In the northwestern Iranian city of Zanjan, people cheered and danced, actually celebrating their team's crushing 6-2 loss to England. Iranians who watched the match in England, meanwhile, were even more outspoken, chanting, death to Khamenei. That's Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The team did try to show solidarity with the protesters when players refused to sing the Iranian national anthem before the match with England. But some protesters say it's impossible for Iran to compete in this cup without being seen as representing the regime in Tehran. Even so, Touraj says he's looking forward to the Iran team taking on the U.S..
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Chop off their dominant foot as motivation not to lose next time
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Uday Hussein nearly went that far with the Iraqi team
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Prosthetic soccer could be very entertaining. They could have specially designed limbs and switch them out like golf clubs. Remove the arms from every player that isn't the goalie too
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You can't have hand-ball penalties if there aren't any hands in play, that's a big time saver
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