U20 Vietnam benefits when Australia defeats Iran
* Goals: Simmons 8', Segecic 19' & 46' – Eslamtalab 25', Enayatzadeh 80'
The three teams have the same three points, but Vietnam is ranked above due to the goal difference (+1 vs. As long as they don't lose to Qatar in the match at 9pm today, Vietnam will keep their position and hold a big advantage before the final turn.
Australia's victory was somewhat unexpected, because they were more or less under psychological pressure from the 0-1 loss to Vietnam in the opening match, while Iran showed strength when it overcame Qatar.
They even opened the scoring after 8 minutes. Jed Drew sped up the left wing before stretching smoothly to let Aidan Simmons cushion the ball into an empty net. In the 11th minute, Australia was awarded a free kick 20 meters from the goal on the right wing. Attacking midfielder Adrian Segecic shot mischievously and sent the ball low into the near post, causing goalkeeper Adib Zarei to be surprised and had to go into the net to pick up the ball a second time.
Enlightened after two goals, Iran regained one after 25 minutes. Mersad Seifi crossed the ball from the left wing into the penalty area, Amirreza Eslamtabab from behind the ice bravely headed in. But when hope was rekindled, Iran's defense made a mistake at the beginning of the second half. Alessandro Lopane escaped to the bottom right and then returned to the front of the 5m50 round, Adrian Segecic was present at the right time to buffer one touch to raise the score to 3-1 for Australia.
Minutes later, Australia had at least three more scoring opportunities but squandered them and then paid the price. In the 80th minute, the player who replaced Hosseinnezhad went to the ball to try to get into the penalty area, causing the Australian defense to make a mistake. Alireza Enayatzadeh took the opportunity to finish, making goalkeeper Warshawsky stand still to remove 2-3.
However, Iran could not take advantage of the remaining time and eight minutes of compensation to find a third goal. Their most regrettable situation took place in the 6th minute of compensation, when the Australian defense did not coordinate well for Amir Ebrahimzadeh to shoot in an empty position to bring the ball out.
Australia won the first time, making it impossible for Group B to determine the first team to continue. In the final round, two matches will take place at the same time. Australia moves from Fegarra to the capital Tashkent to meet Qatar, while Iran will face Vietnam still at Istiqlo Stadium.
