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07.January.1977 at 00:00
World Cup Qualifier
Al Mallaz Stadium , Riyadh
Attendance : 30000
Referee: Thomas LINMEYER - Austria
Opponent Confederation: AFC
Saudi Arabia
0 - 3
Iran
Referee: Thomas LINMEYER - Austria World Cup Qualifier / WCQ-match

Goalscorers
None Gholamhossein MAZLOOMI (16)
Hassan ROWSHAN (62)
Gholamhossein MAZLOOMI (78)
Opening Line-up
Ibrahim AL YOUSIF (GK)
Ibrahim TAHSEEN
Issa KHALIFA
Issa HAMDAN
Othman MARZOOQ
Saud JASSIM
Solak BALKHAIR
Abdulla FOUDA
Saeed SATTAM
Nasser AL JAMAL
Nayef MARZOOQ
Nasser HEJAZI
Hossein KAZERANI
Hassan NAZARI
Andranik ESKANDARIAN
Suhamudeen MEERFAKHRAEI
Mohammad SADEGHI
Ali PARVIN
Iraj DANAEIFARD
Gholamhossein MAZLOOMI
Alireza KHORSHIDI
Hassan ROWSHAN
Bench
SULATAN
Naji KHALAF
Ghafour JAHANI
Substitutions
SULTAN -> Issa HAMDAN (58)
Naji KHALAF -> Othman MARZOOQ (70)
Ghafour JAHANI -> Gholamhossein MAZLOOMI (87)
Yellow cards
Nayef MARZOOQ None.
Red cards
None None.
Match report


Pictures from the match
Coaches:
Saudi Arabia: Bill McGary (ENG)
Iran: Heshmat Mohajerani (IRN)

Team Melli played its first game in the World Cup 1978 qualifiers with minimal of preparation as the result with only a few days left for the match , a training camp was set in the city of Ahvaz to acclimatize the players to the warm weather of Riyadh.
Iran has denied the services of three main players . Bijan Zolfagharnasab - Parviz Ghleechkhani(c) and Nasrollah Abdollahi were all injured. The fatigue factor with takhte Jamshid league in full swing was also a concern fro the team in Riyadh , however all those were found to be of little effect on the performance and the impressive result of Team melli.


Despite the valuable results , there were several areas of the team performance which has worried the critics. The defense was especially vulnerable, with the young Saudi team hitting the woodwork twice.

The hosts were not successful in scoring during the 90 minutes despite the gaps in Iran's defense.

The star of the match was Gholamhossein Mazloomi who scored two goals and provided the assist for the third for his teammate Hassan Rowshan.


In the end ,it was quite a comfortable win for Iran against Saudi Arabia, who could not match Team Melli players despite the depleted side.
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