Iran shocked Japan with a 96th minute winner to e-book their passage into the semi-finals of the Asian Cup.
Having gone down 1-0 within the first half to the four-time champions with Hidemasa Morita opening the scoring in Saturday’s (February 3) quarter-finals, Iran had been left needing to come back again from behind to maintain their goals alive of a primary Asian title since 1976.
It was Mohammad Mohebi who drew Iran stage 10 minutes after half time and with additional time seemingly looming, centre-back Kou Itakura introduced down Hossein Kanaanizadegan within the field in stoppage time with ex-Brighton winger Jahanbakhsh stepping as much as take the spot-kick.
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The 30-year-old held his nerve and dispatched the penalty to earn Iran a well-known win the place they will go on to face the winner of Qatar and Uzbekistan who conflict in a while.
Japan’s elimination will see a slew of European gamers return to their golf equipment together with Premier League stars corresponding to Liverpool‘s Wataru Endo, Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu and Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma.
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With Arsenal internet hosting Liverpool on Sunday (February 4) in a essential conflict with title aspirations, the sport could have come too quickly for Endo and Tomiyasu to play any half in.
The midfielder’s departure from Jurgen Klopp’s squad got here on the again of a wonderful month of performances for the previous Stuttgart captain who was named Liverpool’s participant of the month for December.
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Tomiyasu had struggled with a calf harm for a lot of the season earlier than returning in Arsenal’s 2-1 loss in opposition to Fulham as he’ll present a much-needed physique in defence as Arsenal proceed to mount a title problem in opposition to Manchester City and Liverpool.