you, we have to look at our history for strength and belief. Well done Malta... we are right to celebrate... and good luck Turkey.