been among the most prominent critics of the regime. iranian footballer icon ali karimi has been outspoken in his support for the protesters on social media and has been become a figurehead for the opposition. iran s record goal scorer and a legendary figure in the country announced last week he would boycott the tournament in solidarity. this has put pressure on the current men s iranian football team. many opponents of the regime criticised the players for meeting with iran s president. ebrahim raisi ahead of the tournament, leading many fans to question whether they should support the team. here s maryam shojaei sister of the former iran national team captain, masoud shojaei. this is the first time that people are not following as they did during the past few decades that s the first time there is a division to
the team. they were friendly so that made irani still very angry. they are not going to protect them. but on the eve of iran s first game iran s captain ehsan hajsafi made the decision to speak out about events in his home country. translation: we have to accept the conditions| in our country are not right, our people are not happy. we are here, but it does not mean that we should not be there voice or must not respect them. whatever we have is for them and we must fight. we must perform the best we can and to score goals and present the bereaved people of a round results. i hope the conditions change to accept the people. before kick off the islamic republic s national anthem received a hostile reception from a number of iran fans and a muted one from the players whistles were heard around the stadium. the players themselves declined to sing the anthem.
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