In the early morning of January 28, Beijing time, the 7th round of the Asian World Preliminary Round of 12 ended a focus battle, the Iranian men's football team won 1-0, two legs doubled the Iraqi men's football team, and locked the top two of the group in three rounds in advance, successfully passing through the World Cup. This is the second time in 11 years that Iran has defeated Iraq for three consecutive times, and has participated in the World Cup and the sixth time in team history for three consecutive times, setting three consecutive records.
In today's Asian football, Iran is one of the first-class teams, and the current Asian ranking forces push Japan to the first place. After 6 rounds, the Iranian team won 5 wins and 1 draw and accumulated 16 points, ranking first in the group, and it is getting closer and closer to the World Cup, and the win in this round can advance three rounds in advance.
Iran's opponent in this round is Iraq, who ranked fifth in the group with 4 points in 6 rounds of 4 draws and 2 losses. The two teams have met in their last two meetings, with Iran holding on to all of them, including last year's 3-0 away win over Iraq. In the latest FIFA rankings, Iran ranked 21st and Iraq ranked 75th.
In the opening 6th minute, Noravkan's shot from a tight angle was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 9th minute, Abidzad held down the opponent's header at the goal line. At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0 draw, and Iran's possession rate, shooting, shooting, corner kicks and other data were dominant.
In the second half, Taremi scored a one-handed goal to help Iran break the deadlock 1-0. It was Taremi's seventh goal in this World Cup, with Iran scoring seven or more goals, along with AnsariFad (seven) and Azmun (nine), all in the top ten of the top ten.
In the 58th minute, Gudos deflected a close-range shot and missed a good opportunity. In the 64th minute, Jahanbach's powerful shot was deflected by the goalkeeper. In the 73rd minute, Golizad's goal was ruled invalid for offside, and Iran kept the score at 1-0 until the end of the match.
Iran scored 19 points, surpassing South Korea, which had accumulated 17 points, returned to the first place in the group and passed through the World Cup finals three rounds in advance, becoming the first team to qualify for the World Cup in the round of 12.
Iran is one of the bitter masters of the national football team, and now the Iranian team has advanced to the World Cup three rounds in advance, and the national football team is close to missing the World Cup, and the difference between the two teams in terms of points is 14 points, and the gap is too big.