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According to Tasnim news agency, Iran’s national football team will face North Korea in the fifth match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers at 15:30 today (Thursday) Iran time, a match that will be hosted by Laos by the decision of the Asian Football Confederation.
Amir Ghalenoui’s students are the leaders of Group A with 10 points and because of the better goal difference. Iran’s national team defeated Qatar with a score of 4-1 in its last game to improve its goal difference and take Uzbekistan’s place at the top of the table. The victory against North Korea and Kyrgyzstan will sign the document of promotion to the World Cup. From the first day of training, the head coach of the national team emphasized to his students that they should take these two games seriously and not let them be surprised.
If Iran gets 6 points against North Korea and Kyrgyzstan, its promotion to the World Cup will be almost certain, but the fastest promotion in the history of Iranian football will happen when Qatar and the UAE do not get the necessary results in their two games ahead. In the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the national team, led by Dragan Skocic, made the fastest ascent in history for Iran after holding its seventh match against Iraq and defeating this team. In addition to the fastest promotion, the students of Qalanewi are looking for another record, to be the first team to advance to the World Cup.
Although the Koreans are at the bottom of the table with 2 points, they have shown that they are not an easy opponent and can achieve what they want with hard work. For this match, Qalanoui has faced another challenge, and that is the high humidity of Laos, which may have a negative effect on the technical quality of the players. The only absentee from Iran is Saleh Hardani, who, despite serving his ban in the match against Qatar due to the dismissal in the match against Uzbekistan, was banned for another session by the AFC.
Iran and North Korea have played each other 22 times so far, Iran’s share was 15 victories and 7 matches ended in a draw.
You can see the schedule of Group A games below:
Thursday, November 24
North Korea – Iranat 15:30
Referee: Saadullah Golmoradi from Tajikistan
Assists: Hasan Karimov and Vafo Karav, fourth referee: Nasrullah Kabiraf
Referee: Oni Hassouna from Jordan
Contest representative: Shun Kitamura from Japan
Qatar – Uzbekistan, 19:45
Emirates – Kyrgyzstan, 19:45
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