The Bud isn’t for Saudis

While World Cup Blog remains firmly committed to our boycott of that paint thinner known as Budweiser during our stay in Germany, the players for Saudi Arabia are refusing to accept FIFA’s Man of the Match awards because it is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, the company that makes the awful beer. “If any of our players play well enough to deserve a man of the match award, they will refuse to accept it. It’s simple,” said a spokesman for the Saudi Football Federation who goes on to explain that the decision has nothing to do with the beer’s quality, or lack thereof, but because of cultural and religious reasons.

Apparently the winner of the Man of the Match is given a silver mug with the Anheuser-Busch logo on it.

With Saudi Arabia playing Spain and Ukraine next, somehow I don’t think they’ll be turning down too many awards this World Cup. Their team did play well against Tunisia, however. After bashing the match for six months I can admit I was wrong. It was much more interesting than those England games and don’t even get me started about France - Switzerland….