Wayne Lumbasi
With the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in its final stages, Iran became the first team to book their place at the year-end tournament in Qatar following a 1-0 victory over Iraq.
Mehdi Taremi, the Fc Porto striker, scored the only goal of the game in the 48th minute. He scored from inside the penalty box on a pass from midfielder Ali Reza Jahanbakhsh.
The win at Tehran Azadi was Iran’s earliest jump into the qualifiers. It marked the sixth time Iran has earned a spot in the World Cup in the nation’s history.
The Iranian women were allowed to attend for the first time in almost three years.
Iran extended their impressive unbeaten run under Croatian head coach Dragan Skocic with 11 wins and one draw.
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