I tried to fit my post in any of the threads.
but there's so much fight (!!?) going on in so many threads that I thought against it.
Anyway, considering the way things have turned out in the other groups, and the prospect of meeting the easier match up's winner for the semis ( iraq-viet ), I think we must do all we can to come tops in our group, so not only we'd avoid the better team of ksa-bahrain-indo-(even) korea, but also the semis would not be as difficult as the other hellish semi.
also, given the malaysians' lack of height and physicality, I think the best approach to the game for TM is: a physical game with direct attacks.
1- we shd win the aerial battles, especially when we have VH and enayati ( or even rajabzadeh ) in front.
all we need is TWO proper WINGERS who will supply these balls frequently and regularly into the opponent's 18.
kia, kaz, kaabi are perfect for the right winger, no matter who sits out or who sits back.
on the left, we ought to have madanchi or mobaali in to supply the crosses, supplemented by zandi ( IF GN still persists on this, IMO, wrong placement )
2- we also shd win the rebound balls and second balls in the middle with nekunam , or whoever GN appoints, if he gives neku a rest. E. Sadeghi or Aghili would quite fine here. hell, even nosrati would be nice.
( if GN gets wise and moves zandi up to either left mid or center mid, his height will help the team in the middle and on crosses as well ).
seeing that they're going to sit back and "damage control" , then having fancy footwork wont get us much, as they're going to pack their defense and crowd all these slow, fancy players. so no karimi PLEASE.
however, we shd have players who can take long shots from behind the box. we MUST see at least 7-8 shots in this game. AT LEAST.
the other thing about packed defense is using FREEKICKS & spotkicks ( especially corners ). thankfully, we seem to be pretty good in this area and having the right players for both right & left side freekicks and corners.
this physical game accented with aerial balls shd result in quite a few goals for us.
as it stands, we must score +3 to equal the chinese , + whatever their G.D. is if they win the uzbeks.
( if they draw or lose, even a 1-0 is enough for us ).
shd not be that difficult.
but there's so much fight (!!?) going on in so many threads that I thought against it.
Anyway, considering the way things have turned out in the other groups, and the prospect of meeting the easier match up's winner for the semis ( iraq-viet ), I think we must do all we can to come tops in our group, so not only we'd avoid the better team of ksa-bahrain-indo-(even) korea, but also the semis would not be as difficult as the other hellish semi.
also, given the malaysians' lack of height and physicality, I think the best approach to the game for TM is: a physical game with direct attacks.
1- we shd win the aerial battles, especially when we have VH and enayati ( or even rajabzadeh ) in front.
all we need is TWO proper WINGERS who will supply these balls frequently and regularly into the opponent's 18.
kia, kaz, kaabi are perfect for the right winger, no matter who sits out or who sits back.
on the left, we ought to have madanchi or mobaali in to supply the crosses, supplemented by zandi ( IF GN still persists on this, IMO, wrong placement )
2- we also shd win the rebound balls and second balls in the middle with nekunam , or whoever GN appoints, if he gives neku a rest. E. Sadeghi or Aghili would quite fine here. hell, even nosrati would be nice.
( if GN gets wise and moves zandi up to either left mid or center mid, his height will help the team in the middle and on crosses as well ).
seeing that they're going to sit back and "damage control" , then having fancy footwork wont get us much, as they're going to pack their defense and crowd all these slow, fancy players. so no karimi PLEASE.
however, we shd have players who can take long shots from behind the box. we MUST see at least 7-8 shots in this game. AT LEAST.
the other thing about packed defense is using FREEKICKS & spotkicks ( especially corners ). thankfully, we seem to be pretty good in this area and having the right players for both right & left side freekicks and corners.
this physical game accented with aerial balls shd result in quite a few goals for us.
as it stands, we must score +3 to equal the chinese , + whatever their G.D. is if they win the uzbeks.
( if they draw or lose, even a 1-0 is enough for us ).
shd not be that difficult.
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