{"id":11416,"date":"2010-08-11T18:21:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T01:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/08\/11\/iran-victorious-in-armenia\/"},"modified":"2010-08-11T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T01:21:31","slug":"iran-victorious-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/08\/11\/iran-victorious-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran victorious in Armenia [VIDEO + PHOTOS]"},"content":{"rendered":"
PFDC – YEREVAN, Iran came back from behind<\/strong> to beat Armenia 3-1<\/strong> in a <\/strong>friendly <\/strong>match in Yerevan on Wednesday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afshin Ghotbi arranged his team in a 4-3-3 formation, relying on a rather defensive minded midfield with skipper Javad Nekounam, Farzad Ashoubi and Pejman Nouri and surprisingly on Ghasem Hadadifar of Zob Ahan as left forward.<\/p>\n

In a game with many blunders and unforced errors on either side, both teams had a couple of chances, mostly with shots from outside the area.<\/p>\n

Karim Ansarifard alsmost broke the deadlock 18 minutes into the game, when a turnover in Armenia’s defense created an opening for the youngster, but his good shot after a nice dribbling came off the inner side of the goalpost.<\/p>\n

Armenia took the lead slightly against the run of play five minutes before halftime, thanks to a mishit cross from the left side by Aghvan Mkrtychyan which found it’s way into the net via the goalpost. <\/p>\n

Rahmati and Aghily the heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The homeside could haved doubled the lead when they were awarded a penalty kick shortly after the restart after Hadi Aghily failed to clear a simple ball away and Khosro Heydari had brought down an opponent, but Mehdi Rahmati saved Edgar Manoucharyan’s rather weak penalty kick.<\/p>\n

Short time later, a thunderous shot could be deflected to the crossbar by Rahmati, who kept Iran in the game at this point. The following corner was headed just inches wide and within a few minutes again Rahmati denied Armenia a bigger lead, by stopping two good efforts from close range.<\/p>\n

However, a great Iman Mobali shot from far out troubled the goalkeeper and won Iran a corner kick, which eventually led to the equalizer in minute 67.<\/p>\n

Aghily headed the ball into the net after Nekounam had headed the ball towards the central defender, who’s effort bounced off the crossbar and fell down behind the line.<\/p>\n

In minute 71 Iran took the lead in similar fashion to Armenia’s goal, when a cross by leftback Nosrati accidently found it’s way into the net.<\/p>\n

The already booked Nekounam should have known better than to repeatedly complain about the refereeing and so he crowned his disappointing performance with a red card, ten minutes from time.<\/p>\n

But Iran did well with only ten men and even were the more dangerous side in the last minutes of the game and finally added a third goal deep into injury time.<\/p>\n

A blunder in Armenia’s defense allowed Hadi Norouzi to break through the defense and got past the goalkeeper, who could only stop the substitute striker with a foul. Aghily stepped up and converted with ease to make it 3-1 Iran with his second goal of the day.<\/p>\n

Armenia – Iran 1-3 (1-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friendly Match, Yerevan<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/strong>
1-0 Mkrtychyan (40′)
1-1 Aghily (67′ \/ Assist by Nekounam)
1-2 Nosrati (71′ \/ Zanidpour)
1-3 Aghily (95′ \/ Penalty \/ Foul on Norouzi)<\/p>\n

Suspension: <\/strong>Nekounam (80′ \/ second booking)<\/p>\n

Iran’s lineup:<\/strong> Rahmati – Heydari (81′ M. Hosseini), Aghily, Hosseini, Ashjari (46′ Nosrati) – Ashoubi (46′ Mobali) , Nekounam, P. Nouri – Rezaei (90′ Aliasgar), Ansarifard (76′ Norouzi), Hadadifar (46′ Zanidpour)<\/div>\n

FULL Highlights: ARMENIA – IRAN 1-3<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/div>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ViPrtM_E5eY<\/a>\n

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