The captain of Iraq's victorious football team has said he will not return to his home country because he fears being killed.
Younis Mahmoud scored the only goal of the game with a header in the 71st-minute to give win the Asia Cup for Iraq.
But afterwards, the 24-year-old said he would not be returning to Iraq as he feared for his life if he went home to celebrate the victory.
"I don't want the Iraqi people to be angry with me," he said. "But, if I go back with the team, anybody could kill me or try to hurt me.
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August 4, 2007
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