A brilliant organized defensive game plan by Team Melli deprived the powerful Argentine from scoring , with the first half ending in a goal less draw.
Argentina with their full artillery of Messi , Higuain , Di Maria and Aguero playing up front failed to penetrate the solid Iranian defense and on the few cases that they did , Alireza Haghighi was there to keep it clean.
If there is any disappointment in Team Melli’s performance , it was the woeful and easy loss of the ball whenever the team was attacking. Many easy balls went astray that should have been more accurately dealt with in the offense. Team Melli free kicks by Ashkan Dejagah was the most serious threats by Iran. Hosseini coming the closest of all the headers,
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