I saw three real key points of failure, leaving aside the many small details, for the tie:
1. Daei's insistence on Bagheri --> FAILURE
Guys, am I alone on this? How the heck did the commentator believe that Karim played a great for us today?...he was an attacking midfielder and i barely saw him with the ball in the attacking third of the field! how about moving shojaei to his natural position behind the striker and bringing gholamnejad or kazemian as a natural right winger? i have never supported Karim's return to TM and still believe it was a mistake, especially with the amount of talent we have in that position.
2. Daei's insistence on long balls --> FAILURE
All I can say is poor Neko, who early on in the game tried to show himself to the defence, inching ever closing to receiving a simple side-footed pass from our central defenceman, but never got it. Ball was launched to our lone striker (more on him later) who had no impact on the game whatsoever, and resulted in cheap and frequent losses of possession.
3. Daei's insistence on V.H --> FAILURE
I would have taken him out at halftime and put in Borhani. In fact, I would not have even started with V.H. Borhani showed good form in the IPL, but more importantly, in our friendly matches and in my opinion, should have been awarded. V.H was bodied off the ball with ease, out-run like a schoolboy, and had absolutely no impact. Correct me if i'm wrong, but he did play 90 minutes right?! Outrageous.
These three things stood out the most for me personally...and no, i'm no expert but i'd love to see Daei's post-match conference and perhaps some reasoning as to why he did what he did (i know he's a little sensitive, hopefully the reporters don't insult him - rather ask constructively about his game plans).
More importantly, I would like to see him admit that:
a) the result was NOT good
b) our players did NOT play well as a team
...wonder if either will be said.
1. Daei's insistence on Bagheri --> FAILURE
Guys, am I alone on this? How the heck did the commentator believe that Karim played a great for us today?...he was an attacking midfielder and i barely saw him with the ball in the attacking third of the field! how about moving shojaei to his natural position behind the striker and bringing gholamnejad or kazemian as a natural right winger? i have never supported Karim's return to TM and still believe it was a mistake, especially with the amount of talent we have in that position.
2. Daei's insistence on long balls --> FAILURE
All I can say is poor Neko, who early on in the game tried to show himself to the defence, inching ever closing to receiving a simple side-footed pass from our central defenceman, but never got it. Ball was launched to our lone striker (more on him later) who had no impact on the game whatsoever, and resulted in cheap and frequent losses of possession.
3. Daei's insistence on V.H --> FAILURE
I would have taken him out at halftime and put in Borhani. In fact, I would not have even started with V.H. Borhani showed good form in the IPL, but more importantly, in our friendly matches and in my opinion, should have been awarded. V.H was bodied off the ball with ease, out-run like a schoolboy, and had absolutely no impact. Correct me if i'm wrong, but he did play 90 minutes right?! Outrageous.
These three things stood out the most for me personally...and no, i'm no expert but i'd love to see Daei's post-match conference and perhaps some reasoning as to why he did what he did (i know he's a little sensitive, hopefully the reporters don't insult him - rather ask constructively about his game plans).
More importantly, I would like to see him admit that:
a) the result was NOT good
b) our players did NOT play well as a team
...wonder if either will be said.
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