Iran thrash Libya in friendly [Thu Aug 25th, 2005]
Iran coolly dispatched Libya with a 4-0 win in a friendly game in Teheran.
Even without their European stars, Team Melli had far too much for the North Africans and got off to a great start as Sayyed Mohammad Alavi put the World Cup qualifiers ahead after only five minutes.
If Javed Nekounam was frustrated after his proposed move to Kaiserslautern fell through, he took it out on the opponents, scoring his 11th goals and 12th for his country in the 41st and 90th minute.
In between those strikes, Ali Daei took his international tally to 107.
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