We got more chances to score than Iran: Correia

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Friday, September 2nd 2016 03:57 AM

TEHRAN, IRAN: Defender Pedro Correia said Qatar had more chances to score against Iran on Thursday, saying his team fought well in Tehran. Iran relied on two lucky strikes in injury time after both team remained goalless in the 90 minutes of play at Azadi Stadium. "We played a good match," Correia said on Thursday. "We were close to winning since we had more chances to score," the Al Sadd defender said. "Clearly we were in control of the game for most parts of the game, " he said. "There's no doubt that a loss is never pleasing. We will continue to work hard’’. "We have just launched our journey. Now we turn our focus to the second game,". "We want our fans to turn up in huge numbers when we play against Uzbekistan," he said.