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Iraq - Thailand 2:0
Reuters/dailysoccer.com:
Scorers: Qahtan Drain 27,
Haidar Mahmoud Majid 58
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance:
2,000
Teams:
Iraq: 1-Hashim Khamis Hassan;
2-Haidar Mahmoud Majid; 4-Abdul Jabar Hanon; 6-Ziyad Tareq Brisam; 7-Adnan
Mohammad Hassb (13-Abbas Zayer 56); 25-Abdul Wahab Abul Hail (14-Essam
Salem 88); 20-Hussam Fawzi Naji; 9-Ahmed Jasim; 10-Abbas Obeid Jassim;
11-Sabah Khalaf; 15-Qahtan Drain.
Thailand: 1-Wirat Wangchang;
2-Thanongsak Pajakkata; 5-Choketawee Promrut; 7-Chukiat Noosalung; 8-Therdsak
Chaiman
(11-Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
70); 12-Surachai Jaturapattarapong; 14-Worrawoot Srimaka; 16-Surachai Jirasirichote;
17-Dusit Chalermsan; 23-Sutee Suksomkit; 24-Tananchai Boriban.
Lebanon (hosts)-
Iran (tournament favorites) 1845
gmt 0:4 (final score)
1st half:
-unlike in the first match
of the day it is a full house and an enthusiastic crowd
-Lebanon in red shirts,
white shorts, iran in all white
-Lebanon attacking in the
first minutes with some half chances already
-('17) a huge counter attack
by Mehdi Mahdavikia and Ali Daei is stopped in the last moment
-a fast and exciting match
so far, much better than the first encounter of the day
-('19) a free kick cross
from the right hand side by Mehdi Mahdvikia and Karim Bagheria flies into
it - his header from 7 meters leaves the keeper no chance - 0:1
-Lebanon answer with more
attacks and goal scenes
-But Iran are more dangerous
with their attacks
-('40) during an attacking
spell, originally initiated by Ali Karimi, Iran display their huge attacking
potential and Bagheri hits the goal post with a low shot
-after the good beginning
Lebanon has not had much to add, Iran dominates the match now
2nd half:
-Lebanon begin the 2nd half
trying to attack again, although it looks better than the end of first
half they are not as dangerous as in the beginning, Iran now more solid
-('54) Azizi comes in for
Karimi who has seen yellow for a foul from behind
-('59) Azizi is dangerous
the first time, falls, wants a penalty but does not get it
-Iran continue to be more
dangerous
-('63) Lebanon with a good
attack but the eventual header comes from a too difficult angle and hits
the outside of the net after a cross had manoeuvered out almost the entier
defence
-('64) Ali Daei answers
with a sharp low shot which goes wide and leaves the keeper lucky
-the crowd fires up the
home team
-('70) Iran is lucky as
a shot from 20 meters with free way to the goal sails wide
-('71) again Iran answer
attacking themselves, but a defender can stop the counter attack for a
corner which then brings some more danger
-('75) great goal: Iranian
counter: Ali Daei to Azizi who makes some great moves around keeper and
defenders, then sidepasses it to Estili, who has just come in for Mahdavikia,
who scores easily from about 12 meters - 0:2
-('76)('77) Lebanon answer
right away, abit lack of concentration now by Iran, especially #9 who has
come in during the second half makes a lot of noise by his soloruns
-('84) a must score opportunity
for Lebanon, when a player, completely unmarked, fails to score from 5
meter distance
-('85) the next Lebanon
attack as Iran seem to approach the match too easy now
-('88) a perfect Iranian
triangle counter attack Azizi to the right to Daei who sidepasses to the
left to Estili who scores - 0:3
-('injury time) another
nice triangle play, this time the ball is headed to Ali Daei who hammers
it into the goal - 0:4
-a frustrating scoreline
for the brave Lebanese, Iran have confirmed their favorite position, Lebanon
have to recover psycologically, then they are not without chance in the
other two matches
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