Iran National football team on Tuesday defeated South Korea 1-0 to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. The win on Tuesday put Iran top of Asian qualifying Group A with 16 points followed by South Korea with 14 points. Both teams qualified for the finals.
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TEHRAN (Asremrooz): Iran National football team on Tuesday defeated South Korea 1-0 to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. The win on Tuesday put Iran top of Asian qualifying Group A with 16 points followed by South Korea with 14 points. Both teams qualified for the finals.
With this victory Iran created the second epic expected. A football player who is from Mashhad Reza Ghoochannejhad in the 60th minute reminded Khodadad Aziziz’s goal.
Footage aired on state television showed similar outpourings of joy around the country. Cars in the capital Tehran were draped in the Iranian flag and blowing their horns as their passengers shouted "Iran, Iran."
In Tehran, residents waved the green-white-red national flag while motorists honked their horns and bikers sped through the capital to join the festivities.
Some motorists were parked on the roadside with their radios turned up at full volume as passersby danced and cheered while policemen looked on. On Vali Asr Street in Tehran, young men jumped up and down to express their joy.
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