According to a recent poll, it seems that a bunch of Russians are sitting around bars patiently wondering why their team has yet to appear in the World Cup. Yes, even though their team didn’t even qualify for the world’s biggest sporting event, 8 percent of Russians still believe their mighty squad will take home the gigantic trophy (I assume) the World Cup is featuring. Yahoo.com:
Eight percent of Russians believe their national team will win the World Cup, despite the fact that it never qualified for the tournament, an independent poll has showed.
Russian pride was shattered when its team was denied a place at the world’s most-watched sporting event, currently underway in South Africa, when they were defeated by Slovenia in the qualifying stage.
The poll, conducted by Russia’s Levada Centre between the 18th and the 22nd of June, surveyed 1,600 Russian adults across 130 cities.
This just shows how superior the United States schooling system is to the rest of the world. U-S-A! U-S-A! Who cares that if we did a similar poll as of today, 15 percent of America would probably pick our national team to win it all? No poll means no facts.
What do that 8 percent of Russian citizens think their country is going to do, have the KGB steal it? Yeah, I wouldn’t put it past them.
Prime Minister Putin: “Zis is de boxing gloves zat Ivan Drago used to kill de Apollo Creed in Rocky IV! Great moment of Russia pride, you know!”
President Obama: “That…that was fictional, you know that right? The actor who played Drago wasn’t actually Russian, he was Swedis-
Putin: “SILENCE! We use de first half of it for demonstrating Russian superiority over your grimey Americans in de elementary schools. Possession of ze second half means you are eaten by ze pigs. Hoo, okay, zis is de World Cup trophy we won in de 2010! My eyes well up wiz ze tears whenever I think of how many men we lost in order to acquire zis!”
Obama: “Wait, that doesn’t count. You STOLE that.”
Putin: “DETAILS, DETAILS!”
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Absent Russia will win World Cup says 8 percent of nation [Yahoo News]
