Team Melli Omid

Paatoop.com - The Iranian U23 men’s national football team played a friendly against Australia in Dubai; 200 Iranians cheered for their country.


Iran’s U23 squad (AKA Omid Team Melli) played a friendly match against the U23 squad of The Socceroos.

Australia took the lead in the 43rd minute, but in the 46th minute Milad Kamandani’s beautiful pass to Mehrdad Mohammadi converted into Iran’s equalizer.

18-year-old Reza Karamolachaab played the second half, making him the youngest among his 21-22-year-old peers.

Iran’s line up:
Amir Abedzadeh, Behrooz Cheshmi, Mohammad Daneshgar, Vahid Heydarieh, Jalal Abadi (Ali Abdollahzadeh 63′), Mahan Rahmani (Ahmad Nourollahi 46′), Ehsan Pahlevan (Mohsen Karimi 61′), Shahin Sabeghi (Reza Karamolachaab 46′), Milad Kamandani (Farshid Esmaeili), Ali Karimi, Arsalan Motahari (Mehrdad Mohammadi 46′)
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