game started quite cold and headless in terms of team movement with a lot of hoofing and lobbing and not a whole lot of sense.
quite abysmal and hopeless 1st half performance that I'd not like to see repeated in our future games.
By second half we got some shape and with Qatar weakening and tiring, we got the upper hand and off a brilliant pass by Ansarifard, TM's worst performing player, Taromi, deftly put the ball in the net. Yes, the same player who had a horrendous game so far and that continued right after his goal!
Talk about flash in the pan! Not that we're complaining, btw.
as game wore on we cemented our grasp on it. And with Qatar becoming restless and desperate, we found plenty of chances to get a second goal. And chances we got. However our lads either didnt care or lost focus or whatever, they just didnt put the game away no matter how many great chances they created! This much wastefulness is actually quite a concern and CQ will be looking too hard at it, I hope.
We should not let this many chances to go to waste.
At the same time Beiranvand made two top notch saves that saved our arses. Good job cementing his place
Motazeri and PAG were solid.
Same as Mohamadi.
Ghafouri showed a little bit of rust, but got going in the 2nd half
EZ was pretty good in both going up or back. Hajsafi as DM is still up for grabs though. Lots of energy and style, but not much defensive abilities.
the top 4 also became totally different players by 2nd half. .... well, 3 of the 4. Taromi, except his goal that proved to be a rare glitch, went back to miss-passing and losing balls and generally not being where he needs to be.
Azmoun wasnt setting the pitch on fire too.
But Karim looked like a transformed player. more composure and venom. great to see him become a more threatening player
If we get more serious with our chances, we should be able to qualify with a game or two in hand actually.
quite abysmal and hopeless 1st half performance that I'd not like to see repeated in our future games.
By second half we got some shape and with Qatar weakening and tiring, we got the upper hand and off a brilliant pass by Ansarifard, TM's worst performing player, Taromi, deftly put the ball in the net. Yes, the same player who had a horrendous game so far and that continued right after his goal!
Talk about flash in the pan! Not that we're complaining, btw.
as game wore on we cemented our grasp on it. And with Qatar becoming restless and desperate, we found plenty of chances to get a second goal. And chances we got. However our lads either didnt care or lost focus or whatever, they just didnt put the game away no matter how many great chances they created! This much wastefulness is actually quite a concern and CQ will be looking too hard at it, I hope.
We should not let this many chances to go to waste.
At the same time Beiranvand made two top notch saves that saved our arses. Good job cementing his place
Motazeri and PAG were solid.
Same as Mohamadi.
Ghafouri showed a little bit of rust, but got going in the 2nd half
EZ was pretty good in both going up or back. Hajsafi as DM is still up for grabs though. Lots of energy and style, but not much defensive abilities.
the top 4 also became totally different players by 2nd half. .... well, 3 of the 4. Taromi, except his goal that proved to be a rare glitch, went back to miss-passing and losing balls and generally not being where he needs to be.
Azmoun wasnt setting the pitch on fire too.
But Karim looked like a transformed player. more composure and venom. great to see him become a more threatening player
If we get more serious with our chances, we should be able to qualify with a game or two in hand actually.
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