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Match 18 Calabar - UJ Esuene Stadium
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28 October
Iran
0:0
Colombia

Referee Michael HESTER (NZL)

Summary

Stalemate in soggy Calabar

Stalemate in soggy Calabar

 Colombia and Iran had to settle for a 0-0 draw in Calabar, a game that required over an hour's worth of suspension in the second half to allow Mother Nature to run her course. The Asian champions and the South American hopefuls are both now tangled on four points at the top of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009's Group C with one game to go. Iran hit out with an early raid, with ...

Highlights

Line-up

IRN
COL
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Ali DOUSTIMEHR (IRN)
(COL) Ramiro VIAFARA
Officials
  • Referee: Michael HESTER (NZL)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Hendrik HINTZ (NZL)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Tevita MAKASINI (TGA)
  • Fourth official: Peter O LEARY (NZL)
  • Misses next match if booked

Photos

  • Referee Michael Hester warms up during the rain delay
  • Colombia line up
  • Colombia's Jhojan Caicedo
  • Colombia's Jeison Murillo and Iran's Mehrdad Yeganeh (L) in action
  • Colombia's Gustavo Cuellar (L) and Iran's Omid Alishah in action
  • Iran's Payam Sadeghian and Colombia's Jhojan Caicedo (L) in action
  • Iran's Kaveh Rezaei and Colombia's Jhojan Caicedo (R) in action
  • Colombia's Daniel Santa and Mehrgan Golbarg of Iran (R) in action
  • Jhojan Caicedo (L) and Iran's Kaveh Rezaei (C) in action

Quotes

"With the pitch the way it was, either team could have won that game. Because of this we are happy to have earned a point tonight. The Nigerian fans were behind us tonight and we are happy to have won them over." Ramiro Viafara, Colombia coach

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STATISTICS
IranStatisticsColombia
14Shots16
3Corner kicks6
1Yellow cards2
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
48%Possession (%)52%