Asian Cup debut a rare source of good news for war-torn Yemen

The Yemen national team will make their Asian Cup debut on Monday against Iran. Yemen will be making their Asian Cup debut when they face three-time champions Iran on Monday and, while the players are set to be thrust into the limelight like never before, the team's assistant coach is confident stage fright will not be an issue. Milos Brozek told Reuters that Yemen, the tournament's lowest-ranked national team at No. 135, had nothing to lose when they face the highly fancied Iranians in Abu Dhabi. "Sometimes if you are somewhere for the first time you don't really realize just...

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