Why is winning the Asian Cup 2015 is so important

[ehsan singapore]

we have a good chance to go far, with our good defence and youth, i believe if we can be confident we can win, i believe in CQ AND i think he knows what he is doing

[AminGP]

after the world cup most of people here said "if CQ stays we will win the Asian Cup". Now CQ is staying and we are trying to blame IR if we don't win the cup?

We are capable of winning the Asian cup without a doubt. We have beaten Japan, Australia, South Korea before and we can do it again. We are Iran and we fear no one. Bring it on !!!

[sarbaz]

Did you all know that if TM wins the AC , Queirosh will get a $1 million bonus ???!!!

So believe me it is important to him to win it.

[Doctor DOOM]

Did you all know that if TM wins the AC , Queirosh will get a $1 million bonus ???!!!

So believe me it is important to him to win it.

If we win th cup, then nooshe joonesh. I hope he gets 2 mill.
But for that, he needs to change his attitude. And as far as I can see, instead of a change of attitude and adopting a can-do mentality, he has already started the usual excuses (''Asia cup is tougher than qualifying for the WC'', ... etc. ).

As good as he is in PHYSICALLY preparing a team, he really sucks in the MENTAL preparation!

God help us.

[BacheLot]

1-Iran has not won the cup as one of the top Asian Powers in 40 years
2-By winning the cup we will get a chance to play 3 top quality competetive games in the Confederations Cup in 2017
and for us who never get to play any great friendly games,this will be very helpfull
3-It will bring back national confidence to our team and country
4-we will have an easier time testing some younger talents and developing them after winning the cup
5-Kaffashian and Quireosh must be smoking crack if they think only making the WC 2018 is important as our only goal

besides number 2, to me there is no real prize involved in winning AC..!! rest are just wishful thinking..!

WC is where its at as far as real notoriety in world of football..! AC should be used primarily to test out young talents capable of replacing the many aging players in our senior squad now.

[ali alipour]

If we win th cup, then nooshe joonesh. I hope he gets 2 mill.
But for that, he needs to change his attitude. And as far as I can see, instead of a change of attitude and adopting a can-do mentality, he has already started the usual excuses (''Asia cup is tougher than qualifying for the WC'', ... etc. ).

As good as he is in PHYSICALLY preparing a team, he really sucks in the MENTAL preparation!

God help us.

yea his mental preparation was so terrible that we almost tied/beat lowly Argentina

[Kiarash]

besides number 2, to me there is no real prize involved in winning AC..!! rest are just wishful thinking..!

WC is where its at as far as real notoriety in world of football..! AC should be used primarily to test out young talents capable of replacing the many aging players in our senior squad now.

Price for winning the Asian Cup is automatic qualification for Confederations Cup which is a great opportunity for our team to play against the best from other continents.

[persiangodfather]

if we win the AC I will cut my ............ off

[BacheLot]

Price for winning the Asian Cup is automatic qualification for Confederations Cup which is a great opportunity for our team to play against the best from other continents.

[greatpersian]

We also won the 2002 Asian games in South Korea under IR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbal...02_Asian_Games

But i agree that one of the main reasons for not winning the main Asian cup is the IR. Their mismanagement has played a huge role.

The 2002 Asian Games were an under-23 tournament. TM have won the continental title under IR, though when they participated in the 1998 Asian Games in Thailand.

[persianfire]

Asian Cup has been Japan's party for years and they have won the last three of the four tournaments while Iran has failed to advance to the final since 1976. Japan will win this edition as usual considering they have the strongest squad by a mile and hired a better manager than previous one. Unlike Aguirre, Zaccheroni was a top league reject with no NT coaching experience.

[Kiarash]

Re: Why is winning the Asian Cup 2015 is so important

Asian Cup has been Japan's party for years and they have won the last three of the four tournaments while Iran has failed to advance to the final since 1976. Japan will win this edition as usual considering they have the strongest squad by a mile and hired a better manager than previous one. Unlike Aguirre, Zaccheroni was a top league reject with no NT coaching experience.

Our job is to ruin their party!

[GoIran]

An almost 40-year absence form the final is a disgrace for a traditional powerhouse in Asia. I hope we'll break the curse this time.

[Hadi]

we are not the favorites to win the Asian cup at all.

In fact we have not been since AC 2000 when we were the hot favorites.

the closest we came was 2004 where we clearly deserve to win it.

I just dont see us beating Japan and Australia

[Amin_]

We will not win any competitions as long as we are so weak emotionally and psychologically. What I mean are the penalty shoot-outs. The quality between the teams are getting smaller and smaller by day. You barely have any pushovers anymore. So the chances of getting into another sery of PKSO's after the group stages are really high, and everyone knows we greatly suck at it!

We should hire a German coach and a good psychologist just to train this (underestimated) part of the game with us!