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This #World Cup#, Iran and the United States were divided into a group, and for some well-known reasons, the relationship between the United States and Iran is a little too mild to describe as deep hatred. And as early as the 1998 World Cup group stage, the match between Iran and the United States was called "the most political match in the history of the World Cup", so this time it will not be a moth.
However, there is one person who was born in Iran, grew up in the United States, worked for both national men's football teams, experienced the big war as an assistant coach of the American team, and then served as the head coach of the Iranian national team, and also came to the Chinese Super League to pan for gold, he is Afusin Guterbi. Below, let's follow Guterby's perspective to review the history of the US-Iran war.
Guterby, who has taught in both the United States and Iran
Born on February 8, 1964 in Tehran, Iran, to a teacher father, Guterbi could say that, if nothing else, Guterbi's future should be a quizzer and may never intersect with football. But when he was 13 years old, his father chose to remarry and move the family to Los Angeles, and the young Guterby followed his father to bid farewell to the homeland where he had raised him for 13 years and went to the United States.
After coming to the United States, Guterby was fortunate to enter the University of California, Los Angeles and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and it seems that Guterby is also working hard to be a quizzer. But Guterby's love of football began early, and when he recalled playing football as a child, Guterby always smiled and said: "Like many people, we use bricks and school bags as simple goals, and the streets are where we enlighten." ”
But with the World Cup grouping, everything has changed. With a big wave of his hand, then-American coach Sampson recruited Guterbi, who had no professional team experience, into the national team coaching team and entrusted him with the responsibility of inspecting the Iranian team. For a person born in Iran, Guterbi's inner thoughts are unknown to us, but they must be extremely complex.
U.S. coach Sampson once said: "Politics shouldn't affect football and I hope the two teams play fairly and positively and swap shirts after the game. "In fact, both teams are also working hard for the game.
The ups and downs of the game began before the match, and according to FIFA regulations, the teams in each match were divided into team A and team B, and team B usually walked to team A for a pre-match handshake. Iran played the B team, but Iran's supreme leader explicitly ordered that the Iranian team should not go to the American team. FIFA official Mehdad Masudi negotiated with representatives of the U.S. team and FIFA, hoping to change the tradition and get American players to take the initiative to go to Iranian players. Finally, in a carefully choreographed pre-match ceremony, the American players took the initiative to walk up to the Iranian players, who also presented the American players with white roses representing a symbol of peace.
Although the actions of the two teams before the game have the meaning of using football to resolve political grievances, as soon as the game starts, the two teams are really unambiguous, and the real knives and real guns are done.
At the beginning of the game, U.S. player Hergyuk shoveled Iranian defender Nader down during the attack.
Then the United States attacked in a big way, McBride and Rayner hit the pillar one after another, and for a time there was a rumor in front of the Iranian goal.
Iranian midfielder Minavande retaliated against Hedyuk and was shown the referee his first yellow card of the match.
Then the controversy ensued, when Iran's sharpened Aziz took advantage of an error by an American defender to get a one-handed chance, and was then saved by American goalkeeper Kohler, and the referee on duty did not say anything about the ball.
Aziz was controversily punished
In the 40th minute, the deadlock on the field was finally broken. Iranian winger Zachelin crossed and Estili aimed for the opportunity for American goalkeeper Kohler to stand up to the front and decisively scored with a violent header to give Iran a 1-0 lead over the United States.
The tearful celebration of Iranian striker Estili has also become a classic moment in the history of the World Cup. Estili is also regarded as Iran's national hero.
After the goal, the movements of both sides on the field were uncontrollable for a while.
Seizing the opportunity of the American team's overall pressure, in the 84th minute, Madavecchia single-handedly calmly pushed and then went down, completely bursting the emotions of Iranian fans.
After that, Iranian core Alidaii missed the opportunity to kill the game early.
Alidayi missed the opportunity
At the end of the game, McBride's goal gave the United States hope of equalizing, but the American players, who were eager to kick off, clashed with the Iranian players.
After the two sides did not achieve anything, the Iranian players could not hide their excitement after the victory, rushing inside to celebrate. And this match is also the only victory of the Asian team in this World Cup.
After Iran's victory, there were frantic celebrations in Tehran, with more than 1 million people taking to the streets to celebrate the "historic victory." Football is not about politics is well said, but in reality it is simply impossible. This game still cannot improve the confrontation between the United States and Iran.
Former USA guard Argus once said: "We did more in 90 minutes than politicians have done in 20 years." ”
Even Guterby later said: "Politics has always been part of football, we try to exclude it, we naively think that we are doing something good for humanity, but politics has a vital role to play anyway." ”
Another moment, Paris, 11 July 1998. On the eve of the World Cup final, in a room in a building on the Champs-Élysées, the idea of a US-Iran football friendship was brewing. There is no doubt that a friendly football match between the United States and Iran was a very bold decision at the time, and this decision will certainly be blocked by many forces, but under Massodi's mediation, the game was still successful. The tournament was the first high-level sports exchange between the two countries since diplomatic relations were severed in 1979.
In response, Massodi has said: "Every match between the two countries is precious and I have a feeling that this kind of game may not happen again." ”
On January 16, 2000, Iran drew 1–1 with the United States in a friendly match in Pasadena, California, United States. After the match, the Iranian players wore the U.S. jerseys they had exchanged and greeted the crowd after the draw.
The brutal game and mixed feelings about the United States and Iran eventually led Guterbi to the path of football coaching, eventually taking charge of the Iranian national team from 2009 to 2011, becoming the first American to coach Iran. As Iran's head coach, Guterbi had discussed the possibility of an ice-breaking friendly match with then-president of the U.S. soccer team, but in the end it was impossible to make the trip for various reasons.
After that, everyone is familiar with the situation, Guterby was twice in the Cangzhou Lions in 2016 and 2019, but finally chose to leave in 2021. For this World Cup, Guterbi said: "For Iran, the grouping is not bad, they have a chance to go further in the World Cup. ”
Although everything seems to be good, the situation has not developed in the direction that everyone had hoped, and the relationship between the two countries is still tense, and the second meeting of the two countries at the World Cup will undoubtedly attract the attention of the world.