{"id":47667,"date":"2022-12-08T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=47667"},"modified":"2022-12-08T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:46:52","slug":"asian-football-stars-who-dazzled-at-the-world-cup-mehdi-taremi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/12\/08\/asian-football-stars-who-dazzled-at-the-world-cup-mehdi-taremi\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian football stars who dazzled at the World Cup [Mehdi Taremi]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ChannelNewsAsia.com – SINGAPORE, All sides from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have been eliminated from the\u00a0World Cup in Qatar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that was not before they provided\u00a0some of the tournament’s biggest moments\u00a0and delivered the region’s best-ever performance on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are one player who stood out in their countries’ campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mehdi Taremi, Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran did have a couple of good moments against England, and they were both provided by striker Mehdi Taremi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Porto man smashed one goal past Jordan Pickford to make it 4-1, and later won and converted a penalty late in added time to lend a little more respectability to the scoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He would be in the thick of things again\u00a0against Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needing at least a draw to avoid crashing out of the World Cup after two matches, Iran came out with guns blazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a goal disallowed in the 15th minute, and early in the second half saw two efforts clatter off the posts of the Welsh goal within about 10 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the game looked to be fizzling out into a goalless draw, Taremi made a threatening run onto a long ball forward that drew out Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennessey floored Taremi dangerously and became the first player sent off at this year’s World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taremi, fortunately, did not look worse for wear, and in injury time, Iran seized their opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rouzbeh Cheshmi struck first in the eighth minute of added time, putting Iran 1-0 up with a thunderous effort from outside the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there was Taremi again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 11th minute of added time, he picked up the ball inside his own half to start a counterattack against the undermanned Welsh and ran with it before offloading it to Ramin Rezaeian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rezaeian calmly dinked the ball over substitute goalkeeper Danny Ward to seal the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran ultimately missed out on qualification for the round of 16 after a\u00a01-0 loss against the United States, but finished a creditable third in their group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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