Iranian women attend football match for 1st time in 4 decades, national team wins 14-0
More than 3000 female fans watched Iran thrash Combodia 14-0 at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Thursday. Iranian women were allowed to attend a football match at the stadium for the 1st time in 4 decades.
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More than 3000 female fans watched Iran thrash Combodia 14-0 at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Thursday. Iranian women were allowed to attend a football match at the stadium for the 1st time in 4 decades.
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- More than 3000 Iranian women watched the football match from the Azadi Stadium
- Iran thrashed Cambodia 14-0 in the World Cup qualifiers
- Women were allowed for the 1st time in the 4 decades since the Islamic Revolution
Iran handed Cambodia a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on an historic day in Tehran as goals flowed in World Cup qualifiers across Asia with Japan, South Korea and Australia securing comfortable wins on Thursday.
Striker Karim Ansarifard scored four times and Sardar Azmoun netted a hat-trick for Iran who claimed a second straight win in Group C.
The game at the Azadi Stadium, however, was as notable for the presence of 3,500 female fans, who were allowed into the stadium in Tehran for a World Cup qualifier for the first time in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.
Iran, five-times World Cup qualifiers, lead their group with six points from two games, two points ahead of second-placed Iraq who beat Hong Kong 2-0.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min was on target twice in South Korea's 8-0 win over Sri Lanka as Paulo Bento's team secured their second win in Group H to sit level on points with North Korea.
Lebanon are three points behind after securing their first win thanks to a 2-1 victory over Turkmenistan.
Defender Maya Yoshida was among the scorers as Japan notched up a 6-0 win over Mongolia in Group F and they are joint-top with Tajikistan - who they play on Tuesday - with Kyrgyzstan in third following their 7-0 win over Myanmar.
2022 World Cup hosts Qatar, playing in the qualifiers as they double up as eliminators for the 2023 Asian Cup finals, earned a 2-0 win over Bangladesh in Group E. Qatar lead the standings by one point from Oman who sealed a 3-0 win over Afghanistan.
China swatted aside Guam, with Yang Xu scoring four goals in a 7-0 win in Group A, while Syria laboured to a 2-1 victory over the Maldives following Ahmad Al Salih's 65th-minute sending-off to join the Chinese on six points from two games.
