Iraq football team were on a cloud after winning the Asian Cup.

伊拉克足球队赢了亚洲杯后兴高采烈。

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IF ANYTHING at all could delight, and briefly unite, the citizens of Iraq, it probably had to be a football match.

如果有什么可以让伊拉克人民欣喜若狂，暂时的同心协力，也许只有一场足球比赛了。

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You said there is no such thing as pressure in football - pressure is what happens in Iraq.

你说过在足球里并没有叫做压力的东西——压力只会在伊拉克发生。

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Whilst Iraq's football fortunes have improved somewhat since the dark days when Uday Hussein used to torture players for bad performances, Iranian football has been in decline since qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.

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Yet the national team was not treated with similar enthusiasm after their 0-0 draw with football lightweights Iraq.

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Despite problems of ongoing war and the temporary disbanding of the nation's football association, Iraq has had an international resurgence in recent years.

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