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Cambodia has banned foreign players from taking part in its cup competition for being "too good", the country's soccer chief said on Friday.

 

Most of the 30 teams competing in the Hun Sen Cup favoured the ban because they had an unfair advantage over local players

 

"They're taller, stronger and more experienced, so it's unfair if we let them play. They're too good compared with Cambodian players."

 

The ruling means North Korean, Nigerian and Brazilian imports will have to sit it out until May before the new league season begins.

 

Sao Sokha said the ban did not violate FIFA rules and that it was the wish of the country's powerful premier to develop local soccer talent.

 

"We are not discriminating against foreigners, but the prime minister wants to give our Khmer players a chance to win and to gain some national pride,"

 

Hun Sen has offered $10,000 of his own money to the winning team with prizes of $5,000 for the runners up.

 

Coach Los Salakhan, whose team Khemara won last year's Cambodian Premier League with the help of Brazilian and North Korean players, said he had to accept the decision.

 

"If they let them play then they play, if not they just stand and watch the game,"

 

adding that his North Korean players had not kicked a ball since December and had already left the country.

 

Cash-strapped Cambodia is one of South East Asia's least successful soccer nations and are currently 176th in the FIFA rankings.

 

They failed to reach this year's ASEAN championships after finishing behind minnows Laos and the Philippines in the pre-qualifying tournament.

 

 

http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6387918,00.html

 

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imagine if they did that for the cup in this country

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You're just spamming now.

 

hows that??

 

You're been steadily increasing the number of shit un-newsworthy articles you post over the last few weeks, both in here and in GC. At least put some bloody comment on it and try to generate some debate.

 

Cambodian football news for fucks sake.

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You're just spamming now.

 

hows that??

 

You're been steadily increasing the number of shit un-newsworthy articles you post over the last few weeks, both in here and in GC. At least put some bloody comment on it and try to generate some debate.

 

Cambodian football news for fucks sake.

 

might aswell post topics such as

 

Anyone tried Vista?

FaceWarp

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The bullshit 606/fake/nonsense/annoyingly irrelevant transfer rubbish thread

 

fucking hell

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had nobby not posted this story i would have not known of its existance, and would be all the worse for it in my opinon.

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Dear Santa,

 

For next Christmas I wish Nobby drops into the ocean on a fishing trip, a great white shark stops by and bites both of his fucking hands off.

 

Ta,

 

Kasper

 

 

Edit:  Forget that. Santa=Easter bunny

 

Don't think I can survive with his bullshit till Christmas

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They'll only develop by playing with and against better players. Backwards doesn't even come into it!

 

ahhh.. please.. they even did not include in latest AFF Cup... usually their national team get slammed more than 7 goals... if too much foreign player than develop first their national footballer... it ain't be any footballer left from cambodia... and btw... their problem is making the gap between club in Cambodia becoming more huge... don't think all club in Cambodia can afford to have foreign player in their squad either....

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Cambodia has banned foreign players from taking part in its cup competition for being "too good", the country's soccer chief said on Friday.

 

Most of the 30 teams competing in the Hun Sen Cup favoured the ban because they had an unfair advantage over local players

 

"They're taller, stronger and more experienced, so it's unfair if we let them play. They're too good compared with Cambodian players."

 

The ruling means North Korean, Nigerian and Brazilian imports will have to sit it out until May before the new league season begins.

 

Sao Sokha said the ban did not violate FIFA rules and that it was the wish of the country's powerful premier to develop local soccer talent.

 

"We are not discriminating against foreigners, but the prime minister wants to give our Khmer players a chance to win and to gain some national pride,"

 

Hun Sen has offered $10,000 of his own money to the winning team with prizes of $5,000 for the runners up.

 

Coach Los Salakhan, whose team Khemara won last year's Cambodian Premier League with the help of Brazilian and North Korean players, said he had to accept the decision.

 

"If they let them play then they play, if not they just stand and watch the game,"

 

adding that his North Korean players had not kicked a ball since December and had already left the country.

 

Cash-strapped Cambodia is one of South East Asia's least successful soccer nations and are currently 176th in the FIFA rankings.

 

They failed to reach this year's ASEAN championships after finishing behind minnows Laos and the Philippines in the pre-qualifying tournament.

 

 

http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6387918,00.html

 

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imagine if they did that for the cup in this country

 

Carr, Babayaro, Shambles and Butt would still be allowed to play, i reckon.

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