Iran vs Nigeria Head-To-Head

[rooyintan]

Team Melli has played Nigeria only on one occasion.

Date: 28.01.1998
Tournament: Carlsberg Cup
Venue: Hong Kong
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen(Denmark)

Result: Nigeria 1 Iran 0, Goal Scorer: Garba Ahmed(50')

Team Melli
Ahmadreza Abedzadeh(GK)(c) [Persepolis]
Mehdi Pashazadeh [Esteghlal]
Naim Saadavi [Persepolis]
Reza Rezaei-manesh [Bahman]
Mehrdad Minavand [Persepolis]
Afshin Peyrovani [Persepolis]
Farshad Falahatzadeh [Esteghlal]
Mehdi Mahdavikia [Persepolis]
Hamidreza Estili [Bahman]
Alireza Mansourian [Esteghlal]
Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta [Bahman]

substitutions:
Ebrahim Tahami->?
Daryoosh Yazdani->?
Farhad Majidi->?
Sirous Dinmohammadi->?

Coach: Tomislav Ivic(Croatia)

Nigeria

William Okpara(Gk) [Orlando Pirates, South Africa]
Jero Shakpoke [Regianna, Italy]
Ganiyu Ajide [Julius Berger Lagos]
Pascal Karibe Ojigwe [Kaiserlautern, Germany]
Kingsley Obiekwu [Al-Ahli, UAE]
Uche Okafor [Kansas City Wizards, USA]
Henry Onwuzuruike [SC Heerenveen, Netherlands]
Gabriel Okolosi [Esperance, Tunisia]
Daniel Amokachi[Besiktas, Turkey]
Emmanuel Ebiede [SC Heerenveen, Netherlands]
Garba Ahmed [Kano Pillars]

Coach: Bora Milutinovic(Serbia)


Team Melli missed star players in this match: Daei, Bagheri and Azizi were all absent. Out of Team Melli players in this match only 8 ended up as being part of 1998 World Cup Squad: Ahmadreza Abedzadeh,
Mehdi Pashazadeh, Naim Saadavi, Mehrdad Minavand, Afshin Peyrovani,
Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hamidreza Estili and Alireza Mansourian.

Nigeria's team was very much the second team, out of the players from this match, only three went on to France later that year as part of Nigeria's world cup team: Star player Daniel Amokachi, along with William Okpara, who was the second choice keeper and Uche Okafor.

[P.Nima]

Thank you
This tells us.... absolutely nothing

[darius3rd]

Iran(IRIFF) should pullout of WAFF immediately and instead help establish a new federation.

Central Asia, Caspian and Transcaucasian Football Federation
(4 x AFC members: Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & Tajikistan; 4 x UEFA members: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan & Kazakhstan)

what a great idea

[rooyintan]

Thank you
This tells us.... absolutely nothing

Nigeria's second-team defeated our main team back in 1998. This time if Nigeria brings most of their top star players, don't be surprised if they defeat Team Melli 2-0 or more in Tehran.

[Kavian]

I have that game on tape!

I watched it again. It was a very close game. Iran played reasoably well. It had many chances to score, but Modir Rosta just wasn't the character to take advantage. Our defense had problems too. Nigeria scored an easy goal.

The game next week could have been different! But I think Ghotbi's roster, is reminiding of the old game again. A under powered team will face Nigeria!!!

[rooyintan]

I have that game on tape!
I watched it again. It was a very close game. Iran played reasoably well. It had many chances to score, but Modir Rosta just wasn't the character to take advantage. Our defense had problems too. Nigeria scored an easy goal.
The game next week could have been different! But I think Ghotbi's roster, is reminiding of the old game again. A under powered team will face Nigeria!!!

In that match were there any substitutions for Team Melli and Nigeria? If yes, can you please write the substitutions details player names and minutes they come on the field and players they replaced.

Many Thanks.

[BacheLot]

Lol, oooooche okafor..!
I remember that dude playing in KC wiz ..! I wonder where he is now?? I think he transferred to coca cola championship..!??
If nigerians federation wasn't so corrupt they woulda easily bagged a world cup by now..!
Like us the have plenty of talented & physically strong athletes and footballers but no infrastructure or management to speak of..!

[Kavian]

In that match were there any substitutions for Team Melli and Nigeria? If yes, can you please write the substitutions details player names and minutes they come on the field and players they replaced.
Many Thanks.

Rooyintan jaan --

I didn't really take notice of the Nigeria subs, but for Iran number of playes were subbed. Tahami, Dinmohammadi, Majidi, Yazdani, ModirRosta, Nadim Sadavi were at some point subbed in and out.

The game was really boring. Iran played really bad in the first half. In the second half, there were some sparks but nothing really exciting.
The best player was Pashazadeh and the rest of them were below average performance.

Watching that game, I wondered why sadavi, Tahami, or Rezamanesh were ever invited to TM.

I hope Ghotbi also gets a chance to watch that game to realize that Nigeria is a team that not only uses its physical strenght to its advantage, but it is also a very fast and technical team. You need to have a right arrangement to counter this team.