U-23 Men's Soccer 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Myanmar defeats IR Iran in U-23

 Men's Soccer

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Asian Games 2018

Final score of  2-0

Antara/Bekasi

The Myanmar U-23 national team defeated IR Iran 2-0 in the last match of the first round of Group F men's soccer at the 2018 Asian Games (Asiad) on Monday.

Myanmar scored an emphatic 2-0 win over Iran in a Group F qualifying soccer match at Patriot Chandrabaga Stadium, Bekasi, West Java, on Monday. Myanmar’s two goals were scored by midfielders Lwin Moe Aw in the 56th minute and Htet Phyo Wai in the 68th.

Despite winning, Myanmar failed to advance to the last 16 of the Asiad because it only ranked fourth in Group F. Meanwhile, Iran won the group and was entitled to qualify for the eighth final with DPR Korea in second place.

In the match, Iran U-23 national team coach Zlatko Kranjcar did not play five players competing in two Group F matches, namely Mahdi Amini, Mohammadreza Azadi Andizeh, Amir Roustaei, Mohammad Aganjanpoor and Mohammadmehdi Mehdikhani.

Instead, he played Adeli Shahab, Mehdi Rehimi, Reza Zabireh, Shahin Abbasian and Mohammad Khodabandehlo.

Meanwhile, on Myanmar’s side, coach Antoine Hey dropped nine of his main players who always competed in the previous two games.

In the "starting 11" list, only Soe Moe Kyaw and Si Thu Aung did not play in two consecutive games before facing IR Iran.

Both teams took turns launching attacks from the first minute. Two opportunities in one minute, exactly at the 18th minute, which were obtained by Myanmar players Hlaing Bo Bo and Si Thu Aung, were well thwarted by Iran goalkeeper Shahab Adeli.

IR Iran players who tried hard to create goals had the opportunity in the 25th minute. But the ball produced by midfielder Mehdi Ghayaedi did not meet the target.

The 0-0 score lasted until Malaysian referee Suhaizi bin Sukri blew the whistle as the match entered the interval.

Myanmar immediately took the initiative to attack since the first minute of the second half. The result was they could score a goal through Lwin Moe Aung's shot at the 56th minute.

After that, the Myanmar U-23 national team continued to give pressure and finally returned to scoring after Htet Phyoe Wai released the ball into Shahab Adeli's goal at the 68th minute.

The 2-0 score for the superiority of Myanmar made the game even tenser. However, there were no more goals until the end of the match.

AG Media and PR in cooperation with The Jakarta Post.