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19.January.2015 at 20:00
Asian Cup
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance : 11394
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Opponent Confederation: AFC
UAE
0 - 1
Iran
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) Asian Cup / Group 'C'-match

Goalscorers
None Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD (90)
Opening Line-up
Majed Nasser
Waleed Abbas
Mohamed Ahmad
Mohanad Salem
Abdulaziz Sanqour
Omar Abdulrahman
Amer Abdulrahman
Habib Fardan Abdualla
Khamis Esmail
Ahmed Khalil
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout
Alireza HAGHIGHI
Morteza POURALIGANJI
Mehrdad POOLADI
Jalal HOSSEINI
Andranik TEYMOURIAN
Vahid AMIRI
Khosrow HEYDARI
Sourosh RAFIEI
Javad NEKOUNAM
Sardar AZMOUN
AliReza JAHANBAKHSH
Bench
Hassan Ibrahim
Hamdan Al Kamali
Abdelaziz Husain
Khalid Essa
Ismaeel Al Hamadi
Mohamed Abdulrahman
Majed Hassan
Salem Saleh
Ismail Ahmed
Saeed Al Kathiri
Haboush Saleh Habou
Mohamed Yousif
AmirHossein SADEGHI
Vourya GHAFOORI
Ashkan DEJAGAH
Masoud SHOJAEI
Ehsan HAJSAFI
Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD
Karim ANSARIFARD
Substitutions
None Vourya GHAFOORI -> AliReza JAHANBAKHSH (57)
Ashkan DEJAGAH -> Khosrow HEYDARI (63)
Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD -> Sardar AZMOUN (72)
Yellow cards
Waleed Abbas (26) Javad NEKOUNAM (36)
Sardar AZMOUN (45)
Mehrdad POOLADI (66)
Red cards
None None.
Other statistics
10 Shots 12
0 Shots on goal 4
0 Offsides 2
4 Corner kicks 10
13 Free kicks 20
0 Penalties 0
Match report
Coaches:
UAE Mehdi Ali (UAE)
Iran: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal)
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19 January 2015 WSG
Brisbane: Reza Ghoochannejhad's last-gasp header gave Iran a 1-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates as Carlos Queiroz's men won Group C of the AFC Asian Cup on Monday.

Samsung Player of the Match Ghoochannejhad's 91st-minute strike - his first goal of the tournament - dealt UAE their first defeat of Australia 2015 and allowed Iran to finish the group phase with the maximum nine points, three points ahead of Mahdi Ali's side.



Iran will face the runners-up of Group D in the quarter-finals on Friday in Canberra while UAE play the Group D winners in Sydney - widely expected to be defending champions Japan.

Queiroz had predicted a day earlier that neither team would be content with a draw, and the Gulf rivals proved the Portuguese tactician right by staging a cagey match at Brisbane Stadium.

On the coolest evening here since the Asian Cup started, the game was marked by Iran's defensive resolve that almost produced a clean-sheet against Argentina at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and suffocated UAE for the most part.

UAE did not have a single shot on target for the whole game.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh should have done better with a free header from the centre of the penalty area in the 18th minute but the Dutch-based striker fired over the crossbar towards the stands.

The Iranians went close again in the final minute of the half yet Sardar Azmoun's header at the right-hand post was cleared wide in the nick of time by Mohanad Al Enezi as the two teams headed into the intermission on equal terms.


The second half was more of the same, with UAE playmaker Omar Abdulrahman unable to find the touches to get his team going. Despite the pressure from Iran, Abdulrahman set up Abdulaziz Sanqour for an angular shot from the right but the Al Ahli man failed to keep his effort on goal.

Queiroz tried to inject some steam into the Iranian attack by bringing Ghoochannejhad and Ashkan Dejagah off the bench, but UAE also held firm at the back to frustrate their opponents.


But Iran would have the last laugh as midfielder Andranik Teymourian unintentionally hit a half-clearance back into the box for Ghoochannejhad, who nodded in from close range as the predominantly Iranian crowd went wild.
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