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zzzo 's Korean fierceness, but this article was important and I'm sure even the they would approve of spreading the news.

The World Cup qualifier in South Korea turned into anti-government protest on part of Islamic republic's national team players, who wore green wristbands to show their support for defeated presidential candidate

The team suffered a different kind of blow with the South Korean team's equalizer just before the end of the match, which badly harmed their chances of taking part in the World Cup next summer.

Iranians in Seoul are taking advantage of a World Cup football qualifier to denounce their government amid allegations of election rigging at home.

A conservative website in Iran reported that all the team players walked onto the field wearing green wristbands expect for one player - Mehdi Mahdavikia, who wore a white wristband in support of Ahmadinejad.

According to this report as well, all the players were instructed to remove the band during half time, apart from Mahdavikia, who kept the white wristband on till the end of the game.

Iranian bloggers rushed to upload photos from the match and praised the players' move. The responses ranged between "bravo" and "excellent", as well as "with such a beautiful thing the result no longer matters".

One of the bloggers wrote, "We need no help, our football team did the green work for us."

Before the match, dozens of Iranians staged a protest to condemn the weekend election results that gave Ahmadinejad a second term.

They unfurled a banner that read, "Go to Hell Dictator," and chanted, "Compatriots, we will be with you to the end with the same heart," during the protest outside a Seoul stadium.

Protesters said they would display the banner during the match.