Match Report: A Goal for Peace?

Chaos better decribes last night's match. After all the talk about stars of the world taking part in the "Goal for Peace" charity match against Iraq, we were looking forward to seeing this one—imagine, a select few of our gents on a team alongside such hotties as Kaka and Pato, among others—we ought to have known it was too good to be true.

It seems there were some slight complications with the event arrangements: in addition to the players who never recieved their tickets, the date and time mix-ups, and the non-existent hotel reservations, the kit for the World Stars wasn't ready and the medical insurance was apparently forgotten.

After around an hour's delay, the twelve veteran players who constituted the World Stars were dressed in another team's kit for the match, which ended up being the only event of the night in lieu of the extensive program that was previously planned.

While some were tearing their hair out, our man Pep seemed amused by the whole affair. He and Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti spent the entire time chatting and laughing together, undoubtedly over the ridiculousness of their situation.

As for the match itself, it was so monotonous that even the referee got bored and ended it at eighty minutes—not that anyone seemed to care. The score in the end was World Stars 2-1 Iraq.

We're not that disappointed though—after all, the cameras spent a lot of time focused on Pep and we spent a happy nin—er, eighty minutes drooling over the world's hottest coach.