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In a shock result , Team Melli lost to Lebanon at Camille Shamoun Sport City by  a solitary goal from a header by Redha Antar which proved to be  the match winner, with the creative midfielder’s 28th-minute strike being the first goal Lebanon, ranked 124th by FIFA, had scored against their more illustrious opponents in this their eighth meeting.

Antar rose above the Iranian defense in front of his direct marker , Hossein Mahini to head home a free kick from Mohammad Haidar in the 28th minute, giving Lebanon its first goal ever against Iran. It proved to be the winner as Lebanon defended well for the rest of the game to deny the Iranians and claim all three points in the Asian Group A.

For Lebanon, competing in the fourth round of Asian World Cup qualifying for the first time, this was their first win in the group and with the point gained in a draw with Uzbekistan , they are now in par with Iran and Qatr with 4 points. The loss is Iran’s first in this World Cup qualification.

With quite a few players missing , the line up was a repeat of earlier ones tried by Queiroz that failed to impress , yet the Portuguese have stuck to the same names even playing Karim Ansarifad , whom he ignored initially due to poor form and was a last minute addition to the squad , to spearhead the attack.

Despite having most of the ball possession , Team Melli failed to take advantage of that control , while the Lebanese goalkeeper Abbas Hassan displayed a few heroics in both halves to deny the Iranians.

After scoring , the Lebanese  then defended bravely and wasted time much to the irritation of Iran, who struggled badly on the atrocious pitch which lacked grass in several areas as the home side claimed the landmark win.

The result heaped more pressure on Iran coach Carlos Queiroz, the former Real Madrid and Portugal boss who has been criticized for his tactics , poor player selection , weak offensive line , as the team have struggled to score goals.

On Tuesday, they dominated possession and territory but came up against in-form Lebanese goalkeeper Abbas Hassan, who thwarted them on several occasions.

The headband-wearing goalkeeper, who was shown a yellow card for time-wasting, produced a string of solid saves, with his 95th-minute stop of Mohammad Ghazi’s strong header a highlight.

Inspirational captain Roda Antar returned from injury to score the crucial goal as Lebanon recorded a famous 1-0 win over Iran on Tuesday which kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

Antar, who had missed his team’s first three matches in Group A because of a knee injury, headed in a free-kick by Mohamad Haidar after 28 minutes to give the Cedars all three points at Sports City Stadium.

The Iranians dominated possession but struggled to carve out any clear openings until the very end when Lebanon goalkeeper Abbas Hassan made a series of outstanding saves to preserve the victory.

The win was Lebanon’s first ever against Team Melli, who had won six of the previous seven international meetings between the two sides. More importantly, it put Theo Bucker’s side right back into contention for a spot in the 2014 FIFA World Cup after they had managed only one point from their first three matches in the group.

They now have four points from four games, level with second-placed Iran and Qatar and three points behind group leaders Korea Republic, who drew 2-2 with Uzbekistan in an earlier match.

“We had a good performance today and I’m happy with what the players showed in the game,” said Lebanon coach Bucker. “We showed that we are capable of getting good results and now we have a good chance after this win to qualify although we must work hard.

“We played against a strong team but we believed that we could win and that helped us tonight. We now have to get some rest and prepare well for our next game against Qatar.”

While the Iranians enjoyed the lion’s share of possession, they did very little to trouble the home side, who were quite content to sit back and hit their opponents on the counter-attack.

And against the run of play, they took the lead just before the half-hour mark when Haidar floated in a free-kick from the right that picked out Antar on the edge of the six-yard box and the Lebanon captain expertly guided his header past goalkeeper Seyed Rahmati and into the net despite Pejman Nouri’s desperate attempt to clear the ball off the line.

With the lead in hand, the home side seemed prepared to shut down the game and continually frustrated their opponents by denying them space and holding up the ball while they were in possession.

A frustrated Carlos Queiroz sent on Ehsan Haji Safi and Mohammad Ghazi to replace Karim Ansari and Nouri at half-time but the visitors continued to struggle with Mohammed Noori’s header, which forced a sharp save from Abbas Hassan just before the hour, their only real chance early in the second half.

But Hassan would become more influential as the game entered its closing stage as he denied Javad Nekounam twice in a minute after turning aside a powerful volley from just inside the box and then diving low to keep out the Iran captain’s header from the resulting corner.

The Lebanon goalkeeper then made another brilliant save in stoppage time to deny Ghazi as the fans at the Sports City Stadium celebrated one of the most memorable results in their country’s football history.

Iran coach Queiroz felt that Abbas’ performance was the crucial difference between the two sides.

“Congratulations to Lebanon who won with the least possible effort,” said the Portuguese. “We had a good match and had a great performance but Lebanon had a good goalkeeper who had a great game and denied us a lot of times.

“Despite the defeat, we are still in the competition although the situation is now complicated. We missed several players today and Lebanon showed good fighting spirit which coupled with a good performance of their goalkeeper helped them to win.”

Earlier, South Korea held on to their lead at the top of the pool by drawing 2-2 away to Uzbekistan. The Koreans lead the way on seven points with Iran second on goal difference in the group’s other qualifying berth for Brazil 2014.

Match details here

Team Melli will be facing Lebanon in one of the most crucial matches of the final qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. After a series of unconvincing displays by the Iranian team under the coaching of the Portuguese coach , Carlos Queiroz, the ex-Real Madrid and asst. coach of Alex Ferguson , has admitted that the task in Beirut will not be easy as he is will be facing a determined team that requires a good result to stay in touch with the rest of the teams in this group.

Iran’s Team Melli has not won a competitive match since the opener game of  this group against Uzbekistan in Tashkent in June with an injury time goal by Khalatbary. Since then , a disappointing draw against Qatar in Azadi in front of capacity crowds , followed by two friendly draws against Tunisia and Jordan , has attracted criticism against the performance and results from the media nd experts. Queiroz , a person who has not been very accommodating to the critics and has  shown little tolerance towards critics , has been on the defensive and accused his critics of failing to support the team at crusical stage of the competition.

In any case , the Portuguese is feeling the heat and is under pressure to deliver some good result in Beirut but according to him , that will not be an easy job. “Despite the fact that our match against Lebanon is not going to be easy, we have a great chance to win. We can‘t underestimate Lebanon because they are a strong team especially when they play at home and therefore the task will not be easy”, Queiroz was quoted in the pre-match press conference. On the other side , His German coach of Lebanon national team , Theo Bücker emphasized his team’s dire need for the 3 points “the result is really important and could determine our campaign in the qualifiers.”

Lebanon hwill virtually lose all chances of making a comeback in this group if they l;ose all three points at hom,e against Iran, however , the possibility of the Lebanese going for an all offensive strategy is quite remote ads the cautious German would rather not lose than to open up and expose his defense line. Lebanon depends on the counter attack while they have maintained a good defensive plans through this campaign. Such strategy resulted in an historic win against the mighty South Koreans ,a result that shocked the perennial Asian World Cup qualifiers and  resulted in the sacking of their coach. Although Lebanon has not repeated such a feat again , the possibilities are there given the home advantage and the need to win points at such a stage.

All indication s are towards a tough match for Queiroz men , especially in the absence of some key players such as the inspirational Ashkan Dejaghah who suffered a minor knock that kept him away from the Jordan camp and the friendly. With Andranik Teymourian being suspended for this match as a result of two cards, the midfield will depend on the industry of Captain Javad Nekounam and creativity of the veteran Ali Karimi . Both the players have been found wanting and have not produced the quality expected from them. The veteran midfielders, who have over 250 caps between them, have suffered poor form at club and country level since the start of the season, while other midfield players have also not managed to sparkle the team.

At the front line, news about Mohammad Ghazi . who was pulled out of the match against Jordan after a receiving a knock , is still sketch and it is unconfirmed if he will be part of the squad, leaving the lone forward spot to Karim Ansarifard to spearhead the Iranian offensive. The Perspolis player is also suffering from a soft patch and was initially not selected for the squad , however an injury to other players forced the Portuguese coach to recall Ansarifard , a move that attracted further scorn form critics of Carlos Queiroz.

While the defense line was relatively stable and immune from major changes, there has been a quite a few changes recently in this line as well. Several combinations of players for the central half was attempted by Queiroz while the same also was true for the half backs. The expected line up at the back remains to be seen.

Queiroz realizes the importance of the three points and he will be desperate to achieve all of the points. A slip or in worst case scenario, a defeat, might will put the Iranian team chances for qualifying in real jeopardy especially since both Uzbekistan and Qatar are very much still in with a chance to challenge Iran for one of the spots.

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) approved the seedlings for the upcoming tournament of the seventh West Asian Championship men football competition 2012, on four levels.

The seeding of the participating teams in the tournament at different levels is based on the FIFA  Ranking which was released on Wednesday , September 5th. The first level comprises of Kuwait, the host team and defending champions along with Iran , the highest ranking team in the competition , and Iraq, who obtained the next best ranking  the West Asia region of the FIFA Ranking.

The distribution of teams at different levels as follows:

Level 1: Kuwait, Iran, Iraq,

Level 2 : Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia

Level 3:  Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon

Level 4:  Syria, Palestine, Yemen.

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) announced earlier the date of the draw to be on the  16th September in Kuwait City. The 7^th Tournament will consist of 3 groups  of 4 teams each, Winners of each group will shall qualify for the semi-finals along with the best team finishing second in the 3 groups.

For the best second team , the system adopted to determine such team  (the best team in second place) will consider total number of points achieved by each team in the group matches, then goal difference in the group matches , the number of goals scored and the number of yellow and red cards least obtained by each team. In the unlikely event of continuing tie between two or more teams , the selection of such team will be determined by a draw.

The tournament will be held in Kuwait during the period from 8 to 20 December 2012  in Kuwait, with the participation of 12 teams : Kuwait, Jordan, UAE, Iran, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Lebanon and Yemen.

The sixth edition of the tournament was held in 2010 in Jordan, where the Kuwaiti team crowned champions after beating Iran 2-1 in the final.

FIFA ranking for the current month put the participating teams tournament as follows: 54 – Iran: 573 points, 78 – Iraq: 437 points, 87 – Jordan: 402 points, 93 – Oman: 376 points, 100 – Kuwait: 348 points .105 – Saudi Arabia: 328 points, 112 – Bahrain: 308 points, 120 – UAE: 278 points, 124 – Lebanon: 271 points, 148 – Syria: 170 points, 151 – Palestine: 161 points, 152 – Yemen: 154 points.

Wednesday 5^th September 2012

Team Melli were held to a goalless draw by Jordan in the last friendly game before Tuesday as they prepare for the crucial match against Lebanon in Beirut.

Before the kickoff , the two teams stood in one minute silence  in the memory  of Mahmood Al Jowhary , the Egyptian former Team Manager of Jordan , who died in Amman as a result of heart attack a couple of days back.

The match kickoff, which was played in King Abdulla  the second Stadium in Al Quasmieh in the suburbs of Amman , and attracted a small Jordanian crowd, was delayed for half an hour due to the Jordanian squad arriving at the venue late as a result of breakdown of their bus transporting them to the stadium!

  The host ,  who are also preparing for a vital match against Australia in which their fate will be known in the FIFA World Cup  2014 qualifiers, were quite determined to make amends for their poor results and fought quite well to control the middle of the park. Occasionally they also showed superior technical abilities and managed to beat Iranian players on one to one encounters. Haddadifar was guilty of several lapses in the midfield while both Karimi and Nekounam contribution where modest.

Despite the Jordanian controlling the game , the first real chance for scoring came to Iran when Karim Ansarifard , a late addition to the squad after he was overlooked initially ,  received a long ball on the right flank and with a sudden burst of pace , beat his defender but shoot from a distance off mark.

Jordan, rarely tested Iran’s defenses as Rahmati had nothing serious to worry about in this half, while the next scoring chance also came to Iran when Khalatbary’s beautifully curved ball hit the post.

With 4 changes in Team Melli mainly in the middle of the field , Team Melli piled on the pressure in the second half as Omid Nazari , Pejman Nouri and Mohammad Nouri were substituted in . Iran took control of the ball and the midfield and was visibly the better team. Several chances were created and most of them were executed by Mohammad Reza Khalatbary of which one header from a delicate cross was easily dealt with by Amer Shafi’s , and then Khalatbary  again, hit a ferocious shot that Jordan’s goalkeeper only managed to parry while another chance went to Omid Nazari who shot beautifully on the far right hand side of Amir Shafi, for the gallant Jordan keeper to save it miraculously to keep his sheet clean.

           

 While all the clear scoring opportunities went Iran’s way, a solitary real chance of the game came to Jordan when a header struck the post late in the second half.

Overall, despite the much better performance by Team Melli  in the second half, the team clearly lacks cohesion  and organization. The fluidity of the last match against Tunisia, was also missing in this game with the absence of players like Ashkan Dejagah and Ando Teymourian. Despite Masoud Shojae starting the game and playing over 70 minutes , his contribution was minimal as he clearly displayed a lack of match practice which perhaps requires a long time to reach his peak. A knock received by Mohammad Ghazi , late in the 2^nd half forced Queiroz to substitute him. There is no word on his injury, the list of which is starting to grow in the squad.

Carlos Queiroz was dismissed from the game in the closing minutes when he vehemently disputed two calls by the linesman. The Portuguese seemed to be quite animated and upset with the happy whistling referee for UAE.

Team Melli will be flying to Beirut on Sunday for the game on September 11^th against Lebanon.

Match Details Here

Iran has dropped 6 places in the monthly FIFA ranking in September 2012. Iran which is currently involved in the FIFA World Cup Qualification 2014 in the same group with Korea Rep. , Uzbekistan , Qatar and Lebanon, is now ranked 54 in the list with 573 points accumulated. However , Iran is still 4th in the continental ranking after Japan (793) , Australia (778) and Korea Rep. (763).

This would be one of the lowest FIFA ranking  since Carlos Queiroz took over at the helm of Team Melli coaching. The poor results in the World Cup qualifiers was a factor in the drop in ranking. Iran won 1-0 away to Uzbekistan and drew 0-0 at home against Qatar. Both of these teams rank below Iran in the table.

 

FIFA Ranking

 

Date	Iran
Sep 12	54
Aug 12	48
Jul 12	50
Jun 12	45
May 12	52
Apr 12	51
Mar 12	51
Feb 12	47
Jan 12	44
Dec 11	45
Nov 11	45
Oct 11	42
Sep 11	50

 

 

Asian Zone

Last Updated 05 Sep 2012

	Rnk	Zon. Rnk	Team	Pts	+/- Pos
	23	1	Japan	793	-1
	25	2	Australia	778	-1
	27	3	Korea Republic	763	2
	54	4	Iran	573	-6
	70	5	Uzbekistan	470	-7
	78	6	China PR	437	-9
	78	7	Iraq	437	6
	81	8	Korea DPR	429	10
	87	9	Jordan	402	-4
	92	10	Qatar	380	6
	93	11	Oman	376	-1
	100	12	Kuwait	348	-4
	105	13	Saudi Arabia	328	-1
	112	14	Bahrain	308	-10
	120	15	United Arab Emirates	278	1
	124	16	Lebanon	271	3
	127	17	Turkmenistan	266	-4

 

Iran confirmed their place in the final of the AFF tournament 2012 when they picked up the full six points out of two matches, following their close 2-1 win over Uzbekistan in an Ho Che Min City match.

Iran’s team coach Akbar Mohammadi Argi said after the game that both teams were struggling with the unpredictable weather conditions throughout the 90 minutes.

“It was hot at the start then it became cold right at the end, a condition which both teams have to adjust to,” said Akbar. “Today, we put what we have learned into practice and it is just another win for us.

“But today, the players also must realized that they have to finish all the chances they have created where in the second half we had at least three good opportunities. That failure to score resulted in us being put under pressure.”

With both teams fresh from their respective victories two days earlier, the game was always going to be close as afterall the last time, the two teams met in friendlies in Tashkent, it ended in an even one win and one defeat for either team.

But today, Iran seemed to be more determined where in spite of being ran ragged by Vietnam in their first match, they have the legs to take control of the midfield with Mohammad Hossein pulling the strings.

Both Roozbeh Chesmi and Sardar Azmoun had their chances but missed the target while for Uzbekistan’s best effort in the first half came off Abdumuminov Jahongir in the 18^th minute but was denied by the excellent save from Hojjat Sedhi.

In the 29^th minute, there was no denying Iran the lead when Azmoun made good on the cross from Roozbeh. The score at the end of the first half was 1-0 to Iran.

The second half saw a more battling performance from Uzbekistan as they look for the equalizer. In the 58^th minute, a header from Yuldashov Boburbek off a freekick was cleared on the line by Mohammad Hossein.

Iran replied with Azmoun rocking the crossbar just after the hourmark before Roozbeh doubled their lead with a well taken header off a cross from Hossein Fazeli.

Uzbekistan then grabbed their only goal in the game in the 71^st minute when Sergeev Igor slammed home from close range.

Iran will play its final match against Australia on Thursday 6th September 2012. Australia won its first match when they defeated host Vietnam 4-0 later in the day.

Iran is leading the 4 team tournament with 6 points.

 

 

 

HO CHI MINH CITY (2 Sept 2012) –

Iran denied Vietnam further reasons to celebrate their National Day today when they beat the hosts 2-1 in the second game of the first match day of the AFF Under-19 Preparatory Tournament here at the Thong Nhat Stadium.

Today marked the 65^th year of Vietnam’s independence.

But at the Thong Nhat Stadium, Iran would prove that they mean business as barely into the first minute of play, striker Sardar Azmoun blasted in the lead for the visitors from the edge of the box.

With the fans barely into their seat and the home team still looking to settle down, the early goal certainly did not sit well with their plans.

They tried hard to get back into the game but found Iran’s physique too hard to break down as play was restricted to mostly in the middle of the park.

In the 33^rd minute, the game went up a notch as after a long cross from the back, Behnam Barzay ran in with the ball before putting it past Vietnam keeper Nguyen Son Hai.

Two goals down and with nowhere else to go but forward, Vietnam soon strung passes together and as Iran became more brazen, the hosts finally scored their first goal in the game just before the break.

Off a long cross from Dao Duy Khanh, striker Phan Dinh Thang chipped the ball over the oncoming Iran keeper Hojjat Sedghi – much to the jubilation of the several thousand fans.

The second half was very much a carbon copy of the first with Vietnam more on the counter-attack to get the better of their much taller opponents. But with them unable to hold the ball for long periods, the loss of possessions was telling to their overall effort.

Iran’s best chance after the break came in the 67^th minute but Azmoun totally fumbled his try while ten minutes to the end, Vietnam’s chance for an equalizer was denied by Hojjat.

The Next match for Iran U19 will be on the 4th September against Uzbekistan who beat Australia 2-1 in the forst match.

 

 

 

Ashkan Dejagah has lost his chance to play for his country against Lebanon and Jordan. The shock news came as Carlos Queiroz announced an immediate replacement for the German based Iran International.

Karim Ansarifard who was dropped in the initial list drawn by Queiroz , was recalled to team Melli to replace injured Dejagah. Meanwhile the Wolfsburg player was involved in transfer activities , as news from London was filtering through that Fulham was interested in the Iran International player.

In London , this Friday , Fulham boss Martin Jol was set to plunder the German Bundesliga again in a bid to bolster a midfield left weakened by the departure of Mousa Dembele to Tottenham Hotspur.

Jol has already brought Croatian striker Mladen Petric from Hamburg and German defender Sascha Riether from Wolfsburg this summer. Now he is ready to pay Wolfsburg £2million for Iran international Ashkan Dejagah.

Riether and attacking midfielder Dejagah were in the same Wolfsburg squad that lost to Fulham in the quarter-finals of the Europa League in the spring of 2010. Now they could link up again, subject to a medical on Dejagah who recently tore a muscle in training.

Should the deal go through, that injury will prevent the 26-year-old from making his debut in tomorrow’s Premier League derby at West Ham.

While in Germany , Wolfsburg boss Felix Magath has revealed Fulham have made an approach for winger Ashkan Dejagah. The 26-year-old has just 12 months remaining on his contract with the Bundesliga side and has risen through the ranks at the club.

“I have asked Ashkan about this (move to Fulham) and he said he would be keen to make the move,” Magath told Kicker-Sportmagazin.

“I have to say I am not happy about him leaving us but we had to consider the whole situation.”

Tehran

No major surprises in Queiroz list.  The Portuguese coach sticks to the old guns.

The eagerly awaited list of Team Melli players who would be traveling to Jordan for a training camp and then to Lebanon for the FIFA Word Cup match vs Lebanon, has been announced by Carlos Queiroz.

The 23-man squad was announced after the conclusion of the round 7 of the Persian Gulf League matches.. The Squad would be based in Amman for a week and the program includes  a friendly match in Amman with the host.
After the conclusion of the camp , Team Melli will be flying to Beirut to meet Lebanon in the third match of the Qualifying group of the World Cup 2012. This match will go a long way in defining the chances of Team Melli in this tightly contested group with includes South Korea , Uzbekistan , Qatar in addition to Iran and Lebanon.

Despite some expectations that Quieroz , after watching 7 rounds of the current league, will be calling some new players , this list is identical to the previous ones with only minor adjustments. The major addition is Spain based Osasuna player Masoud Shojaei, who is yet to be fully fit for his club and was not even on the bench during the last match Osasuna played against Barcelona in the La Liga. Shojaei has not played for Team Melli since the 2011 Asian Cup in which he suffered several injuries which required multiple several surgical operations.  Masoud Shojae started training a few weeks back to prepare himself for the league. He was selected by Quieroz for the Hungary camp but was met by objection of Osasuna club who were very reluctant to release him so early in his recovery.

While most of the legionnaires are included in the list , they are not expected to join the training camp due to the club commitments. These players will be joining the squad at the customary FIFA regulation of 3 days before an official match.

The 3 regular players missing are Khosrow Heydari , Mojtaba Jabbari , as well as the  suspended Andranik Teymourian.  Not surprisingly , Perspolis forward and last years top league striker Karim Ansarifard was dropped as a result of his poor form while his club is struggling at the end of the table.  The  21-year-old Ansarifard , ex-Saipa forward, has not featured in Perspolis starting line up recently.

 

	Name	Club	Posn	Caps	Goals
1	AHMADI Rahman	Saipa	GK	1
2	HAGHIGHI, Alireza	Rubin Kazan (RUS)	GK	2
3	RAHMATI, Mehdi	Esteghlal	GK	72
4	AGHILI, Hadi	Qatar FC (QAT)	DF	67	10
5	HAJSAFY, Ehsan	Tractorsazi	DF	45	2
6	HOSSEINI, Jalal	Perspolis	DF	72	5
7	MAHINI, Hossein	Perspolis	DF	12	0
8	MONTAZERI, Pejman	Esteghlal	DF	5	1
9	POOLADI, Mehrdad	Perspolis	DF	10	0
10	ZARE, Maziar	Malavan	DF	23	3
11	BEIGHZADEH Hashim	Esteghlal	MF	13	1
12	DEJAGAH, Ashkan	Wolfsburg (GER)	MF	3	2
13	HADDADIFAR, Ghassim	Zob Ahan	MF	11	0
14	KARIMI, Ali	Perspolis	MF	125	38
15	NAZARI, Omid	Ängelholms (SWE)	MF	1	0
16	NEKOUNAM, Javad	Esteghlal	MF	126	30
17	NOURI, Mohammad	Perspolis	MF	23	4
18	NOURI, Pejman	Malavan	MF	41	4
19	EBRAHIMI, Mohammad	Tractorsazi	FW	3	0
20	GHOOCHANNEJAD Reza	St. Truiden (BEL)	FW	0	0
21	KHALATBARY, MohamadReza	Sepahan	FW	47	4
22	NAJAFABADI, Mohammad Ghazi	Perspolis	FW	10	3
23	SHOJAEI, Masoud	Osasuna (ESP)	FW	37	4

 

 

 

 

 

Almost half of the selected players (10 out of 23 ) are from Esteghlal and Perspolis clubs, despite the two popular Tehran teams faring poorly in the league at the early stages. Perspolis is currently near the foot of the table , while Esteghlal is lingering at the lower mid table.