Spain hotel robbed while they played
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Spain hotel robbed while they played
Six players from the Spain squad had money stolen from their hotel rooms in Recife while they played their Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, Spanish media reported on Thursday.
The players affected, including Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, made the discovery after the world and European champions' 2-1 victory over Uruguay on Sunday.
The players affected, including Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, made the discovery after the world and European champions' 2-1 victory over Uruguay on Sunday.
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Re: Spain hotel robbed while they played
Nephew's mother in law travels there a lot. There is the "rich side" and the "poor side" pretty much in most major cities there. Nothing really in between. If you go, be prepared to spend up to be safe.
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Re: Spain hotel robbed while they played
do you think it will be (safety wise) worse than South Africa?
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Come to Ciudad Juarez, Brasil will then seem like Burnside.
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Clearly Spain must have skimped on accommodation.Bomber wrote:Nephew's mother in law travels there a lot. There is the "rich side" and the "poor side" pretty much in most major cities there. Nothing really in between. If you go, be prepared to spend up to be safe.
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South africa, brazil, russia, qatar - fifa have some great world cup locations. I'll go in 2026
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I lost interest in the world cup when they awarded it to Qatar.
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I thought after 98 there was no interest for youAdolf Hĩtler wrote:I lost interest in the world cup when they awarded it to Qatar.
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No, it was after 1945!Ciudad Juarez wrote:I thought after 98 there was no interest for youAdolf Hĩtler wrote:I lost interest in the world cup when they awarded it to Qatar.
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That's could be correct on two levels.Ciudad Juarez wrote:I thought after 98 there was no interest for youAdolf Hĩtler wrote:I lost interest in the world cup when they awarded it to Qatar.
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Re: Spain hotel robbed while they played
Apparently they were having orgies in another room whilst they were robbed.
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Re: Spain hotel robbed while they played
Police are hunting a thief trying to sell large volumes of alice bands, body lotion, facial moisture scrub and depilatory cream on the cheap in the markets around Brazil.