Thailand U1-9 team defeated Iran U-19 2-1 in Yangoon , Myanmar in the Group A of the AFC Asian U-19 Championship today.

The first half ended 1-0 for Iran after Amir Hossein Mazloom found the net early in the match. The match was marred by constant stopping time wastage and grass rolling by both teams , resulting in the addition of 9 minutes to the match but in reality iut was far greater than that. The time wastage and injury faking by the two sets of players was not a good advert for Asian football at this stage.

In the second half, which Thailand opened with determination and resolve, the Thai team playing a collective simple passing game , managed to score two goals while wasting as much chances to finish the match 2-1.

With Myanmar being in the same group , Ali Doustimehr team is now in a precarious position and the qualification from this group is suddenly a mammoth task.

Failure by Iran’s U-19 in this competition will seal a miserable years for Iranian football which has faced humiliation only a few weeks ago in the Asian games.

Iran has to defeat Yemen , and hope to avoid defeat against the host , in order to stand a chance of qualification.

Team Melli U-19 will be playing the next game in the group against  Yemen on Friday.  Gone are the days that Iran can count on a win even against the weakest teams , which is the case here with Yemen, however if Iran fails to win this match on Friday , they are practically our of the competition.

AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

09-10-2014 15:30 MMT
Youth Training Centre, Yangon, MYANMAR

Attendance 2,850

Goals: Amirmohammad Mazloum (IRN)(15′) , Tanasith Siripala (THA)(65’), Chenrop Samphaodi (THA)(82’)

Iran

Mahdi Amini (GK); Meysam Joudaki (C), Mohammad Roshandel, Seyed Majid Hosseini, Saeid Aghaei [74′ Ali Gholizadeh],  Ali Hazami, Sadegh Moharrami [ 67’hossein Mehraban], Milad Sarlak,  Ezatolahi Saeid [85′ Siavash Haghnazari] , Amirmohammad Mazloum, Yousef Seyyedi

MVP: PATIPAN PINSERMSOOTSRI (THA)