L'Iran surmonte ses divisions pendant 90 minutes, puis les mêmes vieux problèmes ressurgissent.
À Los Angeles, le soutien incluait des partisans des anciens et actuels régimes, ainsi que leurs opposants, mais un match qui a captivé tout le monde n'a pas pu dissiper les troubles. Le football unit, dit-on. Il surgit, majestueux dans la grâce des joueurs, et offre à un peuple – n'importe quel peuple – une cause autour de laquelle se rassembler, dans les bons comme dans les mauvais moments. C'est vrai, cela arrive parfois. Mais parfois aussi, comme lors du match nul 2-2 de lundi 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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