Iran’s National U-22 team defeated Qatar 2-1 in today’s match held in Meleka , Malaysia in the Group C qualifying matches for the AFC U-22 Asian Cup. Both Iranian goals were scored in the first half by minute 29 and MohammadReza Khanzadeh in 29th and two minutes , later in the 31st minutes Kaveh Rezaei made it 2-0. Qatar scored a consolation goal in the second half.
With this win , Iran lead the groups with 6 points
Iran started the match playing calmly and spent most the initial 15 minutes probing the Qatari defenses.
The onslaught began in the latter stages with series of attacks from the flanks in order to open up the Qatari’s who were content to defend and
hope for a break in the counter attack. However , the sustained pressure by Iran did not allow the Qatari;s to advance much and during one of such Iranian offensives and from a corner , Khanzadeh slotted the ball home to score Iran’s opener.
Qatar were on the brink of a quick plan change when Kaveh Rezaei robbed the ball from a Qatari defender and managed to create a one on one situation with Qatar’s goalkeeper. Rezaei made no mistake and scored Iran’s second less than 3 minutes from the first goal.
The referee from Hong Kong played on a suspicious penalty for Iran ans the rest of the match did not yield any more goals for Iran,
Qatar managed to score a consolation on the 92nd minute.
Accordingly, Haj Amin Mohammadi has received his 2nd yellow card and will suspended for the game against Maldives.
| Teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| KUWAIT * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BAHRAIN * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| QATAR * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| TAJIKISTAN * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MALDIVES | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
IRAN – QATAR
2 – 1
AFC Asian Cup U22 Qualifications , Group C , Hang Tuah Stadium , Melaka
Scorers: Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (29’) , Kaveh Rezaei (31’)
Ali Reza Safarbeiranvand ; Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Mohammadamin HajMohammadi , Saeid Lotf , A
hmadreza Zendehrooh , Morteza Pouraliganji (67’ Morteza Tabrizi ) , Yaghoub Karimi , Shahab Karami
, Farshad Ahmadzadeh (79’ Saman Narimanjahan) , Kaveh Rezaei , Mohsen Mosalman (83’ Navid Khoshhava)
Coach : AliReza Mansourian
Yellow Cards: , Mohsen Mosalman (15’) , Saeid Lotf (30’), Mohammadamin HajMohammadi (71’)