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5. Whoever wins, there will be some funny headlines in their media tomorrow

Reply to Lars77 (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 01:53 PM

Jun 2012

After Russia beat Sweden in a 2008 European cup match, a headline in a Russian paper read:

'Novaia Poltava' ('New Poltava')

Poltava was the site of a 1709 battle between Sweden and the Russian Empire, where the Russians won a big victory. They went on to win the war and this is often cited as a major step in Russia's emergence as a great power and Sweden's decline into secondary power status.

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