Iran 3-2 North Korea / We died to win with luck! – Red news – Persepolis News

Iran’s national football team continued its leadership in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers with a breathtaking victory against North Korea.

Iran’s national football team played against North Korea at 15:30 today (Thursday) in the fifth match of the final stage of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers at the National Stadium of Laos and won 3-2. Iran’s goals were scored by Mehdi Qaidi (26), Mohammad Mohebi (41 and 45), and Mehdi Taremi (57 – own goal) and Kim Yoo-sung (60) scored the hosts’ goals. Shoja Khalilzadeh was dismissed in the 50th minute with a red card.

North Korea hosted this game, but with the ruling of the Asian Football Confederation, they hosted us in Laos.

With this victory, Amir Ghalenoui’s students gained 13 points and remained the leader of Group A. North Korea also stood at the bottom of the table with 2 points.

While Iran had finished the first half with 3 goals, at the beginning of the second half, with the dismissal of Shoja Khalilzadeh, they were down to 10 players and scored two goals in three minutes. ate and gave several opportunities to the opponent, but did not score.

The composition of North Korea: Kang Joo Hyuk, Jang Kuk Chol, Kim Pum Hyuk, Ki Tam (68 – Ri Eun Chol), Ri Jo Guk (90 – Jok Kum Sung), Han Kwang Sung (73 – Yang Gwan), Cho Joo Sung , Cho Ok-chul, Kim Yu-sung (68 – Park Wang-hoon), Kang Kuk-chul and Paek Chung-sung.

Iran squad: Alireza Biranvand, Ali Nemati, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Milad Mohammadi, Aria Yousefi, Saeed Ezzatollahi, Mohammad Karimi (68 – Alireza Jahanbakhsh), Mohammad Mohebi (81 – Omid Nourafken), Mehdi Qaidi (54 – Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan), Sardar Azmoun (68 – Mohammad Ghorbani) and Mehdi Tarimi (81 – Shahriar Mughanlou).

Referee: Saadullah Golmoradi from Tajikistan

Warning: Ri Joo Guk and Kang Kuk Chol from Korea and Aria Yousefi from Iran

Expulsion: Shujaa Khalilzadeh (50) from Iran

first half
7th minute: A ball was sent to the penalty area of ​​North Korea, Mehdi Tarami’s shot was not accurate and it was given to Kang Joo Hyuk.

15th minute: Once again, Taremi took a shot in the penalty area, but the North Korean goalkeeper blocked the ball.

29th minute: Mehdi Taremi sent a precise deep pass to Mehdi Qaidi, another Bushehri player of the national team, and this player was able to open Korea’s goal.

31st minute: Saeed Ezzatollahi took the ball from the Koreans and passed it to Qaidi, but the national team striker’s shot was blocked by the Korean defenders in front of the goal.

35th minute: Han Kwang Song’s shot was blocked by Alireza Biranvand so that the most important opportunity for the Koreans was lost.

Minute 41: Once again, Taremi sent a deep pass, and this time it was the turn of Mohammad Mohebi, another Bushehri player of the national team, to open North Korea’s goal.

45th minute: Iran counterattacked and Qaidi passed the ball to Taremi and this player set up Mohebi and scored Iran’s third goal.

second half
47th minute: The North Korean player’s kick hit Shoja Khalilzadeh in Iran’s penalty area, and the Korean players believed in a penalty, but after VAR review, the referee’s decision to continue the game was confirmed.

50 minutes: The North Korean player was in a one-on-one situation, which was stopped by Shoja Khalilzadeh’s foul. The Tajik referee also dismissed the defender of the national team from the field.

57th minute: The Koreans, who had taken the lead after being down to 10 men, had a chance and sent a ball that Taremi mistakenly put into the own net.

60th minute: The Koreans took a corner and with the kick of one of the players of this team and the wrong positioning of the Iranian defenders, the ball reached the six-step area of ​​the national team. Sardar Azmoun was trying to deflect the ball from the front of the goal, but the ball hit Kim Yu-sung and entered Iran’s goal.

62nd minute: Taremi was brought down in Korea’s penalty area, and after the review by the video assistant referee, the referee went to the side of the field and decided to take a penalty after seeing the scene.

67th minute: Taremi himself stood behind the ball and took a penalty kick, but the Korean goalkeeper sent the ball to the corner with his foot.

75th minute: Ray Jo Gok’s shot in the penalty area hit the goalpost of the Iranian national team.

82nd minute: a deep pass reached the Korean player and this player could have scored a tie for his team, but his shot went over the top of Alireza Biranvand’s goal.

84th minute: A good ground pass was sent to Iran’s penalty area and it reached Pak Wang Hoon, and this player’s shot went wide of Iran’s goal.