Angola draw 1-1 with Iran in Group D
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{{date|June 21, 2006}} 
[[File:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]] Angola scored its first Fifa World Cup goal against Iran in a 1-1 draw that was not enough to put the African side into the round of sixteen.

Angola needed to win at least 2-0 in their game and for Mexico to lose 2-0 to Portugal in the other Group D game played, Wednesday.

<!--[[File:LeipzigZentralstadion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Zentralstadion, Leipzig.]]-->

For fifteen minutes Goncalves De Oliveira might have thought his side could do what was necessary when Ze Kalanga's beautiful cross to Flavio was headed over Ebrahim Mirzapour and Angola were one-up.

The news from the other Group D game played concurrently was that Mexico were losing 2-1; two more goals for Angola or Portugal or one more goal for each would do it.

However; Branko Ivankovic's team were not to be beaten. Iran had 55 per cent of ball possession in the match and saw twelve shots saved by the Angolan keeper, Ricardo.

Iran may consider they were the better side on the day and deserved to share the point they earned 15 minutes after they conceded.

A corner met Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh who, barely challenged, guided his header into the open net to the right of a stationary Ricardo.

In the first half, on 26 minutes, a similar move almost resulted in a goal for Iran. Vahid Hashemian saw his header, also from a corner, cleared off the line by the man on the post, Mendonca. When Iran scored there was nobody on the post.

== Statistics ==
'''Group D'''
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Attendance: 38'000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] [[Image:Red card.svg|10px]]

=== Iran ===
[[File:Flag of Iran.svg|100px|right]]

* 01 E Mirzapour
* 03 S Bakhtiarizadeh
* 05 R Rezaei
* 13 H Kaabi (Substituted: 67' A Borhani)
* 20 M Nosrati (Substituted: 13' M Shojaei)
* 02 M Mahdavikia
* 07 F Zandi 91'+ [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 14 A Teymourian 55' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 21 M Madanchi 37' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 09 V Hashemian (Substituted: 39' R Khatibi)
* 10 A Daei

=== Angola ===
[[File:Flag of Angola.svg|100px|right]]

* 01 P Joao Ricardo
* 03 J Jamba
* 05 C Kali
* 20 M Loco 22' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 21 L Delgado
* 06 M Miloy
* 07 P Figueiredo (Substituted: 72' M Rui Marques)
* 11 d Mateus (Substituted: 23' A Love)
* 14 A Mendonca 46'+ [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 17 J Ze Kalanga 67' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 
* 10 F Akwa (Substituted: 51' A Flavio)

== Table ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
!width="175"                        |Team
!width="20"  abbr="Points"          |Pts
!width="20"  abbr="Played"          |Pld
!width="20"  abbr="Won"             |W
!width="20"  abbr="Drawn"           |D
!width="20"  abbr="Lost"            |L
!width="20"  abbr="Goals for"       |GF
!width="20"  abbr="Goals against"   |GA
!width="20"  abbr="Goal difference" |GD
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
!style="text-align:left; background: #ccffcc;"|Portugal
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||5||1||+4
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
!style="text-align:left; background: #ccffcc;"|Mexico
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||4||3||+1
|- style="background: #ffcccc;"
!style="text-align:left; background-color:#ffcccc;"|Angola
|'''2'''||3||0||2||1||1||2||&minus;1
|-style="background: #ffcccc;"
!style="text-align:left; background: #ffcccc;"|Iran
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||2||6||&minus;4
|}

''Fifa World Cup Group D table June 21, 2006''

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== Related news ==
*{{wikinews|title=Mexico lose 1-2 to Portugal but still qualify in Group D|date=June 21, 2006}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853320.stm
 |title=Iran 1-1 Angola
 |author=
 |pub=BBC News Online
 |date=June 21, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/40/mr.html
 |title=Fifa match report 
 |author=
 |pub=FIFA
 |date=June 21, 2006}}

{{WorldCup2006}}

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50px Angola scored its first Fifa World Cup goal against Iran in a 1-1 draw that was not enough to put the African side into the round of sixteen.

Angola needed to win at least 2-0 in their game and for Mexico to lose 2-0 to Portugal in the other Group D game played, Wednesday.

For fifteen minutes Goncalves De Oliveira might have thought his side could do what was necessary when Ze Kalanga's beautiful cross to Flavio was headed over Ebrahim Mirzapour and Angola were one-up.

The news from the other Group D game played concurrently was that Mexico were losing 2-1; two more goals for Angola or Portugal or one more goal for each would do it.

However; Branko Ivankovic's team were not to be beaten. Iran had 55 per cent of ball possession in the match and saw twelve shots saved by the Angolan keeper, Ricardo.

Iran may consider they were the better side on the day and deserved to share the point they earned 15 minutes after they conceded.

A corner met Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh who, barely challenged, guided his header into the open net to the right of a stationary Ricardo.

In the first half, on 26 minutes, a similar move almost resulted in a goal for Iran. Vahid Hashemian saw his header, also from a corner, cleared off the line by the man on the post, Mendonca. When Iran scored there was nobody on the post.

Attendance: 38'000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) 10px 10px

* 01 E Mirzapour
* 03 S Bakhtiarizadeh
* 05 R Rezaei
* 13 H Kaabi (Substituted: 67' A Borhani)
* 20 M Nosrati (Substituted: 13' M Shojaei)
* 02 M Mahdavikia
* 07 F Zandi 91'+ 10px 
* 14 A Teymourian 55' 10px 
* 21 M Madanchi 37' 10px 
* 09 V Hashemian (Substituted: 39' R Khatibi)
* 10 A Daei

* 01 P Joao Ricardo
* 03 J Jamba
* 05 C Kali
* 20 M Loco 22' 10px 
* 21 L Delgado
* 06 M Miloy
* 07 P Figueiredo (Substituted: 72' M Rui Marques)
* 11 d Mateus (Substituted: 23' A Love)
* 14 A Mendonca 46'+ 10px 
* 17 J Ze Kalanga 67' 10px 
* 10 F Akwa (Substituted: 51' A Flavio)

Fifa World Cup Group D table June 21, 2006
Iran Angola Football (soccer) FIFA World Cup 2006