The Iranian national team took a 1-0 lead against Syria during the first half of the match currently being held between them at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in the round of 16 of the 2024 Qatar Asian Cup.
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The Iranian national team’s goal was scored by Mehdi Taremi from a penalty kick in the 33rd minute of the match currently taking place between them.
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The winner of the Syria-Iran match will meet its counterpart, Japan, which defeated Bahrain in the quarter-finals on February 3 at Education City Stadium.
The Syrian team advanced from the group stage of the Asian Nations Cup for the first time in its history, after obtaining third place with 4 points from a draw with Uzbekistan and a win over India.
The Syrian team succeeded in qualifying for the round of 16 for the first time in its history after failing to do so in six previous matches, after coming third in Group Two.
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While the Iranian team qualified to lead its third group with a full score of 9 points, after three successive victories over Palestine, Hong Kong, and finally the UAE, where the Iranian team, which won the title 3 times, topped the third group with a full score of 9 points.
Iran qualified for the final eight after scoring 7 goals and conceding 2, while Syria scored one goal and conceded the same.
The Syrian and Iranian national teams have faced off 29 times before, and Iran won 17 of the matches, while Syria was victorious in a match in 1973 in the World Cup qualifiers. The tie was decided in 11 matches and Iran scored 50 goals, while the Eagles of Qasioun scored 15 goals.
The Iranian national team, led by coach Amir Qala Nooyi, is one of the most prominent candidates to win the Asian Cup title this edition. Amir Qala Nooyi led the Iranian national team in 13 matches, winning 11 and drawing 2, and has never tasted the taste of loss until now.
The Iranian national team has a group of prominent players, led by Mehdi Taremi, Porto striker, Roma star Sardar Azmoun, Brentford player Saman Qaddos, and Dinamo Zagreb defender Sadiq Mahrami.
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The composition of the Iranian national team was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand.
Defense line: Hajsafi, Shujaa Khalilzadeh, Rouzbeh Jashmi, and Ramin Rezaian.
Midfield: Omid Ibrahim and Saman Quddus.
Offensive line: Mehdi Ghaidi, Mehdi Taremi, Ali Reza Jahanbakhsh, and Sardar Azmoun.
The formation of the Syrian national team was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Ahmed Madaniyah.
Defensive line: Abdel Rahman Wais – Ayham Owusu – Saher Krouma – Moayad Al-Ajan.
Midfield: Mahmoud Al-Aswad – Jalil Elias – Ezequiel Hamm – Ammar Ramadan.
Offensive line: Ibrahim Hisar – Omar Kharbin.
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