{"id":15191,"date":"2013-06-11T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T18:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=15191"},"modified":"2013-06-11T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T19:38:01","slug":"iran-celebrates-after-4-0-trashing-of-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2013\/06\/11\/iran-celebrates-after-4-0-trashing-of-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran celebrates after 4-0 trashing of Lebanon [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, An outstanding performance of the Iranian football national team resulted in a 4-0 trashing of Lebanon in today’s World Cup 2014 qualifier in front of a sensational crowd at the Azadi Stadium on Tuesday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlos Queiroz’ men started well into an important step towards the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Unsurprisingely, the hosts dominated the Lebanese visitors throughout the whole match.<\/p>\n

Iran initially pushed forward through the wingers, Osasuna’s Masoud Shojaei and Ajman club legionnaire Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari while the Lebanese started to mix concrete 30 metres in front of the goal which, in a manner of speaking, seemed to work for the first 30 minutes of the match.<\/p>\n

Khalatbari finally scored the opener in the 39th minute after a nice one-man show in the Lebanese box. Iran captain Javad Nekounam put his stamp on Iran’s overall refreshing performance by scoring the relieving 2-0 lead just before the half time whistle.<\/p>\n

Standard Li\u00e8ge legionnaire Reza Ghoochannejhad with a hammer from close range (46′) and Javad Nekounam with a brilliant shot (87′) secured a well deserved victory over an absent Lebanese football national team.<\/p>\n

Although Iran showed one of its best performances during the World Cup 2014 campaign, a drop of bitterness still exists as Team Melli should have outclassed a rival which was already knocked out. Despite a weak conversion of chances, Iran opened the magic door to Brazil widely as Uzbekistan was defeated by the South Koreans 1-0 in Seoul.<\/p>\n

South Korea is now the table-topper of Group A with 14 points, Iran is back on track on second position with 13 points and a goal difference of +5, which will be essential in the final round on next Tuesday. Uzbekistan is on third position with 11 points, whereas Qatar and Lebanon are out of the race.<\/p>\n

On next Tuesday, Iran will meet South Korea at the Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, at the same time Uzbekistan will face Qatar in Tashkent.<\/p>\n

IRAN – Lebanon 4-0 (2-0)
\n<\/strong>World Cup 2014 qualifier, Tehran, Azadi Stadium<\/p>\n

IRAN:\u00a0<\/strong>Ahmadi – Heydari, Montazeri, Hosseini, Beikzadeh (80′ Hajsafi) – Teymourian, Nekounam – Shojaei (69′ Mosalman), Jabbari (71′ Rezaei), Khalatbari – Ghoochannejhad<\/p>\n

Goals:
\n<\/strong>1-0 Khalatbari (39′ \/ assist by Jabbari)
\n2-0 Nekounam (45′ \/ Heydari)
\n3-0 Ghoochannejhad (46′ \/ Jabbari)
\n4-0 Nekounam (87′ \/ Teymourian)<\/p>\n

Iranian players booked:
\n<\/strong>None<\/p>\n

Watch the goals from PFDC TV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n