Irán supera sus divisiones durante 90 minutos, pero luego vuelven los mismos viejos problemas.
El apoyo en Los Ángeles incluyó a partidarios de regímenes pasados y presentes, y a opositores de ambos, pero un partido que cautivó a todos no pudo disolver los problemas. El fútbol une. Eso es lo que nos dicen. Llega majestuoso, con la gracia de los jugadores, y le da a un pueblo —a cualquier pueblo— algo en torno a lo cual unirse en los buenos y malos tiempos. Es cierto, eso sucede en ocasiones. Pero otras veces, como en el empate 2-2 del lunes entre…
Support in LA included those of past and present regimes, and opponents of both, but a match that captivated all could not dissolve troubles
Soccer unites. This is what we are told. It swoops in, majestic in the players’ grace, and gives a people – any people – a thing to rally around in good times and bad. It’s true, that does happen on occasion. But other times, as in Monday’s 2-2 draw between Iran and New Zealand here in southern California, the magic of this ridiculously simple game lies in its power to make one, or several, or several thousand, forget.
Before the game, Iranians worldwide had been divided by decades of political and cultural difficulty and the Iran team were hamstrung by interrupted preparations for what should be the pinnacle of any players’ career.
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