Iran vs. Qatar on Oct. 15th WCQ Match Thread

[Pluto2000]

Biravand
"We are not fighting to to become champions.
We just want qualify to wc".

THIS MEANS WE DONT CARE TO FINISH 1ST IN THE GROUP AND WE GOING NOT TO LOSE.

taking biravand to news conference is like taking 80 years old dude on 4 viagra to strip club.with either one don't know what kind ending it will be.

Weak mentality and why we will never win anything worth a thing with this edition of TM

[Allya]

Where can we watch the game in USA?

[Allya]

YoutubTV??

[Kavian]

Do we know the possible line up yet?

[oracle]

If Iran does not qualify out of 8 teams from Asia, then we should just go home now. This edition of the WC is a tournament for children so let's not give it much importance or hype.

I am sure when it went from 16 to 24 then 32
Everyone said same thing.
There will be max 5 mickey mouse team in the wc and 2 of them are iraq and Uzbekistan than on any day can get a draw from us.
Of course 32 team wc compared to 48 team it's alot harder , but imo is harder now to crack r16 with 48 compare to 32 teams.

[oracle]

Where can we watch the game in USA?

Youtube afc channel

[oracle]

Do we know the possible line up yet?

This will be hard to guess.

I think galenoie will go

Biravand
Milad shoja hezbavi norafkan
Jb Saeed Gorbani mohebi
Medi gaedy
Or
Biravand
Aria shoja nemati milad
Jb Saeed. Norafkan gaedy
Sardar medi

This is must not lose for general if he lose he is out. He is going for a draw.

[oracle]

Ok sat down and watched Qatar-Kyrgyzstan and believe it or not, I rewatched our semifinal game vs Qatar painfully. Some analysis below.

This game will have Team Melli face a lot of our ghosts in playing this team that prevented us from reaching our first Asian cup final in 48 yrs. The Qataris will favor themselves to have a slight mental advantage despite them being behind us on points. They will be highly motivated to try and win because they know they have a rough patch of games. They play us, then Uzbekistan at home, then UAE in Dubai. Winning this game could erase their loss to UAE.


Formation:

Against us in the Asian Cup they played more conservatively than they did against Kyrgyzstan. They fielded a 4-4-2 against us with plans to fill the midfield, overpower our slower midfield and then break to get the ball to Akram Afif and Almoez Ali. They had 3 mobile defenders who did the defensive work once that midfield was passed.

Against Kyrgyszstan they played 4-2-3-1. Due to some injuries/retirement, Qatar's list is different now compared to the Asian cup.

Strategy:

As part of this changed Qatar squad, they had to replace their ball retention ability after Hassan Al Haydos retired. As suspected, Kyrgyzstan was quite poor vs Qatar where they had to play on a good field where bad bounces could not reduce the gap of quality between the teams. Qatar had a majority of possession so if our geniuses at Team Melli analyze the game they can make out the attacking strategy.

Offensively--> Qatar has naturalized a new player, a Brazilian born in the "Qatari" city of Liege, Belgium with a very Arab name of Edmilson Junior who plays for Al Duhail. He has played in the Belgian ProLeague for Sint Truiden and Standard Liege. He was operating on the left wing has decent technical ability and looks to cross.

Due to Pedro Miguels injury in the ACL game vs Esteghlal, they have recalled Abdelkarim Hassan as LB. We have played him many times, I think Jahanbakhsh has prob started against him 10+ times on that side in his career. Abdelkarim Hassan does a lot of offensive work for an LB. Qatar constantly switched the play to him on the left, he played very advanced for a LB. I would compared him to a left sided Ramin Rezaian in how he was playing. Qatar would get the ball to him to start most attacks. He would either give an overlapping ball or go for a shot. He also takes long shots freely. He had full license to do what he wanted as an attacking leftback.

Once they get the ball to Akram Afif he is tasked with being the creative outlet to create chances. On the end of those most often is Almoez Ali who is their finisher.

Defensively--> They didn't have to do much defending against Kyrgyzstan but they did have another naturalized player in Lucas Mendes and their own Boualem Khoukhi be the Centerbacks. Of note one of their defenders, Tarek Salman, was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards. When we played them, Qatar tried to press us out because they knew we tend to buckle under quick pressure and play a slow game. Against Kyrgyzstan, they tried a similar approach and at times had trouble because of Joel Kojo's speed once he got the ball.


Key players:

1) Akram Afif--> He is their creative outlet. If we are going to stop Qatar from scoring, we need to shut him down. He is a CAM that can play on either side of the wings. He is allowed free roam, has a decent freekick, good long shots and great pass range for Asian football.

2) Almoez Ali--> He is their clinical finisher, he has speed, very good dribbling/ reaction speed and finishing. I'm very worried about him in 1v1 situations against our slow team. Defending as a unit will be better and more importantly, preventing him getting the ball at all will be the best approach

3) Abdelkarim Hassan--> as discussed above he is their LB who is able to wander up and join their attack. He tried a lot of long shots against Kyrgyszstan. They start most attacks by switching the play to him. He is their primary crosser also



Keys to win for Iran

1) FIX OUR MENTAL GAME--- they beat us in the Semifinal. Ok. Time to get revenge. Not by doing stupid tackles to hurt them but by beating them clean in a neutral ground. If we beat them we can cause them despair by sending them off to play Uzbek and UAE next. Get the mental game down.

2) Watch for Qatar's tricks--> Qatar's team got lucky on a couple goals last game. One of which half the Kyrgyzstan team stopped playing because a second ball was on the field, but Qatar kept playing and scored. PLEASE play to the whistle, DO NOT complain to the referee and pick up yellows. I saw their new Brazilian player Edmilson already dives a lot to pick up fouls. Afif is the same way. Do not give them any excuses for penalties or freekicks outside the box.

3) Beat the press and smash them--> Qatar relies on winning the press the first time. A couple times when Kyrgyzstan beat the press, Joel Kojo went up against Boualem Khoukhi and he was very uncomfortable. Khoukhi is slow so if we can get positions to bypass him with a pass or take him on it we can get into good positions. Also, Abdelkarim Hassan pushes up a lot. If we get the ball back we have an opportunity to catch him out the same way Rezaian gets caught out.

4) Get some legs in the midfield--> We don't have Ghoddos for this game. We need 1-2 players who can run to challenge Qatar in the middle. Especially those with the passing range needed to get the ball to our forwards/wingers.




Best of luck everyone. Hoping we get a win and put some distance between us and Qatar

Hasan will attack but he is also SOOTI PRONE defensively.
jb will get start and will be ask to seat back and help rb....imo is better start mohebi on the right side instead of jb.mohebi offensively can attack hasan side and make them scared from attacking....if jb and aria seat back hasan will bring that ball up pretty far we seen him to do in pp....
Best defense is offensive against their right side.

[webmaster]

Youtube afc channel

[oracle]

Weak mentality and why we will never win anything worth a thing with this edition of TM

He is getting fans ready for a tie.

[oracle]

Best is wake up before 7.
Put uzbak vs uae on varzesh tv
At same time on the phone put n.k vs Kyrgyzstan on yt afc channel.
Then watch tm at 9....

[oracle]

My line up
Biravand
Daneshgar. Shoja. Hezbavi milad
Mohebi Saeed j.h norafkan
Medi gaedy

[Nokhodi]

Unfortunately I think Noorafkan will start.
Either as a LB or CM.

Anyways, as perspolis#1 s#1 so eloquently stated, we should just play our game, play to the whistle, and enjoy the football, and we have a very good chance of winning.

[oracle]

Unfortunately I think Noorafkan will start.
Either as a LB or CM.

Anyways, as perspolis#1 s#1 so eloquently stated, we should just play our game, play to the whistle, and enjoy the football, and we have a very good chance of winning.

12k sold out all persian crowed should push our players to victory. Small stadiums when sold out since is close to the field sometimes is intimidating, it's not 100k azadi but it should be enough

[oracle]

Unfortunately I think Noorafkan will start.
Either as a LB or CM.

Anyways, as perspolis#1 s#1 so eloquently stated, we should just play our game, play to the whistle, and enjoy the football, and we have a very good chance of winning.

General defended his lose to qatar and mentioned noorafkan wasn't there.
So to prove what he said he will start noorafkan.
Also TO PROVE WHAT HE SAID he won't start
Gaedy😅 if he start gaedy and tm wins everyone will say why he didn't start gaedy in semi...no gaedy will start
...mohebi will be lw, j.b will be rw
Along with Saeed and noorafkan I think.
He will keep milad at lb AND SURPRISE EVERYONE WITH DANESHGAR RB START.

2 cb shoja is for sure, but I think hezbavi will get the nod over nemati.
Shoja this will be his 3rd match in 9 days thats my concern. Combo of him and nemati are due to give pk.
He will not bench sardar in UAE .
Medi will be FREE TO GO ANY WHERE HE PLEASES.

biravand
Daneshgar shoja hezbavi milad
Saeed. Omid
Jb. Medi. Mohebi
Sardar.