The round of 12 continued, The No. 1 Team of Iran in Asia sat at home to meet iraq, and in the end, the Iranian team won 1-0, continued to be unbeaten in the World Preliminary Round, the points came to 19 points, it was the team with the highest number of points in the Round of 12, in terms of real-time points, 10 points ahead of the 3rd-place UAE team (according to the UAE's current round of victory, the real score: the UAE 1-0 Syria), in this way, Iran became the first team in Asia to advance to the World Cup 3 rounds in advance!
Iran's FIFA ranking is 21st, and the West Asian team is the highest-ranked team in Asia, in fact, during the World Preliminary Round of 12, the Iranian men's football team performed quite strongly, in the first 6 rounds, they scored 16 points, ranking first in Group A, higher than the South Korean team with 14 points. Before this match, South Korea beat Lebanon 1-0 and the points came to 17 points, so in this game, the Iranian men's football team needs to fight for the top spot. Iraq is not out yet, scoring 4 points in 6 rounds.
Iran lined up a 4141 formation in this game, with Taremi as the center forward, Yahanbashi, Amiri, Guedos and Grizadai appearing in the front, Izaturahi being the team's back, on the back line, from left to right, respectively, Norafchin, Khalilzad, Kanani and Moharami, and the team goalkeeper will be Abed Zadai. In Iraq's starting line-up, the team goalkeeper will be Talib, Abbad sits in the backline, Amir plays the back, and the four people in the front are Hussein, Farhan, Amari and Reissan.
In the 22nd minute of the game, the Iranian team opened a corner kick on the right side, the opponent's header was released, the Iranian player tried to steal the ball, but the upper player fouled, the referee blew the whistle, the Iraqi player fell to the ground, and the game was temporarily suspended. In the 24th minute, Iran missed an opportunity when attacking player Yahambashi's powerful shot was saved by the Iraqi goalkeeper, and Taremi's shot was deflected. A minute later, the Iranian men's soccer team played a wonderful match, Amiri got a one-handed opportunity, his push was saved by the opponent goalkeeper, and he once again missed the goal.
In the 29th minute, the Iranian team attacked, Yahambash turned around and shot inside the box, Talib made a save, once again trying to save the goal, and the Iranian men's football team rubbed shoulders with the goal. In the 35th minute, the Iraqi team sent a cross from the right side, which was blocked by the opponent. In the 36th minute of the match, Iran launched a counter-attack opportunity, and the no. 14 player Guedos appeared in the box, facing the goalkeeper, and his small angle push was deflected by the Iraqi goalkeeper. In the 38th minute, Grizzadee took the ball and came outside the Iraqi penalty area, where one of his long-range shots was deflected by the opposing goalkeeper. In the 41st minute, Iraq got a well-placed free kick opportunity, the attacking player shot directly around the wall, but unfortunately the Iranian goalkeeper got the ball.
Dramatically, in the 44th minute, iraq fouled and gave Iran a set-piece, Yahambashi's shot was blocked off the line, he continued to drive a corner kick, the opponent was released. In the first half of the game, the Iranian men's football team attacked the opponent and completed 12 shots, the Iraqi team was 4, and the Iranian team had 55% of the possession, 10 percentage points ahead of the opponent.
It was not until the 48th minute of the game that iran broke the deadlock on the field, Taremi scored, the score came to 1-0, and in the end, the Iranian men's football team maintained the advantage until the end.