Womens Football Thread

[Bessos]

^ That's impressive. Is the Iranian women's football improving or are Kazakhstan and Slovenia just bad in women's football?

[irani8perspolis]

^^ both

I remember 2,3 years ago our U19 team lost to Krasnodar by a large margin

[04041374]

Semi finals
Iran U19 0:3 Russia U19

[irani8perspolis]

^^ expected result, Russia's senior team regularly makes the Women's Euros. The very encouraging thing is that, now the gap is closing.

[Team Melli Fan]

Starts Monday

[Rabbit]

WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP D: IRAN 0-2 MYANMAR


Hanoi: Myanmar made a dream start and then withstood periods of heavy pressure to secure a crucial 2-0 win over a determined Islamic Republic of Iran in their AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2018 qualifying opener on Monday.
First half goals to July Kyaw and Win Theingi Tun proved decisive as the Southeast Asian side took three early Group D points and a major step on the road to next year’s finals in Jordan.

Myanmar coach Roger Reijners utilised a formation featuring two advanced wingers, and the tactic paid dividends after only five minutes, Win Theingi Tun finding space on the right to tee up Kyaw for a simple close range header.

It was a nightmare start for Iran who were playing their first competitive international match in two years, but Maryam Azmoun’s side grew in confidence as the game went on, and began to produce chances of their own.

Deployed in a deep-lying playmaker role, Fatemeh Geraeli was at the heart of the Iranian resistance, as her technique and composure continued to unlock openings and create problems for the Myanmar defence.

But despite her growing influence, Myanmar found a second goal in the third and final minute of first half stoppage time, with the classy Tun on hand to double their lead from close range after Iran had failed to clear a loose ball.

Khin Moe Wai spurned a gilt-edged chance to put Myanmar 3-0 up when she missed from close range on 68 minutes, before Iran rallied in search of a way back into the encounter.

The best chances fell to Zahra Ghabari who found herself on the end of a series of neatly constructed moves, and she came closest to narrowing the gap when her bullet header went narrowly wide of Mya Phu Ngon’s goal with eight minutes remaining.

Iran will look to bounce back from the defeat against Singapore on Wednesday, while Myanmar can enjoy a rest on Matchday Two, before returning to take on the same opposition on Friday.

Photo: Vietnam Football Federation

[irani8perspolis]

Very very disappointing

[Team Melli Fan]

Highlights:

[Team Melli Fan]

Iran 6-0 Singapore

[Bessos]

^ This win makes the loss against Myanmar all the more sour!

We could still qualify for the Asian Cup if we could somehow defeat Vietnam.

And the last match against Syria should be easy.

[nisfejahan]

Loved the second goal.....I wish the women's TM could compete on a level playing field; i.e. dressed for football, not skiing.

[Bessos]

Iran lost to Vietnam 1-6 and is therefore eliminated from the Women's Asian Cup Qualification.

Iran scored the first goal to lead 1-0, but then it was 1-2 at HT.

Vietnam is most likely qualifying for the Women's Asian Cup, along with Thailand, South Korea and Philippines.

China, Japan and Australia are already qualified. Jordan is also qualified because they are the hosts for the 2018 Women's Asian Cup.

[04041374]

Iran 12-0 Syria

[Team Melli Fan]

Iran 1-6 Vietnam

Syria 0-12 Iran

[irani8perspolis]

Not a bad tournament for us considering the fact we haven't had a women's team for 2 years. Our level has improved so much from 4 years ago it's incredible. Qualifying for the Asian Cup next time around is a realistic goal for us.