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First win for Omid in the Asian Games

Omid Team managed its first win in the Asian Games 2022 after a disappointing goalless draw with Saudi Arabia in the first match. In Thursday’s match, the U23 team comprehensively beat Vietnam 4-0 to regain the top spot in the Group consisting of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Iran.

Goals my Arsalan Motahri (5), Saman Touranian (47′)’, Mehdi Mamizadeh (53′), and Aria Barzegar (90+2′) sealed the win and a top-of-the-table spot for the U23 team. Iran plays its final game on Sunday against the bottom Team Mongolia for a place in the next round, which seems to be already assured after this win.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia defeated Mongolia earlier in the day 3-0 to be level on points with Iran but placed second with Omofd having a better goal difference.

Iran U19 defeats Nepal U19 4-0

After a comfortable win against the Kyrgyz Republic, Iran’s U19 registered another handsome one against Nepal with leading Group D of the AFC Asian U19 CHampionship qualifier after two rounds.

Iran were held scoreless for 75 minutes before coming home with a wet sail to register a 4-0 win over Nepal in Friday’s later match.

Nepal showed great spirit to keep the hosts at bay until deep into the second half, but Mohammadmahdi Ahmadi’s drought-breaking header sparked an Iranian onslaught which produced four goals in 15 minutes.

Iran’s win keeps them on track to reach Uzbekistan 2020, with Team Melli U19 able to seal their place by avoiding defeat against UAE on Sunday.

The hosts were well on top in the opening stages, but Nepal defended in numbers, showing composure and discipline to keep clear cut chances to a minimum in a scoreless first half.

Despite a frustrating opening 45 minutes, the Iranian goal threat showed little sign of subsiding, with Nepal surviving a number of close calls from headed efforts as well as a goalmouth scramble following a dangerous cross from Alireza Asadabadi.

With 15 minutes remaining, Nepal could sense a famous result, but the plot twisted sharply when Ahmadi was left alone to head in a corner kick from just five yards, and it became a double blow when Iranian skipper Ahmad Reza Jalali slammed in a second, also following a corner kick, in the 84th minute.

The floodgates were now open, particularly when Alireza Monazami rounded Nepal goalkeeper Bishal Sunar to ease home Iran’s third just two minutes later, with Aria Barzegar putting the icing on the cake with another goal in the 90th minute.


The 11 group winners and four best runners-up will join hosts Uzbekistan in the 2020 Finals.

Tajikistan has already qualified as Group C winners and should Uzbekistan finish either top of Group F of the Qualifiers or are among the best four second-placed teams, the fifth-best runners-up will qualify.

In the post-match press conference,  the head coach of the Nepalese youth team said “keeping the Iranian team at bay until the 75th minute was a big achievement for us. “There is a big difference between us and Iran and the fact that we were able to keep the game even to up to 75th minutes is very rewarding,” said Kaysi, the head coach of the Nepalese national youth team after the defeat to Iran’s youth team in the Asian Championship qualifier

“We are trying to reach the level of football in Iran.” He continued: “We resisted for 30 minutes against the Emirates but we couldn’t resist anymore and that makes us different from other teams. We are trying to bring the level of Nepal football to the level of teams like Emirates and Iran.”

 

 

Group D

Standings
P W D L F A GD PTS
1
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
 IRAN 2 2 0 0 7 0 7 6
2
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
 KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 3
4
NEPAL
 NEPAL 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0

Additional reporting by the-afc.com

Perfect start for Iran U19 starts with a solid win vs Kyrgyzstan

Iran’s U19 national football team started the qualification for the final tournament in a positive manner defeating a stubborn 3-0 in the match held today Wednesday in Pas stadium in Ekbatan.

This is the first victory of the team coached by Sirous

The AFC Asian U19 Youth Championship Group D  qualifying match between Iran and Kyrgyzstan ended goal-less. Both teams efforts to score were futile with some of their best chances to score wasted as neither could find the opener as the score remained 0-0 at half-time.

In the second half, the tide changed and the stubborn defensive game-plan of  Kyrgyzstan crumbled early. The second half started with Iran’s pressing hard to break the deadlock. In  the53rd minute Iran scored the opener.  Aria Barzegar jumped above the defenders to finish off Ahmad Reza Jalali’s perfect delivery from the left flank.

The goal spurred Seyyed Akbar PourMousavi’s side to push forward as they dominated the game and their persistence paid off in the 78th minute when Alireza Monazami rose highest to head home Iran’s second goal. It was a well-taken header, as Monazami managed to increase the deficit for his team.

 Yassin Salmani sealed the match for the host in the 82nd minute. Salmani cooly slotted the penalty spot-kick to make it 3-0.

Despite the good result, Pourmousavi’s team lacked good finishing. There were individual flashes of good moves by the young players but as a cohesive unit, it seems that the team needs much more time to gel. Kyrgyzstan team was defensively strong with good physical shapes. The team was mostly dependent on their defensive play including some rough handling of the Iranian forwards. Despite their good efforts, especially in the 1st half, the team lacked punch upfront and were technically weak in ball handling. Their aerial defences left a lot to be desired.

 With this result, Iran is in the second in Group D by goal difference. Kyrgyzstan will meet UAE next while Iran will face off against Nepal on Friday at 17:45

Iran’s U19 plays Kyrgyz Republic in the AFC Asian Qualifiers.

Iran’s U19 team will play its first match today 6th Nov. vs Kyrgyz Republic in PAS Stadium, Tehran in the qualifying rounds of AFC Asian U19 championships 2020 qualifiers.

According to the official website of the Football Federation, the line up will be as follows:

Amir Hossein Nikpour, Ahmed Jalali, Hossein Shavdari, Mohammad Reza Asgari, Alireza Asad-Abadi,  Yasin Salmani, Hossein Zvari, Mehdi Hashemi Nejad, Hussein Nokhodkar, Ali Sobhani and Aria Barzegar

In the first match of the group, UAE defeated Nepal 4-0 earlier in the day.

Iran’s U19 is coached by Sirous Pour-Mousavi

Javanan (Iran U 20) lose to Indonesia

Iran’s U 20 team (Javanan Team) lost its second test match against Indonesia 1-0

At the start of this match, both teams played a balanced game and most of the minutes were played in the middle of the field. Both teams were thinking about seemed to be concerned with not conceding rather than scoring. Playing on the counterattacks, both teams managed to create one or two chances on goal, but neither of the goalkeepers was beaten with the first half finishing in a goalless draw.

In the second half, Indonesia scored on a counterattack as a result of calamitous error by Iran’s goalkeeper. It was then that the Iranian youth intensified their offence in the hope of scoring the equalizer and the winner.

However, Iran U 20 did not use their possession superiority to their advantage. The best chance for Iran to score was thwarted by an Indonesian defender who cleared the ball from the goal line.

 Iran failed to score in the second half as the match ended 1-0 for Indonesia. It should be noted that the Iranian team had a 4-2 victory in its first match against Indonesia.

Javanan Team (Iran U 20)

Amir Hossein Nikpour; Mohammad Reza Moharami, Ahmad Jalali, Hossein Zavari, Hossein Shavardi, Mohammad Asgari, Alireza Asadabadi, Yassin Salmani, Mehdi Ahmadi, Mehdi Hashemi Nejad and Aria Barzegar

Iran U19 defeats Indonesia in a friendly.

As part of a long term preparation plan, Iran’s youth team (U-19) played its Indonesian counterpart in a friendly match yesterday.  The Iranian youth won the first match 4-2 with goals scored by Yasin Salmani in the first half, Ali Sobhani, Aria Barzegar and Mehdi Hashemi.

Iran is hosting Indonesia for a two-match series and will be playing the next after a day’s rest before leaving home to Jakarta.

In yesterday’s match, Iran started well as the neatly distributed the ball. Under the leadership of head coach Siruspour Mousavi, the team looked well balanced and finished the half victorious.   The U-19 team taking full advantage of hosting and support of the home crowds. Iranian youth quickly controlled the game and its pace with a high percentage of ball possession.  In minute 15, a foul on Ali Sobhani by the Indonesian defender in the box resulted in a penalty for Iran. Yasin Salmani scored the spot-kick , 1 -0 for Iran.

The home side continued to look for opportunities, but Indonesians piled up the defenders to limit the Iranian threats.

The first half finished with Iran leading 1-0.

At the beginning of the second half Indonesia were able to draw level with a fine goal, but that equalizer was short-lived as Ali Sobhani put Iran 2-1 ahead in the 50th minute.

Seven minutes later Aria Barzegar scored Iran’s 3rd goal to put the host in full control. With Iran pressing upfront looking for more goals, the Indonesian counter-attacks were threating. However, Mehdi Hashemi killed off the game in the 60th minute when he scored Iran’s fourth.

Indonesia managed a late consolation goal five minutes before the end in a match which gave the Iranians a decisive 4 – 2 victory.