00:00The striker Savo Milosevic was in the Yugoslav forward line, alongside Real Madrid's Pedrag Miatovic, the top scorer in the
00:06European qualifiers with 14 goals.
00:09But Iran's Karim Bagheri scored more than anybody else en route to the finals with 19 goals in qualifying.
00:15Watching this one for us in Saint-Etienne were David Pleat and John Champion.
00:28Stokovic with the corner kick. And ahead of Ijorovic. And on the follow-up, a free kick has been given.
00:38It was Jukanovic who tried to force it in after the ball had come back off the face of the
00:42crossbar. Esteli is the Iranian who's down.
00:46Well, it was poor marking. A very, very deep ball. Jurovic getting in at the back post. You see two
00:53of them there.
01:03That's a poor ball by Petrovic. And it's been presented to Bagheri. Now Azizi.
01:11And again Bagheri to Azizi. Ali Dayi pulling away in the middle.
01:17Bagheri leaving it for Mardivikia.
01:21Well, he's reckoned to be the most promising young player in Iranian football.
01:25He could well be heading for, possibly for Russia Dortmund after this competition.
01:29And that was a statement of intent.
01:38It's as easy.
01:40The pre-kick has been given against Stokovic.
01:43And showed a measure of descent behind the referee's back.
01:54Well, the usual form with these is that Bagheri will whack it.
01:57But the captain has come forward.
01:59It is though Bagheri to whack it and to whack it well.
02:03Judging by Kral's reaction, it might just have swerved.
02:05Well, as you say, that was...
02:07Well, as you say, that was...
02:16Stokovic.
02:20The kick.
02:22Bagheri said it hit him at his side, but I don't think he thought it was an arm or a
02:27hand.
02:30I am Nikisa, who has been a tester as perhaps he should have been.
02:39It's Mihailovic with the curl.
02:45And a rare piece of action for the Iranian goalkeeper.
02:49Yes, certainly well around the wall.
02:54Mihailovic, wearing the armband, pulled back by Khakpour.
02:59Khakpour sticks to him like a leech.
03:01Got to give him credit for some of his defending this afternoon.
03:05Mihailovic hasn't enjoyed that close attention.
03:09And they call Khakpour, the old man.
03:11He's only 29, but he looks considerably older.
03:14And that's another pre-kick.
03:16And Iran can't afford too many of these,
03:18because sooner or later, Mihailovic is going to get it right.
03:29Well, there is only one player who's going to take this.
03:32And there he is.
03:33It's Mihailovic.
03:35And it's there!
03:39He is a true world-class expert.
03:42He had a couple of sighters.
03:43And at the third time of asking, from distance, with power.
03:48And at long last, it's 1-0 Yugoslavia.
03:54Well, he gave it some wallop all right.
03:56And it was a clever movement on the end of the wall,
03:58which left the goalkeeper unsighted.
04:00I said, you have to be careful of rebounds.
04:02Iran defended too deep.
04:04They had two men right behind the wall there.
04:06I don't think the goalkeeper could see it.
04:08And in the end, the little movement there of Khakpour,
04:10Kovacovic, just across, might have helped unsight the goalkeeper.
04:31It's a great block, incidentally, by Jurovic.
04:43But could he have squared it?
04:46And now, if they play this right, it's virtually two against two.
04:51Ogninovic.
04:52Miatovic ahead of him.
04:53This is Kredrag Miatovic.
04:56Khakpour to beat.
04:58And a good save by Nakisa.
05:01Finally showing us that he can make a really fine save.
05:06Bagheri.
05:07Azizi.
05:09That's a good manoeuvre on the far side.
05:10This is Mardivikia.
05:15And Dayi.
05:20Well, there was only one to aim for.
05:22And Mardivikia found him.
05:25Well, it's flighted.
05:27Times his jump superbly well.
05:29Ali Day.
05:31You can't just get enough power in it
05:35to defeat Kral.
05:35To defeat Kral.
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