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Iraq find solace in AFC triumph
July 31, 2007
The early signs for Iraq were not good. The squad was a patchwork of of Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish players, fractured by the sectarian violence in their homeland.
The first three coaches who were offered the job of trying to mould them together politely declined. Only Jorvan Vieira, a Brazilian journeyman who had worked with 26 clubs and five national teams, took up the challenge.
Iraq's first match of the tournament offered no clues about what was about to unfold. They struggled to salvage a 1-1 draw with co-hosts Thailand, but the momentum was only just beginning.
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