Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tehran: Alireza Jahanbakhsh was delighted to send Islamic Republic of Iran fans home happy after the Group A table-toppers secured a narrow 1-0 win over China on Tuesday to maintain a four-point lead over second-placed Korea Republic in the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Asian Qualifiers campaign.
A crowd of more than 78,000 turned out at Azadi Stadium as Mehdi Taremi followed up his solitary strike against Qatar in Doha last week with another shortly after half-time as Iran secured back-to-back 1-0 wins to maintain their unbeaten run in Group A.
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Carlos Queiroz’s team have now won three from three at their imposing home venue and with two of their remaining three games to be played in Tehran, the odds of Team Melli reaching a fifth FIFA World Cup are stacked in their favour.
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