Iran beats China 2-0 in friendly [PHOTOS & VIDEO]
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PressTV – ZHENGZHOU, Iran’s national soccer team has defeated China 2-0 in an international friendly match at the Tianhe Stadium in China.
Iran had the upper hand in almost every minute of the game and performed well as the players were in harmony and well-coordinated, Fars News Agency reported on Friday.
Andranik Teymourian and Mohammad Gholami scored the goals for Iran while the referee disallowed a goal by China as offside.
The appointed referee from the host country served Iranian players Hadi Aghily, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari, Karim Ansari Fard and Masoud Shojaee with yellow cards.
Iran had demanded that the match be judged by a South Korean referee, but China rejected the plea out of what it cited as respect for Chinese referees.
Iran’s national soccer team will play against South Korea in another friendly game next Tuesday.
Iran: Rahmati – Heydari (Zanidpour), Aghily, Hosseini, Nosrati – Teymourian, Nekounam, P. Nouri (Shojaei) – G. Rezaei (Oladi), Gholami (Ansarifard), Khalatbari (Norouzi)
