According to Tasnim news agency, Iran’s national football team, which as the leader of Group C of the group stage of the Asian Nations Cup, advanced to the round of 16, will play against Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha at 19:30 tonight (Wednesday) in the last game of this stage. Syria will go. This stadium has a capacity of only 10,000 people, so many spectators are not able to watch the game closely. The referee of this match is Kim Jong Hyuk from South Korea.
In the group stage, Syria was ranked third in Group B with 4 points and was able to get the permission to advance to the next stage for the first time. In 32 games against Iran, Syria has only one win and 14 draws and 17 defeats. Syria’s only victory against Iran dates back to the 1974 World Cup qualifiers. In fact, Iran has never lost to Syria in the last 50 years, but in many of our matches against this team, we have been tied and won with difficulty.
Amir Qalanewi’s students have managed to score in all three matches of the group stage, and despite being in the third place, Syria has only scored once. Therefore, tonight’s match is a confrontation between one of the best offensive lines in Asia and one of the best defensive lines.
Iran and Syria have met only once in the Asian Cup, back in 1980 in Kuwait, which ended in a goalless draw. Sardar Azmoun has the best statistics against Syria with 4 goals and Javad Nekonam, Arash Burhani, Hamid Alidousti and Mehdi Taremi are in second place with 3 goals.
In this game, the national team does not have Kananizadegan due to suspension and Majid Hosseini due to injury.
According to another Tasnim report, today’s round of 16 match will be held by Japan and Bahrain from 15:00.
The winner of the Iran-Syria match will meet the winner of the Japan-Bahrain match in the quarter-finals.