Iran vs Syria - R16 - Game info + TV/Live stream info + Discussions

[Ostad_Goosfand]

There is no sudden shift to a “loser mentality”. Just like when Skocic was running TM and getting results against minnows in ugly fashion, the average unbiased person knew we’d get beaten handily by any halfway decent team with his clueless play style. Guess what, exactly that happened the moment we played South Korea. Ghalenoie is a weaker version of Skocic, and anyone with eyes can see our play is beyond clueless at this point, it’s horrendous. What from any of our recent performances has given you hope that we’ll do well against Japan? Again, people are praying Japan has a bad day, our Ansarifard who is near his retirement age is going to bail us out and be a match winner. What from Ansarifard’s whole career has made you think he’s capable of this. He’s not a terrible player, but I can’t remember him being a game changer more than 1 or 2 times since his debut. If you are praying for this to be his 3rd game in 14 years where he outplays a clearly superior opponent, while we’re down our best player, again, some people bet on underdogs all the time. It’s not a reasonable bet, we’re clearly in a lot of trouble, don’t deceive yourself.

We have trouble scoring against minnows, and now we’re licking our lips that Japan’s keeper will be exploited. Who on our team can even shoot the ball straight in the last few games. We’ve been absolutely awful, and I’m not going to delude myself into praying for a miracle.

i think we have a shot. even tho GK turn into casillas or neuer vs us, zion suzuki looks terrible so far. wish we had ahmad noor to test him from range

[Abtin]

Somebody open the post game thread now
i have alot to say

yeah I want to post a video.

[shahin2000]

When is the last time we won penalties. its been a long time. This is 100% a players win. GN can go sit on a egg

I think against Kuwait in the 1996 Asian cup

[FeLFeL]

Why Ghaedi starts ahead of Gholi or Torabi is beyond me - Then why would you take Ghoddos out when he is dominating the midfield - Shoja fought thru cramps and still played well and Haj Safi was solid. hopefully we'll never have to play Cheshmi as a CB again, he's really a CDM

[Rezzy]

Can we all take a moment and appreciate the korean ref, honestly thought he had near flawless game.

[perspolis#1]

i think we have a shot. even tho GK turn into casillas or neuer vs us, zion suzuki looks terrible so far. wish we had ahmad noor to test him from range

We need to make sure Zion Suzuki is 0% Arab. He won't have Buffon episode vs us.

[Abtin]

There are some things we can do vs Japan.

Analysis to come in Iran-Japan thread

I'm just so mad it's gonna be without MT... 😡

[Pishi_Rules]

I dont' think your lineup defensively can handle the speed the Japanese will have.
Haji Safi was excellent today. Our best player, but he can't handle Japanese speed and combination play.
Cheshmi even worse!

Hahisafi was MOTM

also this Mohebbi dude can’t start for Japan. My stress walk and cry the first time was from his antics. Also no more Cheshmi please

[tmfan]

Where is that mentality coming from, seriously...
Japan is a good team, they've lost against Iraq and struggle in the group stage games, why are you shifting from over confidence to this looser mentality based on one game? Why being so emotional and draw black/white conclusions based on nothing?

Iran can beat Japan without any doubts, even without one of their main player. They only need to focus much more on finishing because that's really what they are lacking for the moment. Iran had 6 clear cut golden opportunities against Syria, if they would have scored 3, and won 4/1, you would have probably say that we will destroy Japan ? No, Japan game will be tight and difficult for both teams but we definitely have enough ressources to win that game as much as them.

There is no way Japan took Iraq seriously... They started a CB who plays in Qatar in the match and he lost almost every aerial battle against that Iraqi striker. With Tomiyasu (Arsenal) and Itakura (chased by Liverpool and Spurs), their defense is rock solid. Bahrain couldn't do anything against them today. Also, Mitoma whose market value is 4 times higher than Taremi was injured in the group stage. He is back now while Taremi is out. The next game is gonna be very hard. Our only hope is their error-prone goalkeeper.

[persiangodfather]

Can we all take a moment and appreciate the korean ref, honestly thought he had near flawless game.

I disagree
taremi shouldnt have got the first yellow

[Pishi_Rules]

Can I ask another really silly question, can the first yellow he got be overturned / appealed?

[koorosh]

LET"S NOT FORGET THE POSITIVES:

1. Team forged...
2. Torabi is recovering and maybe can play against Japan?
3. Ghoddos/Gholi will be fresh against Japan?
4. Those 5 penalties were unstoppable! Lots of practice and work goes into that...and it was without our chief penalty taker!
5. Yellow cards erased!
6. We survived our stupid blunder of the Tournament...we didn't in 15 and 19. Beiro gives a penalty and Mehdi get a Red!

[Scooter]

Never easy being a team melli fan. After the first goal i thought easy 3/4-0 win.

Make jahanbakhsh a assistant coach and ban him from the field

What is up with all the ARJ hate, especially after this game?

He played well in this game. His defensive work was superb, and he didn't make any blunders. His passes were good. It seems most of you can't be objective about players, especially from game-to-game.

If you want to hate on anyone? It should be GN. We won in spite of that guy, not because of him. His subs this game were so atrocious that I thought he was purposely trying to throw the game. We are down to 10 men, and this guy subs-off our best chance at winning it before PKs (i.e. Azmoun), and puts on Karim? Karim is significantly slower and doesn't have the same technique or aerial presence. He also subbed off Ghoddos? And Ghaedi? Wth? He subbed off the heart of our midfield (Saman), and a guy who was continually breaking down Syrian defenders and forcing corners and/or throw-ins deep in their half (Ghaedi)?

Not to mention: once we run into a team that is quicker than us, and (at least as) technically gifted? **AHEM JAPAN** We are going to be forced to park the bus and play long balls. Why? Because we are fielding a team that is slooooooow. Japan will move the ball around us with good passing and superior movement off-the-ball.

[Scooter]

Think he will play Jahanbakhsh

Good thing is that Mehdy Ghayedi and Saman Ghoddos still have fresh legs for the match. They were taken off in the 60th minute. Gholizadeh came on in the 75th minute, so he should be good too. Kanaani has fresh legs.

Honestly, let's go out there and do it! Why not.

I wouldn't play Kanani against Japan. He is going to, at the least, get carded, and at worst, red-carded + concede a penalty. He is definitely going to get burned for through passes onto goal.

[dcpp]

I actually expected such a shit show. We were already playing worse and worse in the group stages.

GN's coaching is good for our old ziresh bezan style of football. His subs are awful as usual. I believe that even with Skocic, we would have won that game easily.

The guys managed to get us to the penalties and were brilliant in it but before this, we were back to the time when our players lose their composure as soon as it becomes a bit difficult. Beiranvand's horrible challenge, Saeid Ezzatolahi's elbow (could have been a red), Taremi's foul (it was a stupid one).

Anyway, I seriously don't see how we can win against Japan. Let's hope for the best.

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