Iran's Ehsan Haji Safi, left, fights for the ball with Iraq's Qusay Muneer.
After an eight-year war in the 1980s, the rivalry between Iran and Iraq is still fierce. Pitted in an opening-round game in the Asian Cup in Qatar, a screen was erected between Iraqi and Iranian supporters. But apart from a hair-pulling incident around the hour mark involving Iraq's captain Younis Mahmoud, the match was incident free. Iran snatched a late goal to win 2-1 after Iman Mobali's 84th-minute free kick.
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