first time ever last Thursday in a friendly match that the Brazilians won easily 3-0.
The two teams played in the UAE where the Brazilians were visiting and earlier triumphed over the UAE national team 8-0.
The Iran-Brazil match didn’t look like a walkaway at the start. Iran almost scored in the fifth minute. But that came like a wakeup call for the Brazilians.
Brazil scored in the 14th minute. Iran came close to an equalizer in the second half. But Brazil got its second goal in the 69th minute and the icing of a third goal in injury time.
Karim Bagheri, who had earlier announced this would be his last game with the national team, was put in at the 73rd minute. It was his 87th international match.