Reuters - Iran captain Mehdi Mahdavikia wants
to flash a perfect smile if he lifts the Asian Cup so he spent Wednesday at
the dentist getting his teeth fixed.
Mahdavikia had one of his upper front teeth, a false one, knocked out during
Iran's 2-1 Group C victory over Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
Soon after the match ended, Iran team officials went back to the Bukit Jalil
National Stadium pitch to look for the missing tooth but to no avail.
Undeterred, the Eintracht Frankfurt player, accompanied by Iran team mate
Vahid Hashemian, went to a dentist in Kuala Lumpur to restore his winning
smile.
Mahdavikia, who celebrates his 30th birthday five days before the Asian Cup
final on July 29, made his international name at the 1998 World Cup when he
scored the winner in Iran's politically charged 2-1 victory over the United
States.
