21.   Huge crowds were gathering in the streets of major cities to cheer their team.

22.   In the cement court that doubles as village square and patio for drying the bean harvest, they cheered teams with names like The Revolutionaries and The Born Losers.

23.   Officials allowed French people to greet the team inside the terminal, but three dozen Americans who came to cheer their team were forced to wait outside behind barriers.

24.   Some tens of thousands of Iranian spectators cheered their team through the first half but their support became more lukewarm in the second.

25.   The Japanese team was cheered on by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

26.   Thousands of Iranian fans showed up to cheer their team, some with their hair painted in the green-white-red of the Iranian flag.

27.   Traffic came to a virtual standstill as people poured into the streets to cheer the team.