FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
United Arab Emirates WWDLD 0
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Iran WDWWW 2
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IRN112
Azadi Stadium · 20,469 att.

Match Report

Iran on the verge of World Cup qualification after UAE win

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Head to Head

IRN leads series 5-0

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Shoja KhalilzadehCD-L
  3. 13Hossein KananiCD-R
  4. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  5. 2Saleh HardaniRB
  6. 10Mehdi GhayediAM
  7. 14Saman GhoddosLM
  8. 15Roozbeh CheshmiRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 8Mohammad MohebbiAM-L
  11. 7Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

UAE · 5-4-1

  1. 17Khalid EisaG
  2. 3Lucas PimentaCD
  3. 4Kouame AutonneCD-L
  4. 12Khalifa Al-HammadiCD-R
  5. 18Mackenzie HuntLB
  6. 19Khaled EbraheimRB
  7. 6Abdalla RamadanCM-L
  8. 15Yahia NaderCM-R
  9. 20Yahya Al GhassaniLM
  10. 9Harib AbdallaRM
  11. 14CaioF

Timeline

  1. 45'+27' Sardar Azmoun (Iran) Goal at 72'
  2. 60' Harib Abdalla (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 60'
  3. 64' Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran) Yellow Card at 64'
  4. 67' Jonathan Santos (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 67'
  5. 68' Fábio Lima (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 68'
  6. 70' Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran) Goal at 70'
  7. 76' Seyed Mohammad Karimi (Iran) Substitution at 76'
  8. 77' Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran) Substitution at 77'
  9. 77' Sultan Adil Alamiri (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 77'
  10. 85' Caio Canedo (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 85'
  11. 85' Isam Feiz (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 85'
  12. 90' Ali Gholizadeh (Iran) Substitution at 90'
  13. 90' Ali Alipour (Iran) Substitution at 90'
  14. 90'+7' Ali Nemati (Iran) Substitution at 97'

WCQ - AFC News

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