World Cup - Jeep-style…plus chocolate bars…
OK, this is a bit nutty (pardon this pun), but here we go. European football played with Jeeps.
With Saudi Arabia�s match against Tunisia in the world cup just two days away, rumour has it that camera phone footage featuring a sneak preview of a daring football match involving Jeeps and a one metre diameter football has been circulating via the web throughout the Middle East.
The match, dubbed �SNICKERS 4XFootball�, is reported to have been played amidst the frenzy of the World Cup�s first weekend. Football fans in the region are said to have demonstrated their true passion and craze for the �beautiful game� by participating in a �World�s First� 4X4 Jeep football match played in the desert.
Commenting on the initiative Tarek Abdallah, Category Development Manager, MasterFoods said: �SNICKERS shares the same hunger for the world�s most popular sport as football fanatics across the Middle East. SNICKERS has always been passionately involved in football and an event of this kind reflects our determination to bring the sport to life in a truly dynamic and out of the ordinary way. It was a great opportunity for us to create a world�s first and to elevate our love for football to a completely new level.�
The Jeeps were divided into two teams � four Jeeps representing Saudi Arabia and the other four representing Tunisia � to play in a high tempo match from sunrise to sunset on a 250m x 150m pitch with a one metre diameter ball.
To beat the summer heat, the game kicked off at 5am with jeeps tackling each other over sand dunes with the aim of scoring a goal. Excited Saudi fans cheered on their home jeep drivers for the incredible skills performed during the match.
Jeep experts juggled the ball and took hand-break turns with dare-devil driving tricks creating a striking in game sand storm culminating in a stunning finale with the match ending in penalties.
Saudi Arabia snatched victory in dramatic style and celebrated their success by showering each other with chilled water.
Mohammed Aziz, a Saudi Jeep expert, commented on the team�s victory, �This is one of the best and most fun ideas ever to be created in football history. We are so excited and thankful to SNICKERS for helping us manage an event of this kind. Football is not just a sport for us but a way of life. It is our passion and we have proved this today by participating in the world�s first ever 4×4 football match.�
I guess they’ve never heard of Rover Polo before…LOL
I first heard of it a few years ago while attending a Land Rover event. The idea is pretty simple:
Set up hay bails as goal posts, drop a basketball ball onto the field, drive your Rovers around and use brooms to try to knock the ball into the opposing team’s goal.
Overall, loads of fun - and surprisingly, no one even dented a fender.
Oh well, I guess this is the evolution of motorsports - right?
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