Singapore vs Iran - Full Highlights [ Asian Cup Qualifying Match, Group 1 ]

Full Highlights of the Asian Cup Qualifying Match between the national teams of Singapore and Iran Date: 6.January 2010 Result: 1-3 PFDC Match Report: Iran qualifies for Asian Cup 2011 PFDC - SINGAPORE, Iran, without the two La Liga players Javad Nekounam and Masoud Shojaei, deservedly defeated Singapore 3-1 in an Asian Cup qualifier on Wednesday. In the first half, the Iranian national football team displayed a quite solid performance. The visitors took the lead after eleven minutes in a hard-fought match. Madanchi broke through the Singaporean defence and was stopped by Singapur defender Precious, however, the overall weak Chinese referee first decided on freekick for Iran, just to change his mind and award a penalty kick to Iran which was easily converted by Hadi Aghili. One minute after the lead, Mehrzad Madanchi extended the lead for Iran after a horrible mistake of the Singaporean defence. As usual, Iran was unable to profit by a struggling Singapore. 15 minutes before the halftime whistle, Singapore scored the 1-2. Alam Shah was left alone in the penalty area and he had no problems to pull one back by a good header. After the first 45 minutes, the Iranians were lucky not to concede the equalizer. Singapore's Amri's header just hit the bar after an other weak and disorganized performance by both right back Khosro Heydari and left back Ehsan Hajsafi. Milad Meydavoudi had a good chance to score a comfortable lead for the visitors, his header missed the goal (58 ...

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