{"id":43855,"date":"2021-10-12T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=43855"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:58:24","slug":"iran-share-spoils-with-s-korea-in-world-cup-qualifier-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/iran-share-spoils-with-s-korea-in-world-cup-qualifier-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran share spoils with S. Korea in World Cup qualifier [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TehranTimes &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Iran were held to a 1-1 draw against South Korea in the 2022 World Cup qualification on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Son Heung-min struck four minutes into the second half at the empty Azadi Stadium in Tehran on a counter attack. The Tottenham star beat Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand after six consecutive clean sheets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon after, Iran dominated the match and put the Taeguk Warriors under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi could have equalized the match in the 67th minute but his strike hit the woodwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 76th minute, Sardar Azmoun sent a long ball from Korean\u2019s left flank outside the six-yard area and Iran captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh found the back of the net with a powerful header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mehdi Taremi could have scored the winner two minutes later but his strike hit the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result ends Iran\u2019s 10-game winning streak under head coach Dragan Skocic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran remained Group A leaders with 10 points, two points ahead of South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran are scheduled to meet Lebanon and Syria in the November window while Korea face UAE and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 12 countries competing, which are divided into two groups of six teams. The top two places in each group will qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reporting by Masoud Hossein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran vs. Korea Republic: Extended Highlights | AFC Asian Qualifying | CBS Sports Golazo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUOtCYeU0Dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TehranTimes &#8211; TEHRAN, Iran were held to a 1-1 draw against South Korea in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":2070,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43857,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43855\/revisions\/43857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}