Iraq beat Iran to win AFC under-16 title

MARGAO: Iraq beat Iran 4-3 via penalty shootout to win their maiden Asian Football Confederation U-16 Championships title at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday.

Published on: Oct 3, 2016, 06:57:06 IST

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MARGAO: Iraq beat Iran 4-3 via penalty shootout to win their maiden Asian Football Confederation U-16 Championships title at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday.

The two sides could not produce any goal at the end of the 90-minute regulation time. No extra time was awarded and penalty shootout was ordered.

Iraq’s Ahmed Saartip Omar, Muntadher Abdulsada, Ali Ahmed Radha and Mohammed Dawood were successful in the penalty shootout while Mohammed Sahrifi, Vahid Namdari and Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh could score for Iran.

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