Tag: Rozbeh Cheshmi

Team Melli stuns Wales with two late goals.

Rozbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian scored two late goals against Wales in Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Doha to ensure Team Melli grab all three points in an exciting and dynamic match.

The 2-0 win puts Iran in the second position in Group B on goal difference behind group leader England. The USA is third and will be meeting the leaders later this evening.

Team Melli had five changes from the previous match with Azmoun making the starting lineup and Jahanbakhsh benched. Gholizadeh also made the start-up. The match was balanced in the early stages but slowly Team Melli managed to take a grip on the match.  However, efforts by Azmoun and Taremi did not yield any results. Ali Gholizadeh scored a goal from a nice assist by Azmoun but he was deemed offside.

The first half ended goalless

In the second half, Iran was much the better team and threatened Wales consistently. The poor finishing and the slow transition from defense to attack marred Team Melli’s performance. Azmoun shot against the post and seconds later Gholizadeh curled a beauty into the far corner of Hennessy but that ball also hit the upright.

In the dying minutes of the match, Taremi was released from a long ball. He beat the offside trap and was one-to-one with Hennessey, The Welsh keeper came all the way outside the box to cut the ball. He fouled Taremi in the process and also denied him a goal-scoring opportunity, a clear red card case. However,  to the shock of the Iranians, the referee opted for a yellow card to the Welsh Keeper. Moments later, the referee was invited to look at the situation by VAR referees. The review resulted in the rightful decision of sending Henessy off.

Dying minutes of the added time. Rozbeh Cheshnmo lathed at a loose ball from outside the box to score from a low powerful shot right into the corner of Welsh goal. 1-0 to Iran. The Welsh then went on an all-out attack leaving their backlight. two minutes later, a counterattack and a beautiful pass by Taremi ended up with Rezaeian chipping the Welsh keeper to make it 20-0.

Iran deserved this valuable win against the 10-man Wales and needs a similar result to assure qualification to the next round.

Omid team falter against Qatar

Doha: Qatar moved a step closer to the knockout rounds of the AFC U23 Championship on Friday with an impressive 2-1 win over Iran at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium that sees them take command of Group A.

Ahmed Alaa and Abdelkarim Hassan claimed a goal in each half to secure all three points for Felix Sanchez’s side and leave Iran – who missed a penalty through Roozbeh Cheshmi – needing to win their final group game against China on Monday.

Ali Karimi scored on the stroke of full-time for Iran, but it was not enough to deny the Qataris a deserved victory.

“To reach six points after two games is the best situation, but we’re still not qualified for the second round,” said Qatar coach Sanchez.

“It was a tough game from the beginning.

“Iran is a great team, one of the best in the competition, but I think we played a good game and we deserved the three points. Now is the time to enjoy it because we have our final [group stage] game in three days.”

Ali Asad was, as expected, included in the starting line-up after shining when he was introduced from the bench in Qatar’s opening 3-1 win over the Chinese and he impressed once again in an enthralling midfield battle the Qataris eventually won.

The home side claimed their rewards for their increasing dominance in the 34th minute when Akram Afif’s quick feet allowed him to clip his pass behind the Iranian defence and into the path of Alaa (pictured), who slipped his shot between Mohammadreza Akhbari’s legs to score.

Five minutes before the interval, Asad went close to doubling Qatar’s advantage, only for Akhbari to palm his shot from the tightest of angles away to safety while with seconds remaining in the half, Arsalan Motahhari headed Iran’s first chance of the game over the bar.

Motahhari carried Iran’s principal threat and, five minutes into the second half, the Naft Tehran forward forced Muhannad Naim into action, firing off his effort from a tight angle that the goalkeeper pushed out of harm’s way.

Qatar, though, always looked the more likely to score and, in the 55th minute, Afif caught the Iranian defence on their heels as his pace continued to cause problems, only for Mohammad Khakpour’s team to concede a corner.

From the resultant set piece, though, Qatar doubled their lead when Hassan expertly lost his marker before side footing Ahmad Moein’s centre into the bottom corner.

Motahhari continued to push forward for Iran, twice going close with headers before being brought down in the area by Ahmed Yasser, who gave Malaysian referee Mohd Amirul no option but to point to the spot.

Iran captain Cheshmi, however, saw his attempt from 12 yards saved by Naim, with the goalkeeper diving to his right to push the ball to safety.

Substitute Milad Kamandani sent his rising shot from the edge of the area just over the Qatari crossbar with eight minutes remaining before Karimi finally found the back of the net in the 90th minute when he raced in and slotted the ball past Naim but it was too little too late for Iran.

“We dominated the game but at the end they’re not going to give any points to the better players, but to the team that scores the most goals,” said Khakpour.

“My captain, I’m really proud of him and the other players because they did their best, they were putting 100 percent into the game and missing the penalty is just part of the game. It happens and many great players in the world have missed penalties.

“But I’m so proud of them because they played a great game tonight. They sacrificed for each other and that’s good enough for me.”

Omid starts the first WAFF U23 in a winning way.

Iran U23 football team (Omid Team) defeated its Bahraini counterpart 2-0 in the match played in Doha on Thursday in the 1st WAFF U23 Championship. Iran goals were scored in the first half by Rozbeh Cheshmi 31` and Hossein Fazeli 42`

The first goal scored by Omid team Captain Rozbeh Cheshmi with an elegant header wile Hossein Fazeli made it 2-0 before the end of the first half after he was set by a weighted header from Arsalan Motahari. Fazeli beat two defenders and then slotted easily past the advancing Bahrain keeper.

The game was a lethergic affair in what is still quite hot and sticky weather in the Persian Gulf. Omid team was the better side but never truly managed impose its full authority to turn that superiority into a handful of goals they deserved. Many goals were missed because of some real poor finishing particularly in the second half.

Bahrain players, true to their reputation, kept falling on the grass on slightest of physical contacts.

The 1st WAFF U23 Championship is taking place in Qatar from September 30th and until October 14th, 2015 at the Lekhwiya Stadium in Doha with the participation of 10 WAFF member associations including Qatar the hosting nation, alongside Jordan, Palestine and Yemen who were drawn in group A. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain in group B. As well as UAE, Oman, and Syria in Group C.

Iran will meet Saudi Arabia next on the 4th of October in a revenge match. The Saudis have already beaten Omid team in Azadi during the AFC U23 qualifiers.