Mexico v Iran, 11 June 2006

Score3-1 to Mexico
RefereeRoberto Rosetti
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals Group D
VenueFrankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance41,000

View Mexico v Iran head to head

Kick-off: 6.00pm local . Assistant referees: Cristiano Copelli (Italy) Alessandro Stagnoli (Italy) . Fourth official: Jerome Damon (South Africa) . Fifth official: Enock Molefe (South Africa) . Man of the Match: Omar Bravo (Mexico) . Late goals from Omar Bravo and Antonio Zinha handed Mexico a comfortable victory in Nuremberg. . Mexico took the lead from a free-kick which was flicked on by Guillermo Franco leaving Bravo a simple tap-in. . Iran drew level when Yahya Golmohammadi pounced on a loose ball after a flap by goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez. . But Rahman Rezaei's dithering on the ball allowed Zinha to play in Bravo, who tucked away Mexico's second before Zinha turned scorer with a free header. . The result means Iran fail to improve on their record of only one victory in the World Cup.

3 Mexico

Manager: Ricardo Lavolpe

1 Iran

Manager: Branko Ivankovic

Goals:

Omar Bravo 28 G
Omar Bravo 76 G
Sinha 79 G

Goals:

Yahya Golmohammadi 36 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez
Defender Mario Méndez
Defender Ricardo Osorio
Defender Carlos Salcido
Defender/Midfielder Rafael Márquez (captain)
Midfielder Pavel Pardo
Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda
Midfielder Gerardo Torrado
Forward Jared Borguetti
Forward Omar Bravo
Forward Guillermo Franco

Starting lineup:

Ebrahim Mirzapour Goalkeeper
Yahya Golmohammadi Defender
Mohamad Nosrati Defender
Rahman Rezaei Defender
Hossein Kaebi Midfielder
Ali Karimi Midfielder
Javad Nekounam Midfielder
Andranik Teymourian Midfielder
Ali Daei Forward (captain)
Vahid Hashemian Forward
Mehdi Mahdavikia Forward

Substitutions:

Luis Pérez for Gerardo Torrado 46
Sinha for Guillermo Franco 46
Francisco Fonseca for Jared Borguetti 52

Substitutions:

Mehrzad Madanchi for Ali Karimi 63
Arash Borhani for Arash Borhani 81

Cards:

Gerardo Torrado 18 Y
Carlos Salcido 90 Y

Cards:

Javad Nekounam 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper José Corona
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender José Castro
Defender Francisco Rodríguez
Defender Claudio Suarez
Midfielder Rafael Garcia
Midfielder Andrés Guardado
Midfielder Ramon Morales
Midfielder Luis Pérez
Midfielder Sinha
Forward Jesus Arellano
Forward Francisco Fonseca

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian
Goalkeeper Vahid Talebloo
Defender Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Defender Amir Hosein Sadeghi
Midfielder Javad Kazemeyan
Midfielder Mehrzad Madanchi
Midfielder Moharam Navidkia
Midfielder Masoud Shojaei
Midfielder Fereydoon Zandi
Forward Arash Borhani
Forward Reza Enayati
Forward Rasoul Khatibi

Comments:

Mexico are the only team in Group D to have progressed beyond a group stage since the 1966 World Cup. . Following Polish-born Germany striker Miroslav Klose, Brazilian born Mexico midfielder Zinha became the second player in the 2006 World Cup finals to score for a country in which he was not born.

Comments:

Two days after Poland broke the record, Iran select their oldest-ever starting line-up for a World Cup finals game. The average age is 28 days and 133 days. . At 37 years and 82 days, Ali Daei become Iran's oldest ever player at the World Cup finals. . The scorer of 109 international goals beats the record set by Nader Mohammadkhani who was 34 years and 306 days when he played against Germany in the 1998 World Cup at Montpellier. . Yahya Golmohammadi became the ninth oldest player to score in the World Cup finals at an age of 35 years and 84 days. . The only previous meeting between Mexico and Iran was a friendly in Oakland, California on 9 January 2000. Mexico won 2-1 and Iran's goal was a penalty by Ali Daei.

3 Mexico

Manager: Ricardo Lavolpe

Goals:

Omar Bravo 28 G
Omar Bravo 76 G
Sinha 79 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez
Defender Mario Méndez
Defender Ricardo Osorio
Defender Carlos Salcido
Defender/Midfielder Rafael Márquez (captain)
Midfielder Pavel Pardo
Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda
Midfielder Gerardo Torrado
Forward Jared Borguetti
Forward Omar Bravo
Forward Guillermo Franco

Substitutions:

Luis Pérez for Gerardo Torrado 46
Sinha for Guillermo Franco 46
Francisco Fonseca for Jared Borguetti 52

Cards:

Gerardo Torrado 18 Y
Carlos Salcido 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper José Corona
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender José Castro
Defender Francisco Rodríguez
Defender Claudio Suarez
Midfielder Rafael Garcia
Midfielder Andrés Guardado
Midfielder Ramon Morales
Midfielder Luis Pérez
Midfielder Sinha
Forward Jesus Arellano
Forward Francisco Fonseca

Comments:

Mexico are the only team in Group D to have progressed beyond a group stage since the 1966 World Cup. . Following Polish-born Germany striker Miroslav Klose, Brazilian born Mexico midfielder Zinha became the second player in the 2006 World Cup finals to score for a country in which he was not born.

1 Iran

Manager: Branko Ivankovic

Goals:

Yahya Golmohammadi 36 G

Starting lineup:

Ebrahim Mirzapour Goalkeeper
Yahya Golmohammadi Defender
Mohamad Nosrati Defender
Rahman Rezaei Defender
Hossein Kaebi Midfielder
Ali Karimi Midfielder
Javad Nekounam Midfielder
Andranik Teymourian Midfielder
Ali Daei Forward (captain)
Vahid Hashemian Forward
Mehdi Mahdavikia Forward

Substitutions:

Mehrzad Madanchi for Ali Karimi 63
Arash Borhani for Arash Borhani 81

Cards:

Javad Nekounam 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian
Goalkeeper Vahid Talebloo
Defender Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Defender Amir Hosein Sadeghi
Midfielder Javad Kazemeyan
Midfielder Mehrzad Madanchi
Midfielder Moharam Navidkia
Midfielder Masoud Shojaei
Midfielder Fereydoon Zandi
Forward Arash Borhani
Forward Reza Enayati
Forward Rasoul Khatibi

Comments:

Two days after Poland broke the record, Iran select their oldest-ever starting line-up for a World Cup finals game. The average age is 28 days and 133 days. . At 37 years and 82 days, Ali Daei become Iran's oldest ever player at the World Cup finals. . The scorer of 109 international goals beats the record set by Nader Mohammadkhani who was 34 years and 306 days when he played against Germany in the 1998 World Cup at Montpellier. . Yahya Golmohammadi became the ninth oldest player to score in the World Cup finals at an age of 35 years and 84 days. . The only previous meeting between Mexico and Iran was a friendly in Oakland, California on 9 January 2000. Mexico won 2-1 and Iran's goal was a penalty by Ali Daei.