Wcq 26 3rd round draw 12am pst Thursday 6/27

[Ostad_Goosfand]

Maybe the worst possible draw for us fans wanting something exciting. Playing Uzbekistan for the 10th time in 2 years is going to make me bash my head in the wall

Iranians won’t be excited either. Imagine 100K+ in azadi for Iran vs Saudi, or Iran vs Australia. Drawing one of them would have been nicd

[Damavand]

This is by far the best group to be able to advance.

We should be able to top the group with relative ease.

[a_m]

God How we got lucky On paper we got the easiest group , we are avoiding all the hard teams Saudi , Australia , and up incoming ones too Iraq and Jordan ,

they only thing standing between us and the World Cup is Uzbekistan and Qatar , you beat both these soundly we thru , so we start in September and by November we would have already played 6 games ,,, theoretically 18 points is the magic number to qualify, so get 6 wins in a row and, we can basically guarantee qualification with 4 games remaining if we play our cards right ,,,.

but boy we avoided group b and c , with GN idk man we so shaky idk if we would have made it lol if we got group b or c ,,,,

we always get the easier groups avoid all the hard team I hope that we take it more seriously and at least prove a point beat Qatar and Uzbekistan to show we are a top Asian team again …

[Super Shojaei]

We got the easiest of pot 2,3,4 and 5 and the hardest of pot 6 we are very lucky!

entertainment wise not sure though lol

[Hosseini]

Iranians won’t be excited either. Imagine 100K+ in azadi for Iran vs Saudi, or Iran vs Australia. Drawing one of them would have been nicd

Yeah, we really missed out on that opportunity. Could have been something amazing (both those matchups you mentioned)

[The]

First two match against Kyrgyzstan and UAE.

Anything less than 4 points and GN should be sacked.

[mbaizai]

How does the schedule look like guys? Good or bad

[PSGman#19]

Excellent group

[Super Shojaei]

I guess the positive to take is an easier group means quicker qualification - quicker qualification means better chance to experiment with young players . If we had Australia and Saudi Arabia it would’ve been a huge headache.

only game I’m really concerned about is North Korea away would’ve preferred Indonesia the rest seem straight forward

glad we don’t have to go to Iraq

[The]

I guess the positive to take is an easier group means quicker qualification - quicker qualification means better chance to experiment with young players . If we had Australia and Saudi Arabia it would’ve been a huge headache.

only game I’m really concerned about is North Korea away would’ve preferred Indonesia the rest seem straight forward

glad we don’t have to go to Iraq

Even if we qualify there will a million excuses for no experimenting.
"We need to keep our FIFA ranking high for the WC group stage draw"
" Too much fan pressure if we lose"

And bunch of other bullshit

[Damavand]

I guess the positive to take is an easier group means quicker qualification - quicker qualification means better chance to experiment with young players . If we had Australia and Saudi Arabia it would’ve been a huge headache.

only game I’m really concerned about is North Korea away would’ve preferred Indonesia the rest seem straight forward

glad we don’t have to go to Iraq

N Korea away should not be a problem as their games will be held at either China or Laos.

[Damavand]

First two match against Kyrgyzstan and UAE.

Anything less than 4 points and GN should be sacked.

We should aim for the whole 6 points. We need to wrap this qualification as early as possible

[BusiG]

We got a nice group....but i would have preferred to Top Group B tbh. Nevertheless....no excuses...we have to top the Group!

[Super Shojaei]

N Korea away should not be a problem as their games will be held at either China or Laos.

Really? I thought that was just a punishment for the last stage

[Damavand]

Really? I thought that was just a punishment for the last stage

That is what Varzesh TV said. They may be wrong I guess.