"The best thing about the World Cup was that it brought Iranians around the world closer together, " he argued.
"The memories are still very vivid and fresh in the mind - everybody still talks about the World Cup, " he said.
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That has been the most heartening thing about this World Cup.
"I'm not concerned about the World Cup just yet, " said Robinson, whose side will also meet England, Georgia and a play-off winner in their New Zealand pool games.
Gerrard has had big games for Liverpool this season and he has got more to come, including the Europa League semi-final against Atletico Madrid, so only once the season is over can he start thinking about the World Cup.
"I got my 99th hundred a year ago against South Africa and after that we played about four or five World Cup matches and nobody spoke about my 100th hundred at that stage because the entire focus was on the World Cup, " he said.
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"Everyone knows about the 2003 World Cup final, which I've yet to see, " he said.
On Friday, Valcke again criticized Brazil's progress, saying the country is more worried about winning the World Cup that preparing for it.
"It's too late to do something about it in this World Cup, " said Eriksson.
Meanwhile, Eriksson remains bullish about England's World Cup prospects.
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And he is cautiously optimistic about being part of their World Cup squad.
But Fleming is already thinking about next year's World Cup and admitted he has a "burning ambition" to win it.
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Uganda, where twin bomb blasts last year killed about 80 people during the World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa, put its security forces on high alert.
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And he is a campaigner for the disabled - the majority of his questions to the minister in the select committee were about disabled access to the World Cup matches.
The former England captain Martin Johnson also spokes about England's 2007 World Cup pairing with South Africa, saying it was as tough a draw as the World Cup holders could have faced.
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In a wide-ranging press conference following Friday's FIFA executive committee meeting, Blatter also addressed concerns about security at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil following the midweek problems at a top South American club match in Sao Paulo.
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In 2002, when the national team had qualified for the World Cup competition, about 300 million Chinese turned on the television to cheer on the national squad.
The World Cup will be about flat pitches, attacking starts and big totals, and Strauss has to show that he is the right man to open the batting in those circumstances, otherwise the selectors must do the right thing and replace him with Collingwood.
"Such an incident I have to say is also a warning for the organizers in the World Cup -- a warning for all organizers about what will happen, " said Blatter, who is in Japan for the Club World Cup, which climaxes with Sunday's final between Brazilian team Corinthians and European champions Chelsea.
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He changed his tune, by the way, when the same group of players won the World Cup and his reservations about their Frenchness were suddenly swept away in the tide of national rejoicing.
But then he was stung by the News of the World, which reported that the England coach had told their undercover reporter - posing as a Sheikh - he could quit the England job after the World Cup and divulged information about players.
Brazil is expected to receive about 600, 000 international visitors for the World Cup.
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For many years questions have been asked about why England have failed to win a World Cup or Champions Trophy.
Rooney has been out of form this season after a poor World Cup and has faced allegations about his private life.
But despite all the concerns about the speed of the preparations for the World Cup, Mr Loes says it will act as catalyst for Brazil's greater infrastructure development.
South Africa and the World Cup is too important to think about things after that.
I'm at my sixth World Cup and I'm excited about how we will go.
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