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Iraq coach slams AFC for hotel mix-up

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08:53, July 25, 2007

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Iraq coach Jorvan Vieira on Tuesday slammed the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) for leaving his players waiting for hours in hotel
lobby.

Iraqi players had to wait for four hours at the Prince Hotel lobby in
Kuala Lumpur after arriving from Bangkok on Monday before only eight
rooms were made available for 31 people, he said.

“We arrived at the hotel at 5:00 pm (local time) and then waited four
hours for only eight rooms,” said Vieira.

Vieira said the Iraqi team had planned to leave Bangkok on Sunday but
stayed an extra day on the AFC’s advice.

“The AFC said if we come to Malaysia on Sunday, we would have to stay in
another hotel and then move to the Prince Hotel the next day,” he said.

“The AFC must realise that this is not a tourist group. We are a national
football team. They gave us guarantees but they could not keep those
guarantees,” he complained.

Iraq will play against South Korea in the semi-final at the National
Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

Source: Xinhua

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