TEHRAN Iran U23 football team were knocked out of the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup after playing to a 1-1 draw against Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Mehdi Mahdavikias team showed that they will have a tough mission to end the 48-year Olympics qualification drought. <\/p>\n
Mahdavikia said they deserved to book a place in the next stage since they were the better team in the matches against Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
Absolutely not.<\/p>\n
Iran earned a late draw against Qatar in their opening match. Qatar, the bronze medalists of the previous edition, suffered a 6-0 loss against Uzbekistan and were held to a 1-1 draw against Turkmenistan and it shows that how weak they were.<\/p>\n
Mahdavikas boys shockingly lost to debutants Turkmenistan and were lucky not to lose against Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
Iran U23 football team have a tough mission to book their place at the 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
The most of players of Iran U23 team are not in their teams starting lineup in the Iranian league and it means they suffer lack of experience.<\/p>\n
The team will have to participate at the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification next year but they need to identify their strengths and weaknesses ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n
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Can Iran U23 football team end to 48-year Olympics qualification drought? - Tehran Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEHRAN Iran U23 football team were knocked out of the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup after playing to a 1-1 draw against Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Mehdi Mahdavikias team showed that they will have a tough mission to end the 48-year Olympics qualification drought. Mahdavikia said they deserved to book a place in the next stage since they were the better team in the matches against Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Continue reading