One of the beautiful things about the World Cup is that it allows people from all over the world to come together to share their love of the game. The World Cup gives people common ground and can bring them together in a way that politicians fail to. No event symbolizes this better than when Iran played the USA in 1998. When these two nations were drawn into the same group, the world was stunned. There were perhaps no two nations on earth that had worse relations at the time. As soon as they were drawn against each other, people envisioned the match being an ugly and rough affair. In addition to that, the French officials heightened security for the match, as they feared violence in the crowd. What ended up happening was far from what anyone expected. The match was playing in amazingly good spirits. Both teams displayed an amazing amount of sportsmanship throughout the entire match. Iran and the USA teams both posed together for their team pictures, and the captains exchanged gifts at the center circle. It was an incredibly moving image. In addition to that, the players were very friendly throughout the game, and there was no nastiness between them. The fans were also very well behaved and got along very well with each other. Everyone was stunned by the amount of respect the two nations showed each other. As for the match itself, Iran defeated the USA 2-1. However, that took a back seat to the amazing amount of sportsmanship that was seen on that night. What will be remembered is the amazing ability that the World Cup has to bring hostile nations together and let sports triumph over politics.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:52:03 +0000
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