According to Tasnim news agency, the Iranian national football team lined up against the Kenyan national team in a friendly match today (Tuesday) at 20:30 and won 2-1.
The stars of Harambee, who had not played for about a year and five months, scored a goal in the 51st minute thanks to the brilliance of Michael Olonga and came close to victory. However, the goals scored by Mohammad Mohebi and Ramin Rezaiyan in the 76th and 84th minutes caused Amir Ghalenoui to taste victory for the first time during his second period as head coach in the national level. Today, the teams of Australia, South Korea and Japan were defeated, and it can be said that Iran won on the black day of the Asian teams.
Composition of Iran: Payam Najaz (46 – Seyed Hossein Hosseini), Armin Sohrabian, Mohammad Hossein Kanaanizadegan, Sadegh Mohrami (46 – Ramin Rezaiyan), Ehsan Haj Safi (62 – Omid Nourafkon), Mohammad Karimi (46 – Milad Sarlak), Rozbe Cheshmi, Mehdi Tarimi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh (46 – Mehdi Torabi), Mohammad Mohebi and Shahriar Mughanlou (1+90 – Reza Asadi)
Kenya combination: Patrick Matasi, Amos Nondi, Brian Mandela, Joseph Okumu, Eric Uma, Teddy Akumu, Richard Odada, Victor Omone, Duke Abuya, Masud Juma and Michael Olonga
The important events of this match are as follows:
10 minutes: Moharrami’s pass was accompanied by Matasi’s bad save and the ball landed in front of Mughanlou’s feet. The striker of our country’s national team then aimed at Kenya’s goal, but this careless shot did not find a way into the goal.
Minute 15: Olonga got the ball in a suitable position and moved towards the goal when two Iranian defenders were in front of him. Al-Dhail’s striker’s shot went wide of the goal of our country’s team.
Minute 27: Kenya reached the Iranian team’s penalty area in a quick counter-attack, but it was unsuccessful. The pass from the right side of the Kenyan players was not well controlled by Duke Abuya and the ball ended up in needy hands after an accidental collision with him.
Minute 32: Mohammad Karimi’s dangerous shot from the middle of the field of Kenya went to the corner after hitting Brian Mandela.
Minute 42: After dribbling two Iranian defenders, Masoud Juma entered the penalty area of our country’s team, and his shot hit Mohammad Karimi and went into the corner.
Minute 51: Michael Olonga, after passing through the barrier of Armin Sohrabian, faced Kananizadegan and Hossein Hosseini in Iran’s penalty area, who shot the ball into the corner of Iran’s goal to score his team’s first goal.
Minute 56: Rouzbe Cheshmi received a yellow card after a foul on Juma.
60 minutes: Iran was able to get a good position on a quick counterattack. Taremi’s one-shot pass reached Mohammad Mohebi, and after moving towards Kenya’s goal, he was going to open the team’s goal to Matasi’s surprise, but the ball went to the corner with the reaction of Kenya’s goalkeeper.
Minute 63: Mohebi’s dangerous ground pass was blocked by the timely presence of the Kenyan defender in front of this team’s goal.
64th minute: Qalenoui students got a free kick when Rezaian stood behind the ball. Iran’s defender shot the ball directly to Kenya’s goal, but after hitting Joseph Okomo, the ball went out of the side of Kenya’s goal in the most dangerous way possible.
65th minute: After receiving the corner ball from Rezaiyan, Mehdi Torabi hit the ball directly, which went wide with a small difference.
65th minute: Matasi was warned by the referee for wasting time.
70 minutes: Rezaiyan’s ground pass was followed by Tarami’s kick, which Okomo’s tackle sent the ball to the corner at the last moment.
74th minute: Mehdi Taremi and Shahriar Mughanlou’s good cooperation led to Mughanlou’s right-footed shot, which also failed to find a way into the goal.
76th minute: Rezaiyan’s beautiful pass was accompanied by Mohebi’s header and Iran equalized.
83rd minute: Mandela was called the second warning of Kenya.
84th minute: The forward pass to Omid Noorafken reached Ramin Rezaian. The experienced defender of the Iranian national team tried to open the goal directly, but Matasi could not make an effective defense, and the ball entered the goal of the Kenyan goalkeeper by mistake.
90+4 minutes: Reza Esadi committed a foul on Olonga upon entering the field and received a yellow card.