TMDC - MUSCAT, Team Melli defeated China 2-0 to clinch the third place in the 4 nation Oman international tournament. A penalty goal late in the first half by Mohammed Seyed Salehi and a Pejman Nouri goal in the second half sealed the victory for Team Melli.
Daei started with the skeleton of the team that played Ecuador minus a few changes, however the rhythm of the match and fluency of the first match was nowhere to be seen. China on the other hand were contend with defending and hoping for some quick counter attacks on Talebloo’s goal, who overall had a comfortable day.
Early in the match, Jamshidian was replaced by Maysam Baeo and subsequently Daei changed six players including a debut for Khalighfar.
Team Melli were more in control of the match , but still lacked clinical finishing the culprit of the day was Rezaei. However Rezaei’s penetration into the penalty box drew a foul and a penalty for his team.
Four Team Melli players were awarded yellow cards including three of the defenders.
Iran - China 2-0 (1-0)
Goals: SEYED SALEHI (43)' (p) , Pejman NOURI (72')
Venue: Sultan Qaboos Stadium , Muscat
Referee: Abdulla Al Hilali (Oman)
Iran:
TALEBLOO Vahidi (GK) ; KAEBI Hossein (c) (77' MONTAZERI Pejman) , GHORBANI Pirouz , BENGAR Mohsen , ASHJARI Hassan , NOORI Mohammed , KHALATBARY MohamadReza (64' NOURI Pejman) , JAMSHIDIAN Ahmed (20' BAEO Maysam), ZARE Maziyar (77'RAHMATI Kianoush) , REZAEI Gholamreza (64' KHALEGHIFAR Reza) , SEYED SALEHI Mohamad(77' BORHANI Arash)
China:
LEI Zong ; BOWEN Huang ; WEI Du , XIAOFEI Zhang , WEIWEI Yuan , LONGYUAN Shen (69' DONG Wang), HAIBIN Zhou (54'PENG Cui), DONG Wang , JIAN Liu (54' WENHUI Du) ,ZHENYU Du (46' NING Jian) , HAO Wo (88' HAO Wu)
