[Poll] Lose against UAE and avoid Japan or beat UAE and face Japan before the final?

[arj42]

Nevertheless, if iran beats uae and Palestine beats Hong Kong by a couple goals, uae will finish third. If they finish third, they might end up in japan bracket anyways. This may be a reason for uae to try to win or at the minimum get a draw from us to cement their spot at second place.

If Palestine does win by a decent goal margin tomrorow, I believe uae will go for draw, and will be upset if they lose or win. We are the opposite.

[oracle]

Nevertheless, if iran beats uae and Palestine beats Hong Kong by a couple goals, uae will finish third. If they finish third, they might end up in japan bracket anyways. This may be a reason for uae to try to win or at the minimum get a draw from us to cement their spot at second place.

If Palestine does win by a decent goal margin tomrorow, I believe uae will go for draw, and will be upset if they lose or win. We are the opposite.

Great news that is....not coming to lose...increase chance of them winning.

[webmaster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E-3E2k662s

Watch and see everyone is thinking about this idea.

[webmaster]

If Uzbekistan beats Australia tomorrow which is before Iran's game then the first place side for Iran will be a hell having SKorea, Japan and Australia. I am sure GN knows this better than most here so he must make his decision before the game against UAE. He will have 1-2 hours to think about this.

[Hosseini]

Whatever GN does, he needs the buy in from the players. They have to believe in the plan and be motivated to carry it out. All else doesn't matter. You can't follow orders of a plan that you don't whole-heartedly believe in, and there needs to be serious discussion among the players on what to do.

[oracle]

If Uzbekistan beats Australia tomorrow which is before Iran's game then the first place side for Iran will be a hell having SKorea, Japan and Australia. I am sure GN knows this better than most here so he must make his decision before the game against UAE. He will have 1-2 hours to think about this.

Pressure by media fans is so much,I hope he don't get scared to lose the match...

[Hosseini]

Whatever PLAYERS SUPPORT along with GN, Maricone, captain leadership, I'll support as well. They are the ones pouring all the sweat on the field, I respect their decision. Not gonna be an armchair critic.

[Karimi 8]

Shameful discussions from these guys, you never sacrifice yourself and disrespect your country and lose on purpose under any conditions

[ferdyf]

If you wanna be the best, you have to beat the best. Whoever says we should lose to avoid Japan should be embarassed

[PSGman#19]

If you wanna be the best, you have to beat the best. Whoever says we should lose to avoid Japan should be embarassed

If you wanna be the best, you have to be smart first

[ferdyf]

If you wanna be the best, you have to be smart first

How many times did being smart work? How many World champions did this? None, that's a loser mentality

[DR Strangemoosh]

If Uzbekistan beats Australia tomorrow which is before Iran's game then the first place side for Iran will be a hell having SKorea, Japan and Australia. I am sure GN knows this better than most here so he must make his decision before the game against UAE. He will have 1-2 hours to think about this.

GN will want to preserve his winning stats though - and also FIFA ranking. Also risk upsetting some of the players if he asks them to throw the game

What would you do in his shoes...? I don't envy him

[KC McElroy]

It is so ironic that when playing a game against an arab team, we are the ones discussing whether we should saudi the game.

[Iman_Joon]

Also risk upsetting some of the players if he asks them to throw the game

What would you do in his shoes...? I don't envy him

Of course he won’t ask them that. He Will probably ”rest” the A-team

[Hosseini]

GN will want to preserve his winning stats though - and also FIFA ranking. Also risk upsetting some of the players if he asks them to throw the game

What would you do in his shoes...? I don't envy him

The best position is actually to tell them to win and WANT Japan. You don't really lose anyone like this. If we lose, we lose, but play your game and see what happens. Also if we lose - good! We get an easier draw.

Remember what Mourinho did when managing Porto in champions league all those years ago? He said WE WANT MAN UNITED before the UCL draw. That made it so the players psychologically felt it was GOOD if it happened. If they ended up not getting Man United, he said it would have been even better, but he had to mentally frame for the players that inviting the challenge, making history, and winning was what their goal was. And guess what? They won on aggregate!

He was a psychologically genius coach and GN should learn from that case study.