Comments on U20 Qatar vs U20 Iran: From draw to win

Along with U20 Japan, U20 Korea and U20 Australia, Qatar U20 is one of the brightest candidates for the 2022 Asian U20 championship. Due to playing the host of the last 2022 World Cup, Qatar has paid great attention. great for the training of young people.

In addition to finding local talent, naturalization is an important policy in enhancing Qatar's football. And with a squad consisting of a lot of "Westerns", U20 Qatar lost only the last 2/9 matches, the rest won all, the most impressive was the beating U20 Oman 6-0.

On the opposite side, Iran has won the Asian U20 Championship four times, but the last time was nearly half a century ago (1976). Their best performance since then was to finish in second place in 1977, with the rest just hanging around in the group stage and quarterfinals.

To prepare for the 2023 AFC U20 Championship, Iran U20 has 3 friendly matches. After struggling to overcome U20 Oman 2-1, U20 Iran suddenly lost to U20 Jordan 0-2. It was not until the two teams played a rematch on January 22, that Iran U20 successfully reclaimed the debt of U20 Jordan when winning 2-1 again. But this is a match where U20 Jordan received 2 red cards. With the current correlation, U20 Qatar is most likely from a draw to a win.

The two teams have never met!