{"id":35126,"date":"2019-01-21T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=35126"},"modified":"2019-01-21T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:37:28","slug":"cristiano-flashback-as-iran-book-asian-cup-quarter-final-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/01\/21\/cristiano-flashback-as-iran-book-asian-cup-quarter-final-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano flashback as Iran book Asian Cup quarter-final spot [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Business Standard – ABU DHABI, Title-chasing Iran survived a first-minute penalty in a chaotic start to eventually dispatch Oman 2-0 and reach the Asian Cup quarter-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beanpole goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand saved from the spot before goals from Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ashkan Dejagah in Abu Dhabi sent Iran through to face China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vietnam were the first to book their place in the last eight after they bundled out Jordan on penalties in Dubai before the Chinese joined them by squeaking past Thailand 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beiranvand saved a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty at last year’s World Cup and plunged to his right to brilliantly deny Oman captain Ahmed Al-Mahaijri, preventing Oman taking a shock lead moments into the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To be honest, I thought of Cristiano for a fraction of a second before the kick,” Beiranvand told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I didn’t want people to think that save in Russia was a fluke. But saving penalties is my job and my responsibility is to help the team.” 

Iran, who are looking to end a 43-year-old Asian Cup title drought, broke through after 32 minutes when Brighton forward Jahanbakhsh latched onto a hopeful long ball to poke the ball past Oman goalkeeper Faiyz Al-Rusheidi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Team Melli” captain Dejagah lashed home a penalty four minutes before the break after Mehdi Taremi had been brought down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beiranvand produced an acrobatic save to keep out Muhsen Al-Ghassani’s long-range strike just before the half-time whistle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sardar Azmoun — dubbed the “Iranian Messi” — twice fluffed his lines after the interval when it looked easier to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taremi subsequently squandered two gilt-edged chances, but\u00a0Iran\u00a0were<\/g> never seriously troubled by an error-prone Oman side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ozCeI87imI8\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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