Not sure whether to post this in sports or here but this thread gets more traffic and as distraction from the current events in China,
BBC again show their bias and racism against global south countries, Iran particularly in this case.
Shocking in this day and age to be so blatant about it. The German commentator was a famous player back then, and he was himself full of gamesmanship and trickery to gain advantage on the pitch like diving and feigning injuries to get penalty, fouls, and have opposition players carded. Heck, when he first played in England many even called him out for it. Total hypocrisy. Worse was none of his commentaters rebuked him or defended the Iran team. I watched that match, Iran deserved the victory, they played well, plated positive, made an effort to win the match rather than defend deep and hope for a draw after getting trashed by England earlier, probably due to state of mind affected by events at home.
The head coach of Iran called him out on it later. He is Portuguese
Before that he also called out western reporters for being blatantly biased. Do they ask England coach about Afghanistan and Iraq invasions?