{"id":11565,"date":"2010-10-09T06:28:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/10\/09\/doustimehr-downbeat-despite-win\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T13:28:08","slug":"doustimehr-downbeat-despite-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/10\/09\/doustimehr-downbeat-despite-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Doustimehr downbeat despite win"},"content":{"rendered":"
AFC – Linzi, Iran coach Ali Doustimehr was left deflated despite seeing his side finish their AFC U-19 Championships campaign with a 2-0 win over Yemen. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With both sides having lost to Korea Republic and Australia, it meant there was only pride left to play for in the Group D encounter at Linzi Stadium.<\/p>\n

Substitute Kaveh Rezaei proved the difference, breaking the deadlock in the 56th minute when he slotted home Iran’s first goal of the tournament at the back post.<\/p>\n

The striker then converted a re-taken penalty four minutes from time after Yemen skipper Mohammed Boqshan collected a second booking for fouling Rezaei in the box.<\/p>\n

Despite the victory, Doustimehr was still downbeat over Iran’s early exit following 2-0 and 3-0 losses to Korea and Australia respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday’s win cannot make up for the losses against Australia and South Korea, it cannot cover our disappointment about those two games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, 11 players play football, not just one or two but if we had Rezaei and (Omid) Alishah properly prepared against Korea and Australia, I don’t think we would’ve lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t want to play Kaveh Rezaei but I wanted to prove that when he can play healthy, he can influence the other players and the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we had got a good draw, we could’ve qualified from our group. I think everybody knows that Iran were in a hard group and I’m 100% sure that South Korea and Australia will reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cYemen were a good team, they played their way and they did well against Australia and Korea Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yemen coach Sami Al Nash saw his side put together two gritty displays following the opening 4-1 defeat by Australia and was full of praise for the way his young charges never gave up in the face of more illustrious opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a strong display from each team. We played in a strong group and we struggle to play in a balanced way although we came here with a young team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in a strong group and made many mistake in the two matches against Australia and today against Iran. Our preparation was not long enough but I thank my players for battling hard and we will be stronger in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran have been a strong team in Asia for a long time. They don’t have a lot of pace like Korea but they have good technique and tactics when they play.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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