Tag: Papua New Guinea

Team Melli trounces Papua New Guinea 8-1

Team Melli beat Papua New Guinea 8-1 in a friendly game in the Malaysian city of Selangor early today Thursday. The first half ended 2-0 for Iran with Dejagah opening the scoring followed by Mehdi Taremi late in the half. 

Papua New Guinea scored early in the second half to make it 2-1 before the floodgates opened literary in the second half, Reza Ghoochannejad scored a hat trick while Karim Ansarifard scored a brace , Ramin Rezaeian scored last goal.

Right after the last goal, heavy rain made the pitch quite heavy and the match unplayable, but both teams continued the next 10 minutes play to the end.

 

IRAN vs. PAPUA NEW GUINEA

8 – 1

Shah Alam Stadium , Selangor – Malaysia

Thursday 10th Nov. 2016

scorers:

Dejagah (14′),  Taremi (38′),  Ghoochannejad (47′ , 54′, 59),  Ansarifard (54′ , 59′), Rezaeian (80′)

Team Melli to play Papua New Guinea on Friday

After the cancellation of Team Melli’s friendly against Thailand, an alternative match has been hastily arranged against Papua New Guinea in Shah Alam Stadium in Malaysia on Friday Nov 11th 2016.

Papua New Guinea is a member of the Oceanic Football Confederation. Its highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. In its last match on 17th June 2016, international Friendly,  Papua New Guinea defeated  Malaysia 2–0 in capital Port Moresby. A week before that , it lost the Final of the OFC Nation cup against New Zealand in Penalty Kick out after a goalless draw.

Both result are quite respectable for a nation that is still competing in the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers.

Team Melli , on the other hand , needed a warm up match before facing Syria in day 5 of the World Cup qualifiers. It is expected that the legionnaire players to be available for the Friday match against the not very tough opponents.

Team Melli will be missing 4 major players. Goalkeeper Biranvand due to injury, Ando Teymourian for non inclusion while Azmoun and Hajsafy are suspended for one match each.