The current government is quite unpopular within the country's secular community because of stricter religious measures, and a win for the country's football team could have been seen as a win for the government :
دولت فعلی به علت اقدامات سختگیرانه مذهبیش در میان سکولارها محبوب نیست و پیروزی تیم ملی می‌توانست بردی برای دولت باشد.