Tehran - Iran's agile striker Ali Karimi
was named man of the match Wednesday as the two Asian Cup qualifiers tied
scoreless in a warm match between Japan and Iran.
Despite Iran's veteran Ali Daei's luckwarm display, Iran cruised into the
last four with picking up five points.
Iran's Croat coach Ivanko Brankovic told IRIB that he was "happy" with the
result, taking the technical problems his men suffered into consideration.
Powerful Iran set to visit South Korea on Saturday.
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