Team Omid stung by Vietnam in opener [VIDEO]

Persianfootball.com – INCHEON, Disastrous opener for Team Omid at the 2014 Asian Games as Vietnam stuns with a huge 4-1 victory over Iran at Ansan Wa Stadium today.

Nelo Vingada and his Team Omid proved to be ill-prepared for the Asian Games as Vietnam defeated Iran U-23 with goals in minutes 24, 28, 69 and 82. Mosalman scored Team Omid’s only goal at minute 66 from the penalty spot. It must be noted that Iran had a total of 15 shots compare to Vietnam’s 5, however only 5 shots were on target for Iran and 4 for Vietnam.

Iran’s next match will be on September 18 versus Kyrgyzstan while Vietnam meets the same opponent on September 22. Top two from Group H will advance to next round.

Iran: Hojat Sedghi – Yousef Vakia, Arash Rezavand(46, Farshid Esmaeili), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Mohammad Daneshgar(46, Ehsan Pahlavan) – Morteza Pouraliganji, Ali Karimi(32, Yaghoub Karimi), Vahid Heydariyeh – Mohsen Mosalman(c), Kaveh Rezaei, Mehdi Sharifi.

Goals: Vo Huy Toan (Vietnam) 24 , Mac Hong Quan (Vietnam) 28 , Mohsen Mosalman (Iran) 66 , Tran Phi Son (Vietnam) 69 , Ngo Hoang Thinh (Vietnam) 82.

Cautions: Mohsen Mosalman(Iran) 20 , Vu Minh Tuan (Vietnam) 32 , Ho Ngoc Thang (Vietnam) 36 , Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh(Iran) 45+2 , Tran Buu Ngoc (Vietnam) 64 , Mac Hong Quan (Vietnam) 76

Expulsions: Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Iran) 86 2nd yellow.

Referee: Kaf Ahmed Abu Bakar Said (Oman) assisted by Shammakhi Abdullah Mubarak Mohamed (Oman) and Kim Youngha (South Korea) and Fourth official Ko Hyungjin (South Korea).