The last time four World Cup matches on the same day ended in a tie, Pelé was the 17-year-old breakout star and Frenchman Just Fontaine went on to score a tournament-record 13 goals. That was 1958. Iran didn’t enter that competition but began its troubled 2026 World Cup campaign with one of those ties, 2-2 against New Zealand. Iran’s coach said his team was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after the match. Looking ahead, if there’s a modern-