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According to Tasnim news agency, Iran’s national football team faced North Korea in the fifth match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers at the national stadium of Laos at 15:30 today (Thursday) and won 3-2. Iran’s goals were scored by Mehdi Qaidi (26), Mohammad Mohebi (41 and 45), and Mehdi Tarimi (57 – own goal) and Kim Yu-sung (60) scored the hosts’ goals.
Shoja Khalilzadeh was dismissed in the 50th minute with a red card. Mehdi Tarimi also missed a penalty kick in the 76th minute.
North Korea hosted this game, but according to the ruling of the Asian Football Confederation, it will host opponents in another country.
With this victory, Amir Ghalenoui’s students gained 13 points and remained the leader of Group A. North Korea also stood at the bottom of the table with 2 points.
While Iran had finished the first half with 3 goals, at the beginning of the second half, with the dismissal of Shoja Khalilzadeh, they were reduced to 10 players and conceded two goals in three minutes and barely won the game with a poor performance.
Composition North Korea: Kang Joo Hyuk, Jang Kuk Chol, Kim Pum Hyuk, Kye Tam (68 – Ri Eun Chol), Ri Joo Guk (90 – Jok Kum Sung), Han Kwang Sung (73 – Young Gwan), Cho Joo Sung, Cho Ok Chul, Kim Yoo-sung (68 – Park Wang-hoon), Kang Kuk-chul and Paek Chung-sung.
Composition Iran: Alireza Biranvand, Ali Nemati, Shuja Khalilzadeh, Milad Mohammadi, Aria Yousefi, Saeed Ezzatollahi, Mohammad Karimi (68 – Alireza Jahanbakhsh), Mohammad Mohebi (81 – Omid Nourafken), Mehdi Qaidi (54 – Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan), Sardar Azmoun (68 – Mohammad Ghorbani) and Mehdi Tarimi (81 – Shahriar Mughanlou).
referee: Saadullah Golmoradi from Tajikistan
warning: Ri Joo Guk and Kang Kuk Chol from Korea and Aria Yousefi from Iran
Dismissal:Shoja Khalilzadeh (50) from Iran
first half
Minute 7: A ball was sent to the penalty area of North Korea, Mehdi Tarami’s shot was not accurate and it was given to Kang Joo Hyuk.
15 minutes: Once again, Taremi took a shot in the penalty area, but the North Korean goalkeeper blocked the ball.
Minute 29: Mehdi Taremi sent a precise deep pass to Mehdi Qaidi, another Bushehri player of the national team, and this player was able to open Korea’s goal.
Minute 31: Saeed Ezzatollahi caught the ball from the Koreans and passed it to Qaidi, but the national team’s striker’s shot was blocked by the Korean defenders in front of the goal.
Minute 35: Han Kwang Song’s shot was blocked by Alireza Biranvand so that the most important opportunity for the Koreans was lost.
Minute 41: Once again, Taremi sent a deep pass, and this time it was the turn of another national team player, Mohammad Mohebi, to open North Korea’s goal.
Minute 45: Iran counter-attacked and Qaidi passed the ball to Taremi, and this player gave Mohebi the opportunity to score Iran’s third goal.
second half
Minute 47: The shot of the North Korean player in Iran’s penalty area hit the hand of Shoja Khalilzadeh, and the Korean players believed in a penalty, but after VAR review, the referee’s decision to continue the game was confirmed.
50 minutes: The North Korean player was in a one-on-one situation, which was stopped by Shoja Khalilzadeh’s foul. The Tajik referee also dismissed the defender of the national team from the field.
Minute 57: The Koreans, who had taken the lead after being down to 10 men, had a chance and sent a ball that Tarami mistakenly put into the own net.
60 minutes: The Koreans took the corner and with the kick of one of the players of this team and the wrong positioning of the Iranian defenders, the ball reached the six-step area of the national team. Sardar Azmoun was trying to deflect the ball from the front of the goal, but the ball hit Kim Yu-sung and entered Iran’s goal.
62nd minute: Taremi was brought down in Korea’s penalty area, and after the review by the video assistant referee, the referee went to the side of the field and decided to take a penalty after seeing the scene.
67th minute: Taremi himself stood behind the ball and took the penalty kick, but the Korean goalkeeper sent the ball to the corner with his foot.
75th minute: Ray Jo Gok’s shot hit the goalpost of the Iranian national team in the penalty area.
82nd minute: A deep pass reached the Korean player and this player could have scored a tie for his team, but his shot went over the top of Alireza Biranvand’s goal.
84th minute: A good ground pass was sent to Iran’s penalty area and it reached Pak Wang Hoon, and this player’s shot went wide of Iran’s goal.
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