伊朗克服内部分歧90分钟后，老问题又卷土重来。
洛杉矶的球迷既有过去和现在政权的支持者，也有反对者，但这场吸引了所有人目光的比赛却无法化解足球带来的种种问题。我们常被告知，足球能够团结人心。它如同雄伟的巨星般席卷而来，球员们的优雅风范令人叹为观止，它能让任何群体——无论顺境逆境——都找到共同的依靠。的确，这种情况偶尔会发生。但有时，比如周一那场2-2的平局……
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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