Omid Team beats Australia U23 in a friendly.

Iran's Omid Team (U23) defeated Australia U23 in a friendly international at the Al Duhail Stadium in Doha. In the first half, Iran was leading 2-0 with goals from Ali Shojaei in the 4th minute and Aref Aghasi on the 25th. In the second half Australia narrowed the deficit with a penalty at the beginning of the second half scored by Panos Armenakas. Meraj Esmaeili saved several scoring opportunities including a one on one by the Australian forward. The Australian team had Daneil Arzani , the Iranian-Australian player in the lineup.    

14th October 2019

Abdulla Bin Khalifa , Al-Duhail Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

 

Iran U23 - Australia U23

2 - 1

    Starting Line Up Iran Meraj Esmaeili; Mohammad Aghajahanpour, Mohammad Moslempour, Aref Aghasi, Aref Gholami (C), Amir Roustaei [65' Jafar Salmani], Sina Zamehran [67' Mohammad Sharifi], Reza Shekari [81' Mohammad Haram AlHosseini], Reza Jabireh [81' Mohammadreza Azadi] , Mohammad Khodabandelo, Ali Shojaei Head Coach: Hamid Estili Australia Daniel Margush; John Koutroumuis, Alex Bersbach, , George Timotheou, Tyrese Francois , Ben Folami, Denis Benreau, Daniel Arzani, Gabriel Cleur, Jacob Italiano, Anthony Kalil. Head Coach: Gary Van Egmond Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)