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A late English goal defeats Iran U17.

Iran suffered setback to its FIFA U17 World Cup Indonesia 2023 campaign following a loss on Tuesday.

Iran were beaten 2-1 by England in a rain-soaked pitch in Jakarta.

England 2-1 IR Iran
Iran, who had stunned defending champions Brazil 3-2 in their opening Group C match, got off to a dream start against England with Abdolfazl Zamani Ahmadaba putting them ahead in the 31st minute. 

It was a lead they defended till the 63rd minute, with Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny drawing England level. 

England, who defeated New Caledonia 10-0 on Saturday, stole the points in the 90th minute through Joel Tshisanga Ndala’s winner. The goal was conceded by yet another Iranian defensive blunder as goalkeeper Arsha Shakouri did very well to intercept a ball intended to Ndala, however Shakouri failed to hold the ball and as it slipped out of his hands to fall kindly for the English winger who scored from an acute angle into the empty net.

In the other Group C tie, Brazil defeated New Caledonia – who will face Iran on Friday – 9-0. 
Iran is well placed to qualify on Friday when it meets the punching bag of the group, New Caledonia, A win will out it on 6 points. Brazil vs England will determine the group leader, however even if Iran is placed third on goal difference, assuming Brazil beats England, there is a great chance that it will make the round of 16 as the best third place teams.

Iran U17 aims to shine at top level.

The young Iranians are looking to shock the football world in Group C of FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023™.

In this edition, Iran U-17 will meet to giants of the football worlds Brazil and England in addition to “New Caledonia”. Despite the presence of two football superpowers, Iranian teenagers hope to advance to the next round of this tournament. There is a good chance that out of the 6 groups of this championship four best third teams, will advance to the next round.

Brazil in 2019 and England in 2017 are the two recent champions of this competition. This is Iran’s fifth participation in the U17 World Cup. Iran’s last appearance in this tournament was in 2017 and it managed to advance to the quarter-final stage. In that tournament, Iran was grouped with Germany, Guinea, and Costa Rica and managed to advance to the next stage as the top team with 9 points. In the next stage, Iran U17 defeated the Mexicans 2-1 while in the quarter-final stage, it lost to the strong Spanish team 3-1, which included “Fran Torres”. Players like Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Mohammad Sharifi, Younes Delfi, Taha Shariati, and Mohammad Reza Ghobishavi were among the Iranian players in that tournament.

In 2013, Iran was in the same group as Argentina, Canada, and Austria and managed to advance to the next round with five points after Argentina as the second team. In the next stage, it lost to Nigeria with a score of 4-1 and was eliminated from the tournament.

In 2011, Iran was in the same group as Colombia, Netherlands, and Gambia and advanced to the next stage with 7 points as the first team, where it lost 2-1 against Uruguay. Kaveh Rezaei and Milad Gharibi were among the Iranian players in that year.

2001 was Iran’s weakest participation in these competitions. Where they were eliminated from the tournament with three defeats in the same group as Costa Rica, Mali, and Paraguay. Now that we have reached the beginning of the 2023 U17 World Cup, Hossein Abdi’s students hope to repeat the brilliance of the junior team in 2019 and, in addition to advancing from the group stage, they can appear brilliant in the next round as well. However, we should not ignore the presence of the two world football superpowers, Brazil and England.

The FIFA U-17 World Cup™ kicks off in Indonesia on Friday 10 November – and the tournament is being streamed live on FIFA+!

Luis Figo, Ronaldinho, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar, and Victor Osmihen are among the stars who have graced the competition, with this year’s edition again set to showcase some of the game’s most exciting emerging talents.

Iran’s U-17 fixtures

DATE/TIMETEAM ATEAM BVENUE
Sat 11-Nov-2023
19:00		BRAZILIRANJakarta International stadium
Tue 14-Nov-2023
1900		ENGLANDIRANJakarta International stadium
Fri 17-Nov-2023IRANNEW CALEDONIASi Jalak Harupat stadium, Bandung

THE SQUAD

vs Brazil