Iran vs. Costa Rica match report

March 1st, 2006 | By: Afshin Afshar | 1 Comment »

Iran had a good first half against Costa Rica. They took a three goal lead in the first 45, but the Ticos fought back and came within one in the second.

The quality of the came somewhat declined in the second half when both coaches started brining in their subs.

Altogether though, this was a good practice game for both teams.

In my next post I will cover some of the ups and downs of Team Melli during this match.

Tags: Ali Karimi, Anderanik Teymourian, Asia, Costa Rica, Ebrahim Mirzapour, Freydoon Zandi, Hossein Kaebi, Iran, Javad Kazemian, Javad Nekounam, Mehrzad Madanchi, Mohammad Nosrati, Moharam Navidkia, Sattar Zare, Team Melli, Tehran; Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian, Yahya Golmohammadi

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By The State of Angola’s Opponents - FIFA World Cup 2006 - Angola World Cup Team Blog | March 2nd, 2006 at 3:10 pm

[...] Let’s start with Iran. Team Melli, as they are called, defeated Costa Rica 3-2 in a friendly yesterday. This Iran attack has me worried. They can score some goals and as everyone knows Angola’s defense is not always rock solid like it should be. Iran is looking pretty good and I’m not sure we have what it takes to outscore them at the World Cup. Portugal trounced Saudi Arabia 3-0 yesterday. We all know that Saudi Arabia isn’t very good but still that is an impressive result for Portugal. I still think we will shock them, but it isn’t going to be easy. That Ronaldo cat is scary good. Reminds me a bit of Flavio. [...]

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