Iraq 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia (AFC Asian Cup final)
The 1998 World Cup-winning French team was praised as an example of diversity, featuring players from various ethnic and national backgrounds, and hey, look… the victorious Iraq team is made up of Shia and Sunni Muslims and Kurds. Some of us already know that football, despite its looming reputation for related violence, can be a force for good in society. As usual, though, the peace-keeping and “liberating” forces have missed a trick.
I’ll leave it to Bill Shankly to sum up…
Some people believe football is a matter of life and death… I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.