FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Iran DWWWW 2
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Azadi Stadium · 36,702 att.

Match Report

Iran seal World Cup qualification as Taremi double earns draw

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF IRAN AND UZBEKISTAN DRAWING 2-2 IN THE THIRD ROUND OF ASIAN QUALIFYING FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP

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Head to Head

IRN leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Shoja KhalilzadehCD-L
  3. 13Hossein KananiCD-R
  4. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  5. 2Saleh HardaniRB
  6. 9Mehdi TaremiAM
  7. 6Saeid EzatolahiLM
  8. 14Saman GhoddosRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 10Mehdi GhayediAM-L
  11. 7Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

UZB · 3-4-3

  1. 1Utkir YusupovG
  2. 2Abdukodir KhusanovCD
  3. 5Rustam AshurmatovCD-L
  4. 15Umar EshmurodovCD-R
  5. 7Otabek ShukurovCM-L
  6. 9Odiljon XamrobekovCM-R
  7. 4Farrukh SayfievLM
  8. 3Khojiakbar AlijonovRM
  9. 14Eldor ShomurodovF
  10. 22Abbosbek FayzullaevCF-L
  11. 20Hojimat ErkinovCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Hojimat Erkinov (Uzbekistan) Goal at 16'
  2. 52' Mehdi Taremi (Iran) Goal at 52'
  3. 53' Abbosbek Fayzullaev (Uzbekistan) Goal at 53'
  4. 66' Ruslanbek Jiyanov (Uzbekistan) Substitution at 66'
  5. 69' Ali Gholizadeh (Iran) Substitution at 69'
  6. 81' Seyed Mohammad Karimi (Iran) Substitution at 81'
  7. 81' Omid Norafkan (Iran) Substitution at 81'
  8. 81' Aria Yousefi (Iran) Substitution at 81'
  9. 83' Mehdi Taremi (Iran) Goal at 83'
  10. 86' Abdurauf Buriev (Uzbekistan) Substitution at 86'
  11. 90'+2' Ali Nemati (Iran) Substitution at 92'
  12. 90'+5' Akmal Mozgovoy (Uzbekistan) Substitution at 95'

WCQ - AFC News

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