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- Video: "Football Under Cover"
Video of a Project of a German
Women's Soccer Club Who Travel to Tehran for a Friendly Match Against the
Iranian Women's Team
The
members of the Iranian women's international football (soccer) team possess a
dedication to the sport rivaling that of any other group of players in the
world. What they lack, however, is a team to play against. When Marlene, the
left back of a German soccer club, learns of their situation, she becomes
determined to correct it, putting into motion plans for her club to travel to
Tehran for a friendly match against the Iranian women. On a preliminary trip to
the country to gauge interest in the game, Marlene meets Niloofar, a member of
the Iranian women's team who dreams of David Beckham and struggles as a female
athlete living under the country's repressive regime. As Niloofar explains, all
women risk being reported to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard if they are caught
practicing without a headscarf, and no men are to be allowed in the stadium
during a women's game. Despite these cultural differences, she and Marlene
share a headstrong nature, a love of the sport, and a fierce determination to
move forward with the game despite the Iranian government's lack of support.
After a year of bitter struggle, Marlene manages to obtain visas for her team,
and in April 2006 the group of girls travels to Tehran to stand before a crowd
of thousands of cheering women and take part in what promises to be the game of
a lifetime. A stirring testament to the power of a small group of people to
change minds, Football Under Cover also gives new meaning to the phrase
"girl power."
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