Iran stands 2nd at CFA International Youth football tournament

The Iran national under-17 football team, domestically commonly known as Nojavanan, has ended its commendable campaign at the Chinese Football Association (CFA) International Youth (U17) football tournament, and claimed the second spot at the conclusion of the sports event. 

The Iranian side defeated Kyrgyzstan 3-1 in its last match of the tournament in China’s eastern-central coastal city of Jiangyin on Sunday.

Iran started the match in a fairly dominant fashion, and took the lead in the 12th minute when Amirhossein Azizi buried the ball in the back of the net.

Nojavanan doubled its advantage three minutes later, when Azizi took up a fine opportunity to put his team 2-0 in front.

Kyrgyz footballers mounted pressure after the break in the hope of narrowing the deficit, and could eventually pull a goal back.

In the 87th minute, Iran’s Amir Ja’afari received a great pass from Mehdi Seyyedi, and sent a cool finish into the net to make it 3-1.

Nojavanan finished as the vice champion of the competitions with six points out of three matches.

Japan was crowned the champion with seven points, while China stood third with four points.

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