FIRST HALF:
Quite a scrappy game with very little excitement. From a neutral POV, a rather boring game.
- Nosrati a bit nervous, with 2-3 fk’s given to Koreans near the box
- Nekunam too quiet and inactive. And given his meager contribution to the game, maybe hadadifard can liven things up with more feeding of the front players. Becoz of this, ansarifard is cleanly taken out of the game … as if we’re playing with 10 men!!
- Starting w khalatbari? Maybe he’d have been better coming in when Koreans are tired, to use his pace. Right now, he’s being muscled around by cha duri. Maybe someone more physical than khalatbari, would give cha a run for his money and tussles with him.
SECOND HALF:
- It’s just too defensive a strategy by iran. Too compact and closed (that’s why we see Koreans are more spread and cover more zones, hence collect more of the loose balls.)
And that’s why we keep allowing Koreans to cross and cross into our box. So far (min 63) we’ve handled these crosses. But how much do we want to push our luck? A lucky
- I am quite confident if we used a more imaginative player in the midfield (like hadadifard) we’d have scored during normal time. But ghotbi was just too cautious and scared! But instead of hadadifard, he brings in shojaei, the POOREST performing player in our squad!!!!
- Hajsafi has done quite well and have been impressive.
- Absolutely pathetic shooting by our players!!! If your strategy is to stay behind and play gutless football, at least get your freekicks and shooting right. But I think that’s too much to expect from a coach who thinks a goal-less draw advances your team to the next round!!!
- As much as pejman has been great in defending, his offensive moves and two golden opportunities have been absolutely abysmal! Twice he got massive chances (where he didn’t have anyone close to him to put him off) to get something done with a decent shot and first he air-balls it, then skies the second!
EXTRA TIME 1:
- Stupid move by aghili to try to dribble in front of the goal!
- Magnificent save by hajsafi in defending, using his speed.
- I see Koreans are more tired than our lads. But still ghotbi remains gutless and doesn’t bring in a creative player!! It’s like he is waiting for mistakes by the Koreans, rather than EARNING a chance by ourselves!!!
He shd know not always he’s going to get a lucky break like our last game in seoul . usually you SHOULD force it yourself. Very disappointing.
- Shojaei’s contribution to the game: grass-rolling and a yellow card. Master stroke by ghotbi to bring this fool instead of a whole bunch of more deserving players!
- And the goal is scored from whose side? Hajsafi & Shojaei failing to come along with his man, allowing him to do whatever he wants.
EXTRA TIME 2:
- Our international master coach is about to bring in gholami. Failing to see our team’s problem is NOT in the forward post, but in the LACK OF CREATIVITY in the team! Is this what he’s learned from his magnificent stints under advokaat & big Gus?
Aside from too little, too late, it also says a lot about his “game reading”.
- Shojaei’s f**ked up performance continues as he falls like a leaf as soon as someone touches him, turning the ball over to the Koreans !!!
what can I say?
all I can think of is: ONE WHO FEARS, DIES A 1000 TIMES, BUT THE BRAVE DIE ONCE.
Ghotbi's first decent opposition and he capitulates into his own shell, afraid of doing the most basic things in football.
Quite a scrappy game with very little excitement. From a neutral POV, a rather boring game.
- Nosrati a bit nervous, with 2-3 fk’s given to Koreans near the box
- Nekunam too quiet and inactive. And given his meager contribution to the game, maybe hadadifard can liven things up with more feeding of the front players. Becoz of this, ansarifard is cleanly taken out of the game … as if we’re playing with 10 men!!
- Starting w khalatbari? Maybe he’d have been better coming in when Koreans are tired, to use his pace. Right now, he’s being muscled around by cha duri. Maybe someone more physical than khalatbari, would give cha a run for his money and tussles with him.
SECOND HALF:
- It’s just too defensive a strategy by iran. Too compact and closed (that’s why we see Koreans are more spread and cover more zones, hence collect more of the loose balls.)
And that’s why we keep allowing Koreans to cross and cross into our box. So far (min 63) we’ve handled these crosses. But how much do we want to push our luck? A lucky
- I am quite confident if we used a more imaginative player in the midfield (like hadadifard) we’d have scored during normal time. But ghotbi was just too cautious and scared! But instead of hadadifard, he brings in shojaei, the POOREST performing player in our squad!!!!
- Hajsafi has done quite well and have been impressive.
- Absolutely pathetic shooting by our players!!! If your strategy is to stay behind and play gutless football, at least get your freekicks and shooting right. But I think that’s too much to expect from a coach who thinks a goal-less draw advances your team to the next round!!!
- As much as pejman has been great in defending, his offensive moves and two golden opportunities have been absolutely abysmal! Twice he got massive chances (where he didn’t have anyone close to him to put him off) to get something done with a decent shot and first he air-balls it, then skies the second!
EXTRA TIME 1:
- Stupid move by aghili to try to dribble in front of the goal!
- Magnificent save by hajsafi in defending, using his speed.
- I see Koreans are more tired than our lads. But still ghotbi remains gutless and doesn’t bring in a creative player!! It’s like he is waiting for mistakes by the Koreans, rather than EARNING a chance by ourselves!!!
He shd know not always he’s going to get a lucky break like our last game in seoul . usually you SHOULD force it yourself. Very disappointing.
- Shojaei’s contribution to the game: grass-rolling and a yellow card. Master stroke by ghotbi to bring this fool instead of a whole bunch of more deserving players!
- And the goal is scored from whose side? Hajsafi & Shojaei failing to come along with his man, allowing him to do whatever he wants.
EXTRA TIME 2:
- Our international master coach is about to bring in gholami. Failing to see our team’s problem is NOT in the forward post, but in the LACK OF CREATIVITY in the team! Is this what he’s learned from his magnificent stints under advokaat & big Gus?
Aside from too little, too late, it also says a lot about his “game reading”.
- Shojaei’s f**ked up performance continues as he falls like a leaf as soon as someone touches him, turning the ball over to the Koreans !!!
what can I say?
all I can think of is: ONE WHO FEARS, DIES A 1000 TIMES, BUT THE BRAVE DIE ONCE.
Ghotbi's first decent opposition and he capitulates into his own shell, afraid of doing the most basic things in football.
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