Cyruss. Honar nazd e Iranian ast o bas.

Geez shahin that looks yummy

 

فقر طبقاتى إيجاب ميكنه كه ما بهً805 بسنده كنيم

Winning the cup or events by the host nation have always been subject to controversy. Shit happens and I don’t doubt it. The hosts millions time after time , so a little home field/ court advantage shouldn’t be surprising.

 

But my issue is looking at this so one sided. Didn’t we do it before when we had the chance of hosting? So many stories of “ our hosting “ that didn’t go well with our competitors.

 

1968. Israelis felt cheated. Before that Burma was complaining about one sided officiating in favor of Iran

 

1976-Kuwait was unhappy about officiating

 

In koshti many of our world level medals were questionable

 

1974 Asian games- Sepahbod hojat , then chief of Tarbiat badani, at the midst of Asian games, lobbied to chang the rules to count the number of medals in team sports by number of team members, hence our 2 golds in waterpolo and football became 35! And we finished ahead of China in the standings. For the first and last time!

 

 

Yes, we have also been victims of seemingly unfair situations and calls.

 

But it is my observation that not many make such a fuss about these situations except middle eastern, particularly Iranian and Iraqis.

 

 

Sometime in 80s I was in Netherlands with a group of friends. We encountered a group of young Iranian men ended up having beer with them. The subject of football was naturally introduced and 78 WC.

 

The Iranian guys were more vociferous and emotional in accusing Argentina of having cheated to the WC title. Valid subject. But the level of anger shocked the Dutch friends! They could care less. It was forgotten. To them , it was about moving forward

So the worst team of round of 16 in AFCON, Ivory coast the host wins the tournament. And the best team of round of 16, Qatar the host wins the Asian Cup.

 

The surprise here is Qatar😂