Our prediction for this match:
Iran
Match Time & Date:
23/09/2022
11:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Uruguay
Uruguay and Iran square off against each other in St. Polten in a friendly international. La Celeste will use September warm-up games as good tests for the World Cup opener against Korea Republic, and they are seen as favourites to win Thursday’s clash. Both Edinson Cavani and Josema Gimenez have been omitted, but Nacional striker Luis Suarez will surely pose a big threat for the opposition back-line.
Carlos Queiroz’s troops, on the other hand, continue to rely on Porto attacker Mehdi Taremi, who has netted 27 goals in 58 appearances for the national team. Iran aim to make amends for a 2-1 loss to Algeria, and seeing that Thursday’s friendly will be played on the neutral location, we are tempted to put our money on draw. The two national teams have never met before on the international stage.
Highlighted Player (Alireza Jahanbakhsh):
Born in Jirandeh, Iran on August 11 1990, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is a footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in Holland. Before AZ, Jahanbakhsh played for NEC in the Eredivisie, but he began his youth career at Payam Alborz Qazvin. Speaking of his senior debut, he made it with Damash Tehran in the 2010/2011 season.
In 2011 he moved to fellow Iranian club Damash Gilan and it has to be noted that he scored 10 goals in 44 appearances in the league for the club. The AZ Alkmaar winger, who is used as an attacking midfielder as well, scored 21 goals in 33 appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2017/2018 season. Speaking of his international career, Alireza JahanBakhsh scored two goals for Iran on the road to Russia and he will represent his homeland at the 2018 FIFA world cup finals.
Due to his style of play, Jahanbakhsh has always been compared to legendary Iranian footballer Mehdi Mahdavikia.
Highlighted Team (Uruguay):
La Celeste are one of the most successful South American nations. Uruguay are frequently the champions of the continent having most recently won the tournament in 2011. They have won the Copa America a record 15 times including the first ever edition of the competition in 1916, while the team has also won FIFA World Cup in two occasions including the inaugural competition in 1930 when they defeated Argentina 4-2 in the final as hosts.
Their second World Cup title came in 1950 when Uruguay and Brazil played a legendary match which recorded a higher attendance than any other football match in the history of the game. Uruguay is the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup by population, but La Celeste are proud of their football heritage which yielded some of the best footballers in the world over the course of history.
Most notable player of the current selection is Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, who is also the team’s top scorer with 45 goals to his name.
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