FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said that the attendance of women at a soccer match in Iran on Thursday was “historic” and a step in the right direction.
After a ban from soccer stadiums that has been effectively enforced since conservative Islamists swept to power in 1979, Iranian women were back to see Iran beat Cambodia 14-0 in a very uneven encounter.
Infantino said he was extremely happy that for the first time in 40 years women in Iran were allowed, not only allowed to go to a football game but to buy, as well, tickets to attend the game.
