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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 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.

Iran U19 draws host China.

Iran U-19 team played against host China in the second match of 4 side Beijing-Hyundai International Youth Football Tournament 2014.

The match was scoreless after 90 minutes.

Iran maintains top ranking with 4 points , level with China but with a much better goal difference. in the first match Iran U19 defeated Malaysia U19 6-1.

Iran’s last match will be against Mexico U19 on Sunday.

Earlier in the day , Mexico u19 gave the Malaysian u19 a true drubbing scoring 8 goals without a reply.

 

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