{"id":29489,"date":"2017-10-17T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=29489"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:47:14","slug":"iran-stay-strong-to-advance-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/10\/17\/iran-stay-strong-to-advance-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran stay strong to advance [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-art-intro-text field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden in-tintro\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">AFC &#8211; Goa, <strong>Islamic Republic of Iran made it four wins from four matches at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and qualified for the quarter-finals after fighting to make two early goals stand up against a game Mexican side in their last-16 clash on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-art-full-text field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden in-tfull\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">In the seventh minute Mohammad Sharifi converted a very confident penalty after Mohammad Ghaderi\u2019s hard work to take the ball from Adrian Vasquez, who responded with a clumsy challenge in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Just four minutes later, the Mexican defence looked out of sorts again, and they allowed Allahyar Sayyad\u00a0<em>(pictured below, left)<\/em>\u00a0far too much space in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The impressive forward gathered a long ball, turned and chipped his shot over the frustrated Mexican goalkeeper Cesar Lopez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-afc.com\/uploads\/afc\/files\/_competition\/fifa\/u17_wc\/2017\/iran_v_mexico_fifau17wc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Iran, who blitzed through their group including a famous 4-0 win over Germany, looked set to run away with the contest, but Mexico settled well after 30 minutes and began to have the better of the chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">They tested goalkeeper Gholam Zadeh several times first and then found their breakthrough in the 37th\u00a0minute when Roberto De La Roda thumped in a volley from near the edge of the area from a rebound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The CONCACAF representatives continued to look the more dangerous team throughout the second half with Diego Lainez going close and Jairo Torres\u00a0<em>(pictured above, right)<\/em> rattling the post near the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Iran recovered in the end and exerted their prowess, holding the ball well in the Mexican half to close out the match and reach their first-ever quarter-final in this event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">It was a difficult contest, but they maintained their momentum heading into their clash against Spain, the European champions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran v Mexico | FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 | Match Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FNmVjzml328?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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