{"id":12468,"date":"2011-10-08T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/10\/08\/fifa-boosts-security-for-iran-bahrain\/"},"modified":"2011-10-08T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T00:00:28","slug":"fifa-boosts-security-for-iran-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/10\/08\/fifa-boosts-security-for-iran-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Boosts Security for Iran-Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"azadi-stad1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/azadi-stad1.jpg\" height=\"372\" width=\"400\" \/>FNA &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>The world football governing body, FIFA, appointed a security expert  for a 2014 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain next  week, while many view the decision as an uninformed move.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The governing body says assigning a security official is standard for such games.  <\/p>\n<p>But, despite FIFA&#8217;s concern about the security of this match, the  fervent fans of the Iranian national team are highly expected to give a  warm welcome to the Bahraini team and chant mottoes to show their full  support for the Bahraini nation&#8217;s quest for democracy and freedom. <\/p>\n<p>Many expect the Iranian fans support both teams during the match. <\/p>\n<p>The Oct. 11 game in Tehran follows months of protests in Bahrain by a  Shiite majority that says it is discriminated against by the kingdom&#8217;s  Sunni monarchy.  <\/p>\n<p>Some Bahraini national team players were among 150 athletes and sports officials detained for allegedly demonstrating. <\/p>\n<p>Iran and Bahrain share the lead in their qualifying group with four  points from two games. The group includes Qatar and Indonesia. <\/p>\n<p>The qualifying match in Group E qualifier for Brazil 2014 FIFA World  Cup Football games will be held at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran next  Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The three points we would achieve by wining Bahrain are very  important to us and will give us a better chance to rise to the next  stage,&#8221; said Karimi, an Iranian player, after the friendly game with  Palestine yesterday, stressing the importance of next week&#8217;s game  against Bahrain. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if we don&#8217;t win the game next week,&#8221; Karimi  tried to reassure  Iranian Football fans, &#8220;It would be no problem and we would still have a  chance to move on to the next stage in the qualifying games for Brazil  2014 World Cup.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Coach Carlos Queiroz, considered the match to be a good practice for  the Iranian team and said that he enjoyed the game with Palestine,  where the Iranians thrashed their guests 7-0. <\/p>\n<p>Iranian coach Carlos Queiroz, former Portugal national team coach  who is now heading the Iranian national team, told reporters last Sunday  that his team is &#8220;well prepared to face Bahrain national football team  in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Iran has already attended the World Cup games three times in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNA &#8211; TEHRAN, The world football governing body, FIFA, appointed a security expert for a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":10951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":6127,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}