Previous Encounters:
Iran and Angola had never met before the Germany 2006 World Cup Finals.
The Match:
Angola still have a chance to qualify if they win against Iran and Mexico lose to
Portugal.
After a quiet start, Angola must have heard that Mexico were trailing
Portugal as the Angolans upped the tempo a little and made their first real assault on the
Iranian goal; forcing Ebrahim Mirzapour into two fine save in three minutes.
Angola continued to press forward with Fabrice Akwa twice putting the
ball over the bar.
Half-time: (0:0).
With Fabrice Akwa off injured, substitute Amado Flavio stole in at the
far post, to slip home a cross from the right.
Angola's slight chance of qualifying for the second round didn't last
longer than 15 minutes as Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh equalised for Iran; with a header from a
corner.
Iran:
1 Ebrahim Mirzapour; 3 Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, 5 Rahman Rezaei,
13 Hossein Kaabi, 20 Mohammad Nosrati; 2 Mehdi Mahdavikia, 7 Ferydoon
Zandi, 14 Andranik Teymourian, 21 Mehrzad Madanchi; 9 Vahid Hashemian,
10 Ali Daei.
Angola:
1 Pereira Joao Ricardo; 3 Joao Jamba, 5 Carlos Kali, 20 Manuel Loco, 21 Luis Delgado; 6
Marcos Miloy, 7 Paulo Figueiredo, 14 Antonio Mendonca, 17 Jose Ze Kalanga; 10 Fabrice
Akwa, 11 Andre Mateus.
Substitutions:
13 Mins (Iran) - 23 Masoud Shojaei on for 20 Mohammad Nosrati
23 Mins (Angola) - 18 Arsenio Love on for 11 Andre Mateus
39 Mins (Iran) - 11 Rasoul Khatibi on for 9 Vahid Hashemian
51 Mins (Angola) - 16 Amado Flavio on for 10 Fabrice Akwa
67 Mins (Iran) - 15 Arash Borhani on for 13 Hossein Kaabi
72 Mins (Angola) - 15 Manuel Rui Marques on for 7 Paulo Figueiredo
6 Yellow
Cards:
21 Mins - Manuel Loco (Angola)
37 Mins - Mehrzad Madanchi (Iran)
45 Mins - Antonio Mendonca (Angola)
55 Mins - Andranik Teymourian (Iran)
67 Mins - Jose Ze Kalanga (Angola)
90 Mins - Ferydoon Zandi (Iran)
