Even before the matches had started, there are enough headlines to fill the back pages.
即使是在比赛开打之前，就有足够多的头条新闻填满报纸的版面了qQ+AF1~rN(knYX。
Just 15 minutes before kick-off, thousands of England and Iranian fans were still queuing outside Khalifa Stadium to get in.
距离开赛还有15分钟，成千上万的英格兰和伊朗球迷还在哈利法球场外排队等待入场;^*RzXj8]HHf。
The World Cup app had crashed, and within it their digital tickets to enter the ground.
因为世界杯的应用程序崩溃了，而球迷们进场的电子门票就在应用程序内1Woqth!(hIg^xA0bdv0。
Hours before, on the morning of the match, FIFA banned Harry Kane and Gareth Bale from wearing 'OneLove' captain's armbands, and threatened "undefined sporting sanctions" if they did.
几小时前，就在比赛日的早间，国际足联禁止哈里·凯恩和加雷斯·贝尔佩戴“OneLove”的队长袖标，并威胁说，如果他们佩戴，将受到“不明确的体育处罚”i~y|1G*H44v4ZTu0]b;9。
England and Wales decided it wasn't worth the risk, but didn't mask their annoyance.
英格兰和威尔士方面认为不值得为此冒险，但这并没有掩盖住他们的愤怒e-8O4i@ys!R0gO0WB。

England weren't the only side wanting to make a statement, though.
英格兰并不是唯一一个想要发声的国家~F3#lWduNpsW.GQ7b。
The Iranian players refused to sing the national anthem in support of the protests back home.
伊朗球员就以“拒唱国歌”的方式，来支持伊朗国内的抗议活动p+9RV~~_u[O&HurKe。
Boos and whistles from the crowd drowned out the music.
现场观众的嘘声和口哨声盖过了音乐nr;[RpMQ^jW|+3[3。
This took enormous bravery, they are high-profile sportsmen in Iran, a football-mad nation just over the water from Qatar.
“拒唱国歌”这一行为需要巨大的勇气，因为在伊朗这么一个与卡塔尔隔水相望的、对足球很狂热的国家，这些运动员可谓备受瞩目M@AEdq9.*DryR-V.]。
Before kick-off, England players took the knee despite FIFA's efforts to keep politics out of football.
而就在比赛开球前，英格兰球员集体单膝下跪，尽管国际足联一直在努力“把足球与政治分开”Qgen3y..r2)tVBcb。
The organizers hoped that when the football started, the controversy would stop, it hasn't.
赛事组织方希望，当足球比赛开始的这一刻，一切争议都可以停止，但显然并没有pB5ppIQYfKzfC2&Sg0VO。