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/ 30 GF, 7 GA (first place Asian Football Confederation Group A)South Korea were the favorite in Group A, but it was the Iranians who topped the table after allowing just two goals in eight matches. The question mark is goalscoring, as their eight goals scored were by far the fewest among Asia's World Cup qualifiers.
"Now we have to focus on the Champions League."Barcelona took the lead through Thiago Alcantra on 29 minutes,jersey france world cup 2014, but Uruguayan substitute Diego Ifran equalised on 71 minutes and Xabi Prieto converted an 82nd-minute penalty to give strugglers Sociedad a vital win.It was Barcelona's first away defeat of the season and their first in the league since mid-September,spain shirt world cup 2014, although they retain their eight-point cushion over Real at the summit.Real coach Jose Mourinho saw his week go from bad to worse as Madrid fell to strugglers Zaragoza, three days after their 2-0 Champions League semi final first leg loss to Barcelona.Mourinho had gone nine years without losing a home league match, but this was his second home league loss inside a month following the 1-0 defeat by Sporting Gijon at the beginning of April."I am the only one to blame for this defeat because as a coach I wasn't capable of motivating the team in the first half," said Mourinho.Guardiola resisted the temptation to rest all of his stars ahead of the Champions League semi final second leg against Real at Camp Nou on Wednesday, fielding Lionel Messi, Xavi and Gerard Pique.Youngsters Martin Montoya, 20, and Andreu Fontas, 21, were given a chance to shine along with 21-year-old Thiago, all three of whom are products of Barca's fabled youth system.Messi went close early on, shooting just wide,france jersey world cup 2014, before Dutch winger Ibrahim Afellay had a drive well saved in the fifth minute.The breakthrough came in the 28th minute, with Thiago latching on to a Xavi pass before scooping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper.Uruguayan striker Ifran, who had only been on the pitch a matter of minutes, took advantage of a slip-up at the back to dink the ball over Jose Pinto for the equaliser.Six minutes later Gaby Milito thought he had scored for Barcelona but his header was ruled out for offside.Argentine Javier Macherano then conceded a spot-kick on 82 minutes and Prieto was fortunate to see his penalty scrape past Jose Manuel Pinto, who almost kept out the effort down the middle.Still reeling from their Champions League loss to Barcelona, Real suffered another setback at the Santiago Bernabeu.A brace from Angel Lafita, the first due to a rare howler from goalkeeper Iker Casillas, and a penalty from Gabriel Arenas helped down Madrid, who were reduced to 10 men late on with Ricardo Carvalho sent off for two yellow cards."We can practically say goodbye to the miracle of trying to win the league," said Madrid captain Casillas."Everything was more complicated because of my mistake but we are all human and make mistakes."Now we have to go to Barcelona to try and win.