Tag: Hossein Abdi

Iran U17 aiming for a place in the quarter-finals.

After defeating Afghanistan 6-1 in AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023 currently held in Thailand, Team Melli U17 will face Qatar today to book a place in the quarter-finals of the competition. The serious rival of the group, South Korea, defeated Qatar with the same margin, 6-1 and is playing Afghanistan in the second round.

Afghanistan proved no match for the young Persians coached by Hossein Abdi as H. Nafari 28', E. Gholizadeh 32' and 51', K. Taheri 48' and 49', and R. Ghandipour 89' scored for Iran. Afghanistan scored its only goal from an Hakim Khan Niazi 36' strike.

Lineup vs Afghanistan:
[1] Arsha Shakouri: [2] Nima Andarz, [3] Husam Nafari ,[5] Erfan Darvish Aali, [23] Abolfazl Zoleikhaei (17 R. Ghandipour 60‎'), ‎[7]Esmaeil Gholizadeh, [14] Z. Saadavi (16 Abolfazl Zamani 46‎'), [8] Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia, [9] Yaghoub Barajeh (A. Homaeifard 60‎')
[10] Kasra Taheri (11 A. Sharifi 77‎'), [15] M. Askari (18 Mahan Sadeghi 70‎')

Iran U17 defeats Laos in AFC Asian Qualifiers

Bishkek: Iran and the Kyrgyz Republic seized the early initiative in Group I of the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ 2023 Qualifiers with opening wins on Wednesday.
Iran lead the standings after a 3-0 win over Laos while hosts the Kyrgyz Republic defeated Hong Kong 2-1 at the Dolen Omurzakov Stadium,
IR Iran 3-0 Laos Iran had to work hard to defeat a resilient Laos side who held the Central Asian side to a stalemate in the first half. Iran finally found the breakthrough in the 67th minute with forward Kasra Taheri (pictured above) opening the scoring.
Midfielder Mohammad Askari doubled their lead in the 83rd with forward Reza Ghandipour sealing the win with his effort in the third minute of added time. Iran plays the Kyrgyz Republic next on Friday with Laos meeting Hong Kong.