Iran Vice-Champion of 2025 CAFA Nations Cup

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran finished arsenic runner-up astatine the 2025 CAFA Nations Cup aft a 1-0 decision to Uzbekistan connected Monday.

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Xojiakbar Alijonov scored the decisive header successful the 120th infinitesimal astatine the Olympic City Stadium successful Tashkent. Eldor Shomurodov had missed a punishment successful the 105th minute.

Iran went down to 10 men aboriginal successful the lucifer erstwhile Arya Yousefi was shown a reddish paper conscionable 5 minutes in.

Earlier successful the day, India defeated Oman 3-2 successful a punishment shootout aft the lucifer ended 1-1 successful regular time.

Iran began the run successful Group B with a 3-1 triumph implicit Afghanistan and past defeated India 3-0. Team Melli and Tajikistan drew 2-2, but Iran topped the radical to beforehand to the final.

Iran had won the inaugural CAFA Nations Cup 2 years ago, edging Uzbekistan 1-0 successful the final.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended the match.