Realistic World Cup Goals Have Iran Fighting within its Limits

FOX SPORTS

LEANDER SCHAERLAECKENS

Not every team comes to the World Cup to win it. But every team can strive and define for itself what its dream consists of. For a country that has never reached the second round of a World Cup, that achievement alone can be their fevered folly.

Iran is no powerhouse in soccer. In three previous World Cup appearances, they have won just once and never advanced. They are a large and soccer-obsessed country, but they have yet to produce a national team that is competitive on the world stage. But they are in Brazil, qualifying against tall odds. There is no doubting that they are underdogs though.

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