1.   Pregame and halftime festivities were muted.

2.   But conflict over the issue of how to conduct the community meal, known as langar, has muted the festivities.

3.   But the festivities were muted by concern over the conflict in Kosovo, where Serb-led Yugoslav forces have forced hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians to flee.

4.   In Kiryat Shemona, Azran said, the festivities will be muted.