Iran 3-1 Guinea, FIFA U17 World Cup 2017, As it happened

MATCH STATISTICS (Courtesy : FIFA)

PEEEP! PEEEEEP! PEEEEEEEEEP! It's all over here in Goa as the Asian Giants Iran gets all three points against a very determined side Guinea in the opening day. The scoreline does'nt actually reflect the nature of the game but Iran deserved it after being dominated by Guinea in the opening exchanges. Iran found the net at the 59th minute from a beast of a shot from A. Sayyad. Iran doubled the lead just eleven minutes later after a Penalty which was converted comfortably by Sharifi as Ghana were reduced to 10 men.

Ghana pushed up for restoring parity by pushing almost whole of their team up the pitch, eventually being punished on the counter by conceding a third goal as Karimi slotted it past none in an empty net. Guinea found some consolation as Fandje Toure scored with a calm and composed finish to make it 3-1.

Iran faces Germany on 10th October at 8 PM while Guinea faces Costa Rica at 5 PM on the same day. That's it from Sportskeeda for the day! It's Sayak signing off. See you soon.

GOAAAAAAAAAL! Guinea finds a consolation! An Amazing Turnover as Fandje TOURE calmly places it in the net with an impeccable finish in the crowded penalty area to make it 3-1.

3 MINUTES ADDED!

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! It's Saeid KARIMI for IRAN! Its now done and dusted here in Goa for Guinea as Iran are now 3-0 ahead at the 90th minute mark courtesy a defensive fault thus resulting in a very soft goal as the balls finds the net.

87' Vahid NAMDARI (Iran) is yellow carded.

DOUBLE SUBSTITUTION

Majid NASIRI (in) comes off the bench to replace Allahyar SAYYAD (out) (Iran)
Aly SOUMAH (in) comes off the bench to replace Samuel CONTE (out) (Guinea)

85' Guinea pushing more men forward as time is running out for them, thus making them more vulnerable to counter attacks.

SUBSTITUTION : Elhadj BAH (in) comes off the bench to replace Salia BANGOURA (out) (Guinea)

SUBSTITUTION : Saeid KARIMI (in) comes off the bench to replace Amirhossein HOSSEINZADEH (out) (Iran)

80' Guinea on full throttle as Iran look very desperate in defending. Several Corners for Guinea in a row in the dying moments of the match. A long 10 minutes or so for Iran.

78' CHANCE! Guinea caught off guard as Iran break into counter but the shot goes over the bar.

76' CHANCE AND BLOCKED! Iran blocks a venomous volley from Guinea by diving onto the ball. Corner to Guinea.

75' CHANCE! Iran against the run of play are denied by Guinea by the Goalkeeper after a counter as Guinea were caught ball watching.

74' CHANCE! Toure fires it in after a composed build up only to be saved by Ali.

Doss SOUMAH (in) comes off the bench to replace Seydouba CISSE (out) (Guinea)

70' GOOOOOOAAAAL! Mohammed Sharifi puts the ball into the back of the net as the Goal-keeper goes the other way. Its IRAN 2-0 GUINEA.

RED CARD! Guinea in deep trouble as the one who had conceded the Penalty - Camara has been sent off.

69' PENALTY! to Iran as an attempt to clear away the ball. A Good chance for Iran to take a 2-0 lead.

64' CHANCE! A calculated curved attempt from Iran goes agonizingly wide after a composed lay-off.

61' Iran is now all pumped up by the goal as the right flank has become very dangerous since the introduction of Namdari.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAL! Allahyar Sayyad from nowhere. A Bullet shot as Iran take the lead. No Goalkeeper could have saved that as the balls fire in to the net at Top Left corner. IRAN LEAD. 1-0 (59')

SUBSTITUTION for IRAN

Vahid NAMDARI (in) comes off the bench to replace Younes DELFI (out)

53' Iran won a corner, conceded by Samuel Conte which is cleared away.

51' CHANCE! Cisse finds A Camara whose right footed shot is way too high just outside the box.

YELLOW CARD : Naby Bangoura is awarded a Yellow for a foul committed.

50' Beautiful one touch build-up from Ghana at the right flank, but the final shot somewhat disappointing.

CHANCE! Iran gets into the Guinean Box at the left flank, only to be just about swept away by the Guinean Goalkeeper.

46' 2nd Half begins.

HALF TIME : IRAN 0-0 GUINEA

Guinea started the half confidently with frequent visits into the Iranian Box, eventually hitting the post. Guinea had the lion's possession but Iran came back into the game slowly. A Half mostly played in the mid-field with several tackles and interceptions. Iran had a spree of corners at one point of time but to of no use. Guinea came close again courtesy a counter attack at the final third of the First half, which made Ali make a brilliant Save to deny Ghana.

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45+2' Cisse goes long from the right flank with a shot lacking venom, only to be easily saved by Iran.

45+2' CHANCE! An non-confident shot from Ali goes wide.

45' (+2 MINUTES ADDED)

44' Iran get a free-kick in the midfield. A Floating ball at the far side only to be headed away over the goal from a very tight angle.

44' A Futile attempt from Ghana from distance as it goes wide and Iran earn a goal-kick.

43' An Iranian player is taken off the pitch due to an injury and the players take the opportunity to have an 'unofficial' drinks break.

41' Not much happening in Goa as both the teams battle it in the Midfield as several exchanges of possession take place among the teams. Tackles flying in and lots of interceptions slowing down the game.

36' Iran came into the game as favorites but Guinea has been the better team so far. One of the many Dark Horses in the tournament?

35' Iran get a potentially dangerous free kick at the right flank. Guinea clears it away off the air to push away the danger.

33' Iran try to get into the box as only the final ball is being eluded as Ghana try to slow down the tempo of the game by passing it among them.

STAT : Possession

Iran 38 %
Guinea 62 %

31' Iran try to hit Guinea on counter and fires it over the bar.

30' CLEARED OFF THE LINE! A Poor try from Ali as he comes to knock it away but misplaces it and Guinea fires it in only to be saved off the line by Iran. The game is growing slowly

30' SAAAAAAVE! Brilliant Save by Ali as Ghana hit Iran on counter. First Corner for Guinea.

29' Spree of Corners finally cleared by Guinea.

29' A Poorly cleared corner comes back into Guinea's goal only to be deflected again for another corner for Iran.

HITS THE WALL! Iran hit the wall from the free-kick and win a Corner. Iran slowly getting back into the game.

27' Cherif Camara becomes the first player to go into Referee's book.

26' FREE KICK! for Iran. Just outside the box. A Zone for a direct goal. Can Iran capitalize?

25' Guinea survive a scare as a heavy-touch from the Goalkeeper from Guinea could have just gone to the Iranian Players, but timely cleared away.

Iran 3-1 Guinea, FIFA U17 World Cup 2017, As it happened

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