O Irã supera suas divisões por 90 minutos, mas os mesmos problemas de sempre retornam.
O apoio em Los Angeles incluía aqueles de regimes passados e presentes, e opositores de ambos, mas uma partida que cativou a todos não conseguiu dissolver os problemas. O futebol une. É o que nos dizem. Ele chega de repente, majestoso na graça dos jogadores, e dá a um povo – qualquer povo – algo em torno do qual se unir nos bons e maus momentos. É verdade, isso acontece ocasionalmente. Mas outras vezes, como no empate de 2 a 2 de segunda-feira 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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