{"id":11539,"date":"2010-10-01T15:04:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T22:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/10\/01\/iran-defeats-iraq-in-waff-semifinal\/"},"modified":"2010-10-01T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T22:04:19","slug":"iran-defeats-iraq-in-waff-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/10\/01\/iran-defeats-iraq-in-waff-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran defeat Iraq in WAFF semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"
PFDC – AMMAN, Iran advanced to the WAFF Championship final after defeating Iraq 2-1 on Friday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran central defender Jalal Hosseini with a nice header (53′) and striker Mohammad Gholami with a shot from close range (86′) ensured an overall deserved victory over an equal opponent.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Hanif Omranzadeh’s and Mohammad Nosrati’s weak man marking, Iraq’s Mostafa Karim scored the equalizer in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n

Iraq had two 100%er (11′, 63′), Iran also had good opportunities to make the game safe (21′, 67′, 86′). Mohammad Ali Karim’s red card for a tackling from behind on Ehsan Hajsafi in the 76th minute helped Iran dominating the match.<\/p>\n

Iran will meet Kuwait in the final on Sunday, who needed a penalty shootout to get past Yemen.<\/p>\n

Iran <\/strong>– Iraq 2-1 (0-0)<\/strong>
WAFF Championship, Amman, King Abdullah Stadium<\/p>\n

Iran: <\/strong>Rahmati – Nosrati, Hosseini, Omranzadeh, Hajsafi – Teymourian, P. Nouri – Heydari, Meydavoudi (46. Zanidpour) – Mobali – Oladi (74. Gholami)<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/strong>
1-0 Hosseini (53’\/assist by Mobali)
1-1 M. Karim (72′)
2-1 Gholami (84’\/ Zanidpour)<\/p>\n

Bookings<\/strong>: Mobali, Hajsafi<\/p>\n

Suspension:<\/strong> Mohammed Ali Karim (76′)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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