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Bahrain and Iran battle on and off the soccer pitch

Bahrain and Iran battle on and off the soccer pitch

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Nov 12, 2011
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By James M. Dorsey
Bahrain scored from its perspective well on and off the pitch in its second, politically laden 2014 World Cup qualifier.
For starters, the 1:1 draw keeps Bahrain in the race to play in the finals in Brazil in three years’ time. The draw was a far better performance than the 6:0 thrashing Iran meted out to Bahrain at their first encounte…

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