In the match held at the Jar Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan the defending champion Iran beat its Persian Gulf neighbor Oman 5-1 in Group B.
Ali Fathian in the 20th and 59th minutes, Mehdi Mehdipour in the 45th minute, Sardar Azmoon in the 48th minute and Siavash Haghnazari in the 72nd minute scored for Iran, and Hasan Al-Saadi scored Oman’s sole goal with seven minutes remaining to the game.
“We are very happy to be here, but we must take things one game at a time and consider each opponent separately,” said Iran coach Akbar Mohammadi at the beginning of the competition.
“We had about 25 matches last year and we lost just one game against Korea Republic in Seoul; so, I 100% believe we can win the championship,” he added.
Iran will play North Korea on Tuesday.
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