Le foot au milieu du chaos

Iraq, France's opponent, is an incredible footballing nation with a thousand and one lives. From Uday Hussein's tragic reign over the federation to the triumph of the 2007 Asian Cup amidst massacres, and a unique passion for a sport omnipresent in political life: the Beautiful Game is perhaps one of the few things that has united Iraqis over the past few decades. To order The Beautiful Game (Football, War and Politics): https://www.fnac.com/a14857501/Romain... From the publisher's website: https://exuvie.fr/livre/the-beautiful... To order the special World Cup box set: https://exuvie.fr/livre/coffret-coupe... For those who want to follow me: Facebook:   / romainmolina11   Twitter:   / romain_molina   Soundcloud:   / romainmolina   Instagram (yes, anything can happen):   / romain.molina   My website: https://www.romainmolina.com/ -- TIMELINE -- 00:00 Introduction 02:26 Clubs historically owned by ministries, police, transportation, universities, ports... 04:03 Uday Hussein's dark reign over Iraqi football (kidnapping, torture...) 05:00 Interview with Abbas Obeid, former captain of Iraq under Uday Hussein 06:31 Uday's follies: imprisoning players and releasing them to protect his cows from cholera 08:08 The epic success of the 2007 Asian Cup In the midst of war 09:30 Aymed Hussein, the connection to Younis Mahmoud 10:19 An exceptional passion for football 11:33 The incredible destinies of several players 13:48 The performances of Cape Verde and Egypt 15:00 Conclusion #Iraq #WorldCup2026 #CapeVerde