Before the game a lot of talk about the U.S. - Iran war, finally ended successfully, the United States 1-0 win will be eliminated from the Iranian game, but the outside world on the topic of political turmoil involved in this more concern, the first battle refused to sing the national anthem of the Iranian players, before the game by the government's threat to the 11 players in the opening game before the broadcast of the national anthem, shoulder to shoulder with each other shoulder to open mouth to sing.
Iranian players refused to sing the national anthem in the group opener in England to support the rights of Iranian women's freedom, and this move made the Iranian government angry, and warned the players will be punished, and then the game against Wales, some of the players have been open to sing the national anthem, but on the eve of the U.S.-Iran war, the Iranian government to the players to put pressure on them, emphasizing that the government refused to sing the national anthem, if the government, the family will be detained in prison or tortured.
According to foreign media reports pointed out that Iran against the United States before the game, 11 players without expression, but all have open mouth singing, however, the two armies before the game each take group photos, and no group photo, however, 11 players have shaken hands, and Iran's Portuguese
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The American team leader, Beheda, exchanged hugs; the last time Iran and the United States met in the World Cup was in 1998.
However, some Iranian fans in the audience also protested against the government in different ways. Some fans wore jerseys with the word FREEDOM printed on them, and some even cut off the new national emblem of the Iranian flag so that a hole was pierced in the center of the flag, and some held the old Iranian flag in protest.
