Iran, England’s first World Cup group stage opponents, showed that Gareth Southgate’s players face a stiff challenge 58 days from now, as they beat a strong Uruguay side. Centre forward Mehdi Taremi, a consistent threat for several years at Porto, scored the winner after a slick passing moving which typified the Iranian technical skill. Brentford’s Saman Ghoddos, who has had no Premier League game time this season, also stood out.
He had flicked a ball over Martin Cáceres to race away down the right and executed a deft return pass from which left-sided forward Mehdi Torabi should have scored before initiating the move which brought the goal. Sadegh Moharramim, the right back who excelled for Dinamo Zagreb in locking down English internationals Raheem Sterling during the 1-0 Champions League win over Chelsea last month, linked well with Feyenoord’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh down the right. This was the flank where Iran posed a threat. Continue reading “IRAN 1-0 URUGUAY: MEHDI TAREMI’S GOAL SEES ENGLAND’S WC FOES SEND STERN WARNING”
Standing at 6ft 1, Nuñez is one of the League’s taller forwards, recognised as more of a poacher than anything else. But his speed could prove to be a serious weapon within the machinery of Liverpool’s attack this season. Similarly to how Sadio Mané and Mo Salah have over the years for Liverpool, the 23-year-old too could look to run in behind opposition defences and cause all sorts of havoc. But if he is to develop into such a forward, the type who could offer so much to Jürgen Klopp’s frontline, he needs playing time. 
Barcelona signed Uruguay national team hitman Suarez from Liverpool in a £75m deal in the summer of 2014 and he spent six years at the club before he was shown the way out by the new managerial dispensation under Dutchman Ronald Koeman. 
