An Iraqi Perspective

[KC McElroy]

[AminGP]

You are right, however it is ridiculous that even sumerian believes they could have won had pouladi not been carded. They think because of our tactics they were the better team. They are delusional. Pouladi was one of the best defenders of the world cup, and they just don't wanna admit they got through due to referee and not because they deserved it.

I completely agree with you. Iraq is not even in Iran's level for us to have any discussions with them. Unlike some people believe here they are not our rival.

[Tehranto]

I completely agree with you. Iraq is not even in Iran's level for us to have any discussions with them. Unlike some people believe here they are not our rival.

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I don't even think penalty wins officially count as wins. Prior to the amazing performance of their best player, Ibn Williams, we had beaten them many times and they hadn't won in over a decade.

Our rivals are Koreans, Japanese and Australians.

[AminGP]

you sound like a spoiled little kid.
cry me a river

You think you win one game by the help of referee and AFC and you can come and troll in our community? You haven't earned that privilege yet.

Mods can we ban this guy? He's not adding any value to our community.

[KC McElroy]

You think you win one game by the help of referee and AFC and you can come and troll in our community? You haven't earned that privilege yet.

Mods can we ban this guy? He's not adding any value to our community.

Just give him a pear to munch on. It's probably better than the fatty food he's been having.

[Camran khan]

Iraq was not dirty at all, Hand bal by Iraqi defender in the beginning to stop Azmoun, Younis Mahmoud trying to waste time by pushing Hosseini ON OUR FREEKICK, number 16 kicking Haghighi's arm.

[Tehranto]

Iraq was not dirty at all, Hand bal by Iraqi defender in the beginning to stop Azmoun, Younis Mahmoud trying to waste time by pushing Hosseini ON OUR FREEKICK, number 16 kicking Haghighi's arm.

Sumerian's post wanted to showcase how Iraqis are victims and badbakhts. That is why he alluded to how ISIS is raping their women, stealing their land etc. He wanted to gain sympathy. But we are talking about football here - but he needed to bring that up so we feel sorry for his people. When in fact, Iraqis are some of the worst people you'll meet - and the football game and the response by their fans highlight this.

[shahname]

[The Realist]

This is not an Iraqi perspective but one of a person that happens to have Iraqi origin. To discover an Iraqi perspective visit Iraqi social media forum and you will then see the gulf in difference.

Be fair you don't highlight the impact of unfair sending off
You don't highlight your goalie getting away with retaliatory push on pouladi
You don't highlight your captain and 3 other players demand for pouladi to be sent off- hell pouladi would have remained on the pitch as the red was unaware he had already given him a yellow card
Rough tackles by Iraqi players going unpunished by Nasty Williams.
You don't acknowledge anything with the doping issue which exasperated and brought back nightmares to us knowing damn well what had happened in the under-22 game

If you think you are hard done, picture iranian youth lying down in trenches gassed by Iraqis
Think of millions of us scattered round the world with football being our only beacon of light for unity

If you acknowledge 50% of the above, you may then express a fair opinion.

[alaph]

Peace Everyone,
I have immense respect for TM's performance in the game. Credit to Iran for an amazing performance while playing a man down and constantly clawing back - the headers were an incredible display of aerial superiority.
I am also proud of the Iraqi team for playing an open game throughout - even before the red card Iraq had been creating chances up until the quick counter that led to Iran's opening goal.
The match aside, I'd like to make some remarks regarding prevailing narrative on these boards:

• Please quit the "Arabs" rhetoric: This Iraqi team does not represent "the Arabs" it represents Iraq alone and literally includes Kurds and an Assyrian in the squad.
• Please drop AFC conspiracy nonsense: Iraq has zero "pull" with that organization.
• Please stop channeling anger with ref towards Iraq: If IFF can prove Alaa Abdul Zahra was ineligible for this Asian Cup match then so be it, but there is no reason for vile remarks towards Iraqis across all social media platforms.

It's seriously a football game at the end of the day but people are trying to open up wounds and incite violence by joking about the difficulty of life in Iraq compared to Iran. This is going so much beyond sport and has become a platform for racism.
Iraq & Iran as allies have never been closer than they are today. Iraq is facing an existential threat and Iran is playing a huge role in helping destroy ISIS. It's a shame current goodwill is being tarnished by a football game.
I've been a longtime member of PFDC and know from experience that tensions always flare for a bit but reason always prevails in the end. Whatever the outcome, I hope the hate subsides soon. Peace.

PISS OFF!~

All I can tell you is that now, every time some drones kills bunch of Arabs, I'll just think about this game and AFC and this whole bull shit! It will make me feel less bad for them.

[Mir Javad]

lol why do you refer to iraqis as "they" shouldnrt you say "we" last time i checked najaf was part of iraq and you were an iraqi and proud of it. stop acting like you are iranian.

Iraq- Because some of my ancestry is Iraqi and I have always felt kind of an emotional connection to the people and the land and also sympathise with their recent troubles. Iraq is like a brother to Iran, despite the disputes in the past.

Australia- The country I was raised in and currently live in.

According to you I am not Iranian cause a part of my family came to IRAN and they have been living there for the past 500 or 400 some years ? All my family, parents and my grandparents were born in Iran, what do you expect to call myself? Anyway I am proud of having Iraqi Seyyed ancestry and also being a Muslim for your understanding.

First of all I am not the person being biased and I have encountered and read a lot of your posts in the past and there all ridiculous and have no sense or meaning to them and their full of bigotry. I may be a minority here but believe it or not in reality majority of your fellow Iranians are Muslims so respect our sentiments.

I have mentioned this so many times, I am quite proud of having Iraqi ancestry and being a Najafi for that matter and that why I have been proud of mentioning it everywhere and also proud to be a Muslim. Many Iranians for your matter have Iraqi ancestry and have absorbed in to the normal Iranian population. Btw is Shahin Najafi is not Iranian according to you because of his surname, and I thought you would have been a big fan of the Salman Rushdie of Music and his anti-Islamic rhetoric. That's a shame.

[Camran khan]

Needless to say, Iraq played a dirty game, and many of their fans said some very dirty comments regarding Iran, same goes for Iranian fans toward Iraq, but I still appriciate your post Sumerian, showing that there is good thoughts and respect within some Iranians and Iraqi people still even after the game.

[Siavash]

I personally do not trust any Iraqi and or Arab for that matter. How can we forget the time when they attack us at moment of our weakness when Shah left. These Iraqis when captured our towns they still what ever they could and cowardly killed many of our young man and women when they send their missiles randomly to strike our cities. WE should never ever trust this people.

[alaph]

I personally do not trust any Iraqi and or Arab for that matter. How can we forget the time when they attack us at moment of our weakness when Shah left. These Iraqis when captured our towns they still what ever they could and cowardly killed many of our young man and women when they send their missiles randomly to strike our cities. WE should never ever trust this people.

To be fair, he had help

[Mir Javad]

I personally do not trust any Iraqi and or Arab for that matter. How can we forget the time when they attack us at moment of our weakness when Shah left. These Iraqis when captured our towns they still what ever they could and cowardly killed many of our young man and women when they send their missiles randomly to strike our cities. WE should never ever trust this people.

They were Sunni Baathists, inspired by that dog Saddam Hussein, who all had a hate for Iranians, Kurds, Shias and all non Arab Sunnis in the region. They themselves are finished and gone, but they have left a legacy of hatred and racism in Iraq. A lot of Iraqi Shias from my understanding are either influenced by Arab Nationalism or Khomeini Sadr inspired Islamic Republic (Villayat-e faqih) and a minority are secular