Odlet\u00ed na n\u011bj i\u00a0Ir\u00e1k<\/a>, zem\u011b 46\u00a0milion\u016f obyvatel a –\u00a0jak vidno dle nad\u0161en\u00ed v\u00a0Sydney i\u00a0v Bagd\u00e1du – zem\u011b 46\u00a0milion\u016f fanou\u0161k\u016f. Jist\u011b, je to nads\u00e1zka. Ale ne zase tak velk\u00e1 p\u0159i pohledu na agenturn\u00ed sn\u00edmky dav\u016f v\u00a0ir\u00e1ck\u00fdch ulic\u00edch. Lid\u00ed, co ob\u010das pro radost vyst\u0159el\u00ed do vzduchu. Kte\u0159\u00ed tan\u010d\u00ed, zp\u00edvaj\u00ed, raduj\u00ed se.<\/p>\n \u201eJen bych se cht\u011bl v\u0161em v\u00a0Ir\u00e1ku omluvit, \u017ee jsem se kv\u016fli pot\u00ed\u017e\u00edm v\u00a0letectv\u00ed nemohl vr\u00e1tit rovnou tam. Ale moc v\u00e1m d\u011bkuji,\u201c l\u00ed\u010dil dojat\u00fd Arnold. \u201eJsem na v\u0161echny hr\u00e1\u010de ohromn\u011b hrd\u00fd. Nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed bylo, aby mohli b\u00fdt Ir\u00e1\u010dan\u00e9 \u0161\u0165astn\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n A to tedy jsou. Zem\u011b soused\u00edc\u00ed s\u00a0\u00cdr\u00e1nem, kter\u00e1 m\u00e1 p\u0159i americko-izraelsk\u00e9m \u00fatoku na Bl\u00edzk\u00e9m v\u00fdchod\u011b zase o\u00a0n\u011bco t\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed \u017eivot, si v\u00a0bar\u00e1\u017ei minul\u00fd t\u00fdden poradila s\u00a0Bol\u00edvi\u00ed. Naposledy p\u0159edt\u00edm hr\u00e1la na sv\u011btov\u00e9m \u0161ampion\u00e1tu v\u00a0roce 1986.<\/p>\n Tak\u00e9 tehdy ho hostilo Mexiko. Tak\u00e9 tehdy byla Mezopot\u00e1mie pros\u00e1kl\u00e1 krv\u00ed, zu\u0159ila \u0161\u00edlen\u00e1 v\u00e1lka Sadd\u00e1mova<\/a> re\u017eimu pr\u00e1v\u011b proti sousedn\u00edmu \u00cdr\u00e1nu, trvaj\u00edc\u00ed celou dek\u00e1du.<\/p>\n V\u00e1lky se p\u0159es oblast, kde se zrodily modern\u00ed d\u011bjiny lidstva, p\u0159el\u00e9vaj\u00ed tam a\u00a0nazp\u011bt. Kdy\u017e Sadd\u00e1m padnul, zem\u011b se propadla do zd\u00e1nliv\u011b nekone\u010dn\u00fdch boj\u016f. A\u00a0te\u010f jej\u00ed fotbalov\u00ed reprezentanti polet\u00ed zrovna do USA. Do st\u00e1tu, kter\u00fd odstranil tyrana, ale spustil \u0159et\u011bzec n\u00e1silnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n Exoti\u010dt\u00ed outside\u0159i na MS 2026 | Sport SZ<\/p>\n Cura\u00e7ao: Nejmen\u0161\u00ed zem\u011b, kter\u00e1 se kdy z\u00fa\u010dastn\u00ed \u0161ampion\u00e1tu, na karibsk\u00e9m ostr\u016fvku \u017eije jen zhruba 150\u00a0tis\u00edc lid\u00ed. O\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed prim\u00e1t p\u0159i\u0161lo, kdy\u017e se role tren\u00e9ra vzdal Dick Advocaat, jen\u017e by byl v\u00a078\u00a0letech nejstar\u0161\u00edm kou\u010dem d\u011bjin.<\/p>\n Haiti: Dosavadn\u00edm vrcholem byla premi\u00e9ra na MS 1974, kde haitsk\u00fd \u00fato\u010dn\u00edk Emmanuel Sanon g\u00f3lem poko\u0159il legendu Dina Zoffa. Pak se fotbal v\u00a0zemi ovl\u00e1dan\u00e9 gangy odml\u010del, k\u00a0obrovsk\u00e9 radosti chud\u00e9ho n\u00e1roda te\u010f p\u0159ijde druh\u00e1 \u00fa\u010dast.<\/p>\n Uzbekist\u00e1n: Velk\u00e1 premi\u00e9ra. Logicky to ne\u0161lo do 90.\u00a0let, kdy byla st\u0159edoasijsk\u00e1 zem\u011b sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed Sov\u011btsk\u00e9ho svazu. Uzbeky dot\u00e1hl na turnaj Abdukodir Chusanov, \u010dlen k\u00e1dru Manchester City a\u00a0ve 22\u00a0letech n\u00e1rodn\u00ed modla.<\/p>\n Kapverdy: Premi\u00e9ra \u010d\u00edslo dv\u011b. Turisticky obl\u00edben\u00e9 souostrov\u00ed na z\u00e1pad od Afriky tan\u010d\u00ed ve fotbalov\u00e9 hore\u010dce. N\u011bkdej\u0161\u00ed portugalsk\u00e1 dr\u017eava za sebou mimochodem nechala ve skupin\u011b africk\u00e9 kvalifikace i\u00a0Kamerun, tradi\u010dn\u00edho \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edka MS.<\/p>\n Jord\u00e1nsko: A\u00a0premi\u00e9ra pot\u0159et\u00ed. Do Jord\u00e1nska se l\u00e9t\u00e1 kv\u016fli \u00fachvatn\u00fdm pam\u00e1tk\u00e1m v\u00a0Pet\u0159e \u010di do oran\u017eov\u00e9 pou\u0161t\u011b W\u00e1d\u00ed Rum, p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00edc\u00ed Mars. Jako na Marsu si p\u0159ipadali i\u00a0tamn\u00ed fanou\u0161ci, n\u011bkdej\u0161\u00ed marock\u00e1 hv\u011bzda a\u00a0nyn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed kou\u010d Jord\u00e1nska Jamal Sellami dostal od panovn\u00edka Abdall\u00e1ha II. ob\u010danstv\u00ed. <\/p>\n Demokratick\u00e1 republika Kongo: D\u00e1vno tomu, co fotbalist\u00e9 jedn\u00e9 z\u00a0nomin\u00e1ln\u011b nejchud\u0161\u00edch zem\u00ed planety hr\u00e1li po boku hv\u011bzd, jejich jedinou \u00fa\u010dast\u00ed z\u016fst\u00e1valo dek\u00e1dy MS 1974.\u00a0A\u017e letos urvali bar\u00e1\u017e proti Jamajce a\u00a0za\u0159\u00eddili n\u00e1sil\u00edm mo\u0159en\u00e9mu st\u00e1tu ob\u0159\u00ed euforii.<\/p>\n \u201eV\u0161echno, co se te\u010f d\u011bje na Bl\u00edzk\u00e9m v\u00fdchod\u011b, n\u00e1m situaci trochu zkomplikovalo,\u201c pou\u017eil kou\u010d Arnold ohledn\u011b podm\u00ednek snad nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed mo\u017en\u00fd eufemismus.<\/p>\n Kdy\u017e ho austral\u0161t\u00ed policist\u00e9 prov\u00e1d\u011bli davem australsk\u00fdch Ir\u00e1\u010dan\u016f v\u00a0Sydney, m\u011bl celou dobu na tv\u00e1\u0159i \u0161irok\u00fd \u00fasm\u011bv. Snad nad t\u00edm, co osud ka\u017ed\u00e9mu z\u00a0n\u00e1s chyst\u00e1 – v\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2024\u00a0skon\u010dil s\u00e1m Arnold kv\u016fli mizern\u00fdm v\u00fdsledk\u016fm u\u00a0australsk\u00e9 reprezentace, o\u00a0rok pozd\u011bji p\u0159evzal Ir\u00e1k. To nen\u00ed zrovna destinace sn\u016f. Ani fotbalov\u00fd n\u00e1ro\u010f\u00e1k s\u00a0nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edm renom\u00e9.<\/p>\n Lvi z\u00a0Mezopot\u00e1mie, jak se v\u00fdb\u011bru Ir\u00e1ku p\u0159ezd\u00edv\u00e1, si \u00fa\u010dast zajistili jako posledn\u00ed t\u00fdm s\u00a0\u010d\u00edslem 48.\u00a0Bagd\u00e1d od t\u00e9 doby \u017eije svou poh\u00e1dku tis\u00edce a\u00a0jedn\u00e9 fotbalov\u00e9 noci.<\/p>\n \u201eI kdy\u017e zu\u0159\u00ed v\u00e1lka, je tohle v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed pro n\u00e1s neuv\u011b\u0159iteln\u011b cenn\u00e9. V\u0161ichni v\u00a0zemi se spojili,\u201c cituje agentura AFP dvaadvacetilet\u00e9ho fanou\u0161ka Ahmada z\u00a0bagd\u00e1dsk\u00e9 \u010dtvrti Karada. Nar\u00e1\u017e\u00ed pochopiteln\u011b na tis\u00edcilet\u00ed trvaj\u00edc\u00ed sv\u00e1ry \u0161\u00edit\u016f a\u00a0sunnit\u016f, k\u00a0nim\u017e se ale v\u00a0Ir\u00e1ku p\u0159id\u00e1vaj\u00ed dal\u0161\u00ed minority, etnick\u00e9 i\u00a0n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00e9.<\/p>\n Podle zpravodaje AFP se ulicemi rozl\u00e9halo vol\u00e1n\u00ed, \u017ee \u010daj je protentokr\u00e1t zdarma. Jin\u00fd z\u00a0nad\u0161enc\u016f do fotbalu dodal: \u201eMy Ir\u00e1\u010dan\u00e9 excelujeme v\u00a0nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00edch chv\u00edl\u00edch. N\u00e1\u0161 n\u00e1rodn\u00ed t\u00fdm vyhr\u00e1l i\u00a0p\u0159es \u0161\u00edlenou ekonomickou situaci a\u00a0v\u00e1lku za na\u0161imi hranicemi.\u201c<\/p>\n V\u00e1\u0161e\u0148 pro fotbal naopak hranice nezn\u00e1, Bl\u00edzk\u00fd v\u00fdchod<\/a> se rozhodn\u011b \u0159ad\u00ed k\u00a0nejimpulzivn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm \u010d\u00e1stem planety. Proto kou\u010d Arnold zak\u00e1zal t\u00fdmu p\u0159ed bar\u00e1\u017e\u00ed sledovat soci\u00e1ln\u00ed s\u00edt\u011b. \u201eNecht\u011bl jsem, aby m\u011bli v\u00a0hlav\u00e1ch, co se d\u011bje doma,\u201c vysv\u011btloval.<\/p>\n I to pomohlo a\u00a0odm\u011bna zn\u00ed a\u017e surre\u00e1ln\u011b. Ve skupin\u011b G, rozprost\u0159en\u00e9 mezi americk\u00e1 m\u011bsta Inglewood a\u00a0Seattle a\u00a0kanadsk\u00fd Vancouver, je \u010dekaj\u00ed Francie, Senegal a\u00a0Norsko.<\/p>\n \u201eB\u00fdt na jednom h\u0159i\u0161ti spole\u010dn\u011b s\u00a0Kylianem Mbapp\u00e9m a\u00a0Erlingem Haalandem, to bude pro na\u0161e hr\u00e1\u010de ohromn\u00e1 \u010dest,\u201c p\u0159ik\u00fdvl Arnold. \u201eJist\u011b, nem\u00e1me co ztratit. Ale mus\u00edme odlet\u011bt na mistrovstv\u00ed sv\u011bta s\u00a0v\u00edt\u011bznou mentalitou. To je jedin\u00e1 mo\u017enost, jak dos\u00e1hnout n\u011b\u010deho v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00e9ho.\u201c<\/p>\n Jako tren\u00e9r logicky c\u00edl\u00ed na v\u00fdsledky, ale je tu je\u0161t\u011b cosi mocn\u011bj\u0161\u00edho. Turnaj p\u0159edstavuje mikroskop nam\u00ed\u0159en\u00fd na ka\u017edou zemi. I\u00a0pro ty z\u00a0fanou\u0161k\u016f, jejich\u017e z\u00e1jem zpravidla kon\u010d\u00ed za prvn\u00ed k\u0159i\u017eovatkou, najednou m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt zaj\u00edmav\u00e9 se pt\u00e1t – a\u00a0co se v\u00a0tom Ir\u00e1ku v\u016fbec d\u011bje?<\/p>\n Zem\u011b neza\u017e\u00edvala vylo\u017een\u011b trudn\u00e9 \u010dasy, aspo\u0148 ne na pom\u011bry ned\u00e1vn\u00e9 minulosti. Rozhodnut\u00ed dvojice Trump<\/a> – Netanjahu<\/a> to zm\u011bnilo, ov\u0161em o\u00a0mnoh\u00e9m vypov\u00edd\u00e1 fakt, \u017ee kou\u010d Arnold n\u011bkolik m\u011bs\u00edc\u016f v\u00a0roce tr\u00e1v\u00ed v\u00a0Bagd\u00e1du.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775233269_727_fotbal.jpeg\")
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