Omar Bravo scored again after serious mistakes in the Iranian defence.
The match might be over already.

36′: A confusing moment in the game, at a corner, Sanchez failed to catch the ball and Golmohammadi scores.
The match is far from being finished.

28′: Omar Bravo, Mexico leads 1-0
Nice goal, almost offside, great strategy at the free kick.
Iran played quite nice until now. It is definetly a good match to watch.

Iran’s Zandi will not play for his team in their opener at the World Cup against Mexico because of injury, but he will be fit for the next game, against Portugal.

Coach Ivankovic requires his players to know every detail about their group rivals, but urged them not to be overawed by Mexico’s ranking of […]

Iran wins their final warm-up game against a regional side and they get ready for the World Cup.

After a goalless first half against a team drawn from amateur club sides from regional leagues in the Lake Constance area, Iran dominated the second period.
Playing in front of more than 5,000 fans and cheered on by a […]

And not only did Iran made a draw with Croatia, but they almost won the game, was it not for a penalty awarded for Croatia in stoppage time.

Iran took the lead after 21 minutes when a shot from Mohammad Nosrati was not cleared and the ball fell to Ali Karimi who drove it into […]

Iran has 4 players the play in the Bundesliga. They will play on the same stadiums they played for the entire last year. Will that be an advantage for the Iranian team?

“The world visiting friends”, the German version of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ official slogan, could have been conceived specifically for the Iranian national […]

Fifa decided to ignore calls to expel Iran from the World Cup.

I have to say that I agree with them. Though the same thing didn’t happen with Yugoslavia some time ago, I don’t think football should be governed by politics. If this would be true, USA should have two national squads (one with Bush supports, […]

Lately, every team seems to be “The surprise” of the World Cup.

I don’t know Iran’s team so I cannot comment on it. I will be the first to praise them if they do good in Germany, buy please, no more “we will be the surprise”.
Ahmadinejad, who paid an unceremonious visit to national training camp in […]

So, here is a list of the teams that qualified for the World Cup, Germany, 2006:

(The will be linked as they will be presented in full)

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Iran
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Serbia & Montenegro
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
U.S.A.
Ukraine