AFC Asian Cup

FT Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Iran advance 5-3 on penalties · Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium · 8,720 att.

Match Report

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Iran beat Syria on penalties to set up quarterfinal with Japan

Iran survived going down to 10 men to beat Syria 5-3 in a penalty shootout in the Asian Cup round of 16 on Wednesday after the game ended 1-1 after extra time, setting up a tasty quarterfinal clash with four-times champions Japan.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
9
Saves
3
43
Possession
57
10
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
12
0.4
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
419
Accurate Passes
594
535
Passes
724
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
86
Long Balls
91
35
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
7
32
Effective Clearances
17
32
Clearances
17

Head to Head

IRN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Shoja KhalilzadehCD-L
  3. 15Roozbeh CheshmiCD-R
  4. 3Ehsan HajsafiLB
  5. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  6. 9Mehdi TaremiAM
  7. 6Saeid EzatolahiLM
  8. 14Saman GhoddosRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 18Mehdi GhayediAM-L
  11. 7Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

SYR · 4-4-2

  1. 22Ahmad MadaniehG
  2. 13Thaer KroumaCD-L
  3. 2Aiham OusouCD-R
  4. 3Moayad AjanLB
  5. 24Abdul Rahman OuesRB
  6. 4Ezequiel HamCM-L
  7. 18Jalil ElíasCM-R
  8. 12Ammar RamadanLM
  9. 25Mahmoud Al-AswadRM
  10. 21Ibrahim HesarCF-L
  11. 7Omar KhribinCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Mahmoud Al Aswad (Syria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Goal! IR Iran 1, Syria 0. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 58' Substitution, Syria. Pablo Sabbag replaces Mahmoud Al Aswad.
  5. 62' Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Ebrahimi replaces Saman Ghoddos.
  7. 63' Substitution, IR Iran. Mohammad Mohebi replaces Mehdi Ghayedi.
  8. 64' Goal! IR Iran 1, Syria 1. Omar Khrbin (Syria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  9. 71' Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Mohammad Mohebi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Gholizadeh replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
  12. 81' Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 87' Substitution, Syria. Fahd Youssef replaces Ammar Ramadan.
  14. 87' Substitution, Syria. Alaa Al Dali replaces Omar Khrbin.
  15. 90'+1' Second yellow card to Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+8' Ibrahim Hesar (Syria) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+8' Substitution, IR Iran. Karim Ansarifard replaces Sardar Azmoun.
  18. 90'
  19. 105'+2' First Half Extra Time ends, IR Iran 1, Syria 1.
  20. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins IR Iran 1, Syria 1.
  21. 119' Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Torabi replaces Ali Gholizadeh.
  22. 120'+3'
  23. 120' Penalty Shootout begins IR Iran 1, Syria 1.
  24. 120'

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