“We Deserved a Win Against Bahrain” – Nekounam

TehranTimes – Melbourne, Team Melli skipper Javad Nekounam expressed his delight at winning their first group stage match against Bahrain and that their victory was deserved.

Iran national football team captain Javad Nekounam believes that they were the better team against Bahrain and deservedly won the game.

Iran defeated Bahrain 2-0 in its first step of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup campaign on Sunday to earn a crucial three points.

“Bahrain is a good organized team but today we played better and deservedly took the three points. Each game has special situation depending on our rival. In my opinion, the referee was lucky because there was no controversial moment during the game,” Nekounam told reporters.

United Arab Emirates stormed back from behind to defeat Persian Gulf rival Qatar 4-1 in the other Group C match.

Iran will play Qatar on Thursday.