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Mexico v Iran, 11 June 2006

Score	3-1 to Mexico
Referee	Roberto Rosetti
Competition	FIFA World Cup Finals Group D
Venue	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance	41,000

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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
Omar Bravo		76
Sinha		79

Goals:

Yahya Golmohammadi

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

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.