AFC Asian Cup

FT Saturday, February 3, 2024
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Iran WWWWW 2
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Education City Stadium · 35,640 att.

Match Report

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Late penalty sees Iran beat Japan to enter Asian Cup semifinal

Iran knocked out Japan with a 2-1 victory in their Asian Cup quarter-final clash after skipper Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted a penalty in added time.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
58.2
Possession
41.8
8
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
365
Accurate Passes
225
446
Passes
314
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
66
20
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
11
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
6
28
Effective Clearances
13
28
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JPN leads series 2-1

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Shoja KhalilzadehCD-L
  3. 13Hossein KananiCD-R
  4. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  5. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  6. 14Saman GhoddosAM
  7. 6Saeid EzatolahiLM
  8. 8Omid EbrahimiRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 21Mohammad MohebbiAM-L
  11. 7Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

JPN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Zion SuzukiG
  2. 22Takehiro TomiyasuCD-L
  3. 4Kou ItakuraCD-R
  4. 6Wataru EndoDM
  5. 21Hiroki ItoLB
  6. 16Seiya MaikumaRB
  7. 5Hidemasa MoritaCM-L
  8. 20Takefusa KuboCM-R
  9. 25Daizen MaedaLM
  10. 10Ritsu DoanRM
  11. 9Ayase UedaF

Timeline

  1. 24' Ko Itakura (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! IR Iran 0, Japan 1. Hidemasa Morita (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 48' Ayase Ueda (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Goal! IR Iran 1, Japan 1. Mohammad Mohebi (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sardar Azmoun with a through ball.
  5. 67' Substitution, Japan. Takumi Minamino replaces Daizen Maeda.
  6. 67' Substitution, Japan. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Takefusa Kubo.
  7. 90'+6' Goal! IR Iran 2, Japan 1. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 90'+7' Substitution, Japan. Mao Hosoya replaces Hidemasa Morita.
  9. 90'+7' Substitution, Japan. Takuma Asano replaces Ritsu Doan.
  10. 90'+8' Substitution, IR Iran. Roozbeh Cheshmi replaces Saman Ghoddos.
  11. 90'+8' Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Torabi replaces Mohammad Mohebi because of an injury.
  12. 90'+9' Substitution, IR Iran. Karim Ansarifard replaces Sardar Azmoun.

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