Iraq defeats Iran in Olympic qualifiers‎
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23-Jun-2011 (2 comments)
Iran National Olympic Football Team has failed to reach next round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London after losing 2-0 to Iraq.

Two goals by Amjad Radhi on Thursday in the Iranian capital Tehran vanished Iran's hopes of playing in the 2012 London Olympic.

The Iranian under-23 football team which was 1-0 ahead in aggregate after beating Iraq in the first leg encounter last week, conceded the first goal in the 35th minute through Radhi who easily converted a short pass into his team's first goal of the day.

After the opener for the visitors, Iran tried to regain control of the proceedings, but it was Amjad Radhi who braced sink Iran 18 minutes after the interval to register a 2-nil victory for his

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Kamran Ramyar

Khak too Saretoon!

by Kamran Ramyar on

To the entire Iranian sport aparatus I say......KHAK TOO SARETOON!


yolanda

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by yolanda on

Iran beat Iraq in Iraq......but Iran lost to Iraq in Iran, even though team Melli had hometown advantage! What a shame!