In the early morning of January 28, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round Asian Group A, Iran defeated Iraq 1-0 in the seventh round of the game, the post-match points reached 19 points, the real time standings have been ahead of the third place UAE 13 points, three rounds in advance to advance to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
In this campaign, facing the sworn enemy Iraq, Azmoun, the number one star of the Iranian team, is not in the team lineup, although it is not the strongest lineup, but the overall strength of the Iranian team is still much stronger than Iraq. In the 48th minute, Taromi scored a winning goal, with Taromi's golden goal, Iran won 1-0 against Iraq, all three points, after the game Group A instant standings: Iran 7 rounds 19 points first, South Korea 7 rounds 17 points second, UAE 6 rounds 6 points third, Lebanon 7 rounds 5 points fourth, Iraq 7 rounds 4 points fifth, Syria 6 round 2 points bottom.
Regardless of the outcome of the match between the UAE and Syria in this round, the Iranian team has locked in the top two of the group in advance, and the team in the bottom 4 has not been able to catch up with the Iranian team anyway, and the Iranian team has reached the World Cup for the sixth time in history and participated in the World Cup for the third consecutive time, creating a new history for the Iranian men's national team.
At the same time, Iran also became the first team in the 12 teams in the two groups of AB to advance from the group in the round of 12, and the second Asian team to participate in the 2022 World Cup in addition to the host Qatar.