Why CQ is the best coach we have ever had, or ever will have

[kami_kakashi]

Why CQ is the best coach we have ever had, or ever will have

Honestly...the biggest decline happend after CQ...Dejagah, Davari, Masoud, Gucci...all went to weaker leagues. ARJ stayed put, and Nekounam went to Kuwait briefly but at a critical time. Not only that, talent like Azmoun has not featured prominantly in CQs plans and to be honest young talent seems to be a non issue for CQs immediate and long term plans.

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Most the talent you mention are older anyways and product of outside. Literally since Shojaei's move to Osasuna we have not produced a talent to play in top leagues. Azmoun and Arj yet to feature in a top league in a consistent way.

Asian games and AFC U17 was a clear indication that we have a talent draught and our football is pretty much destroyed at the moment.

I see what IFF is doing with Italy deal trying to see if they can apply the volleyball approach to football. Hopefully it will work in next 10 years and we can find a young and exotic coach instead of CQ to implement a highly technical team once we have the players and infrastructure in place. In the meantime CQ's job is to almost cheat the system and prevent a KSA like decline to our football he is doing fantastic job at that. I can see that anti-CQ camp still believe we are relevant and someone else can get more out of our poor football system. I don't see it, if it was the case we wouldn't have to blame Vingada where our most praised IPL players like Sharifi fail to do anything against Asian minnows.

[arash123]

Never? That's impressive. You'd be surprised to see the comments of the same Mega super CQ fans of today after the Lebanon loss. People on PFDC change opinions faster than Eminem rapping and ebola spreading

LOLOL at your last sentence.

I'm not sure which comments specifically you were referring to after our loss to Lobnan, but you can criticize a manager yet still be a fan/supporter of him.

[Dreamer]

The sentiment that you are either pro CQ or against CQ is nonsense in the first place.

The issue we have at hand at a discussion level here is that whenever one side makes an argument the other gives a rebuttal with different points, and the discussion ends up nowhere.

I'm against CQ, primarily because I think he's turned Team Melli into a stagnant force. The World Cup aside, where I think we messed up the last game, and without giving excuses here and there I think the biggest issue was that we simply didn't go for the win in the Bosnia game. We should have, but we didn't.

Prior to the World Cup it was a massive mess that he got us into putting us in a position where we had to win the last 3 games. Yes he played well, even if that last South Korea game was stupidly close. We could've prevented that mess and qualified way earlier.

He hasn't solved the attacking issue and instead plays with 7 defensive minded players, leaving poor Ghoochannejhad, who has been stellar, up front.

He hasn't invited any young players to the camp. Our team is the same it was 2 years ago. No new blood, nothing. His risk taking is somewhere near zero.

What he does do better than anyone else is creating a strong morale and a good spirit within the camp. He publicly doesn't take any behavioural nonsense which is great. Discipline is a must and he brings it.

Tactically, I think he's getting us into a deeper whole that we won't be able to get out of.

All the "HE BROUGHT GUCCI" or "HE BROUGHT DEJAGAH" nonsense aside, I'd be curious how someone who thinks different than me would argue this case.

[arash123]

Although I respectively disagree with CQ digging us in a bigger hole, wonderful post Dreamer jan. Eloquent post.

[Z Joon]

The sentiment that you are either pro CQ or against CQ is nonsense in the first place.

The issue we have at hand at a discussion level here is that whenever one side makes an argument the other gives a rebuttal with different points, and the discussion ends up nowhere.

I'm against CQ, primarily because I think he's turned Team Melli into a stagnant force. The World Cup aside, where I think we messed up the last game, and without giving excuses here and there I think the biggest issue was that we simply didn't go for the win in the Bosnia game. We should have, but we didn't.

Prior to the World Cup it was a massive mess that he got us into putting us in a position where we had to win the last 3 games. Yes he played well, even if that last South Korea game was stupidly close. We could've prevented that mess and qualified way earlier.

He hasn't solved the attacking issue and instead plays with 7 defensive minded players, leaving poor Ghoochannejhad, who has been stellar, up front.

He hasn't invited any young players to the camp. Our team is the same it was 2 years ago. No new blood, nothing. His risk taking is somewhere near zero.

What he does do better than anyone else is creating a strong morale and a good spirit within the camp. He publicly doesn't take any behavioural nonsense which is great. Discipline is a must and he brings it.

Tactically, I think he's getting us into a deeper whole that we won't be able to get out of.

All the "HE BROUGHT GUCCI" or "HE BROUGHT DEJAGAH" nonsense aside, I'd be curious how someone who thinks different than me would argue this case.

Great post

[ramingeles2000]

The sentiment that you are either pro CQ or against CQ is nonsense in the first place.

The issue we have at hand at a discussion level here is that whenever one side makes an argument the other gives a rebuttal with different points, and the discussion ends up nowhere.

I'm against CQ, primarily because I think he's turned Team Melli into a stagnant force. The World Cup aside, where I think we messed up the last game, and without giving excuses here and there I think the biggest issue was that we simply didn't go for the win in the Bosnia game. We should have, but we didn't.

Prior to the World Cup it was a massive mess that he got us into putting us in a position where we had to win the last 3 games. Yes he played well, even if that last South Korea game was stupidly close. We could've prevented that mess and qualified way earlier.

He hasn't solved the attacking issue and instead plays with 7 defensive minded players, leaving poor Ghoochannejhad, who has been stellar, up front.

He hasn't invited any young players to the camp. Our team is the same it was 2 years ago. No new blood, nothing. His risk taking is somewhere near zero.

What he does do better than anyone else is creating a strong morale and a good spirit within the camp. He publicly doesn't take any behavioural nonsense which is great. Discipline is a must and he brings it.

Tactically, I think he's getting us into a deeper whole that we won't be able to get out of.

All the "HE BROUGHT GUCCI" or "HE BROUGHT DEJAGAH" nonsense aside, I'd be curious how someone who thinks different than me would argue this case.

Well, he DID bring Dejagah and Gucci. Ghotbi and coaches before him tried to get Dejagah to come, and he always refused. It was CQ's name and reputation that convinced Dejagah. This is not in dispute. How is it "nonsense"? Why else did Dejagah suddenly decide to play for Iran, after years of being courted by different Iranian coaches and the IFF?

He plays a defensive style because it's our best chance for achieving results. It can be ugly to watch, but I'll take results over a few moments of tiki-taka gol-guchik BS during games. These moments are good for PFDC members to make highlight tapes, but useless when we get scored on 3 times.

The core issue here is that we are in the midst of a TALENT DROUGHT. This is not in dispute. We don't have the personnel we used to have. Why is this so hard for people to accept? In WC2006 we had FIVE PLAYERS starting in European first divisions (Hashemian, Zandi, Karimi, Kia, Rezaei) and THREE others who went to have successful first-division European careers right after (Ando, Shojaei, Nekounam).

So we basically had EIGHT first-division European legionnaires. Compare this to WC2014 campaign. Our "bright spots" are a Dejagah whose team was relegated in Fulham (though he was great that season), Jahanbakhsh who had like 3 caps in TM, and an inspiring but not great performance in the Dutch league's worst team, and Gucci, a marginalized 2nd-division player fighting for minutes in the Championship.

So think about this: in 2006, we had EIGHT people at Dejagahs level. How can you people not understand this, and see clearly that, just like any other non-elite footballing nation, we are the bottom of our talent cycle. Compared with the past, we are NOT good right now. So CQ's performance must be judged in this context.

[O-ZoNe]

The sentiment that you are either pro CQ or against CQ is nonsense in the first place.

Everytime I have made similar comments or statements I have been dismissed as being anti-CQ...however, I believe this and other objective statements are easier to dismiss with such a rebuttle than to constructively counter the arguement.

A huge argument put forth in response to this (and it is more recent one) is that CQ is the first WC coach we had who gave us a chance to advance up until the third match...this is untrue, and in fact, with Talebi (don't get me wrong, CQ is worth a million Talebi's, but that is not my point), we were in a far stronger position since we had 3 pts from US match and could have advanced by simply tying Germany (if the US had beaten Yugo) and/or could have secured our faith with a win over Germany.

[Ando Teymourian]

The sentiment that you are either pro CQ or against CQ is nonsense in the first place.

The issue we have at hand at a discussion level here is that whenever one side makes an argument the other gives a rebuttal with different points, and the discussion ends up nowhere.

I'm against CQ, primarily because I think he's turned Team Melli into a stagnant force. The World Cup aside, where I think we messed up the last game, and without giving excuses here and there I think the biggest issue was that we simply didn't go for the win in the Bosnia game. We should have, but we didn't.

Prior to the World Cup it was a massive mess that he got us into putting us in a position where we had to win the last 3 games. Yes he played well, even if that last South Korea game was stupidly close. We could've prevented that mess and qualified way earlier.

He hasn't solved the attacking issue and instead plays with 7 defensive minded players, leaving poor Ghoochannejhad, who has been stellar, up front.

He hasn't invited any young players to the camp. Our team is the same it was 2 years ago. No new blood, nothing. His risk taking is somewhere near zero.

What he does do better than anyone else is creating a strong morale and a good spirit within the camp. He publicly doesn't take any behavioural nonsense which is great. Discipline is a must and he brings it.

Tactically, I think he's getting us into a deeper whole that we won't be able to get out of.

All the "HE BROUGHT GUCCI" or "HE BROUGHT DEJAGAH" nonsense aside, I'd be curious how someone who thinks different than me would argue this case.

You are the perfect example of people who get what they want, and then shrug it off like its not big deal.

Did I just read you write "The World Cup aside"?? Do I have to remind you that this entire forum was shitting their pants for 4 years just because we were so nervous about making the world cup? We finally make it and all of a sudden you shrug it off.

2) Here is a lineup from 2 years ago: (against Lebanon, chosen arbitrarily)
Rahmati, Mahini, Hosseini, Aghili, P. Nouri, Nekounam, Karimi, M. Nouri, Khalatbari, Shojaei, Ansarifard
with subs such as: With subs being Mohammad Gholami and Zare, etc....

I think our lineup looks drastically different. Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun, Beita, Montazeri, Pouladi, 4 different goalies, and the sure addition of new players after the WC.


3) As for Gucci and Dejagah.... again this entire forum was at the edge of their seats when we were waiting for those players to finally arrive. Now all of a sudden it is shrugged off again as no big deal. The first line of my post is basically all that is necessary.

[Sharkie]

The biggest thing CQ needs to do is prevent players from going into Arab leagues. Not only does it diminish their talent but doesn't allow them to gain experience in high level and quality football like European leagues.

[Dreamer]

Well, he DID bring Dejagah and Gucci. Ghotbi and coaches before him tried to get Dejagah to come, and he always refused. It was CQ's name and reputation that convinced Dejagah. This is not in dispute. How is it "nonsense"? Why else did Dejagah suddenly decide to play for Iran, after years of being courted by different Iranian coaches and the IFF?

He plays a defensive style because it's our best chance for achieving results. It can be ugly to watch, but I'll take results over a few moments of tiki-taka gol-guchik BS during games. These moments are good for PFDC members to make highlight tapes, but useless when we get scored on 3 times.

The core issue here is that we are in the midst of a TALENT DROUGHT. This is not in dispute. We don't have the personnel we used to have. Why is this so hard for people to accept? In WC2006 we had FIVE PLAYERS starting in European first divisions (Hashemian, Zandi, Karimi, Kia, Rezaei) and THREE others who went to have successful first-division European careers right after (Ando, Shojaei, Nekounam).

So we basically had EIGHT first-division European legionnaires. Compare this to WC2014 campaign. Our "bright spots" are a Dejagah whose team was relegated in Fulham (though he was great that season), Jahanbakhsh who had like 3 caps in TM, and an inspiring but not great performance in the Dutch league's worst team, and Gucci, a marginalized 2nd-division player fighting for minutes in the Championship.

So think about this: in 2006, we had EIGHT people at Dejagahs level. How can you people not understand this, and see clearly that, just like any other non-elite footballing nation, we are the bottom of our talent cycle. Compared with the past, we are NOT good right now. So CQ's performance must be judged in this context.

It is in dispute. There is no article or interview anywhere where Dejagah says "I didn't join Team Melli up to now because I didn't like the coaches prior to Quieroz." Nowhere.
There was an interview that I found with Daei here: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/66304.html where he says he has no intention of inviting Dejagah. Interview was done in 2008 and FIFA rules at that time wouldn't have allowed Dejagah to join at the time.

We didn't hear anything up until late 2010 / early 2011 when Ghotbi invited him officially to the Asian Cup: http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/...lections-daeis. There's another article (presumably by you just because of the name Ramin) from this very site: http://www.persianfootball.com/news/...-in-asian-cup/ saying that Dejagah didn't join because he was worried about his situation at Wolfsburg which is why he didn't join.

As for Ghoochannejhad, there is an article from this site as well: http://www.persianfootball.com/news/...nnejhad-video/ that says Ghotbi observed him.

Nowhere, and in no interview that I have seen, have either of the two explicitly stated that they refused to join Team Melli, or where even invited before (with the exception of the Asian Cup invite for Dejagah), because of our national team coach.

Please prove me wrong if there is proof somewhere else. So that's your first point.

I don't appreciate the "you people" sentiment/tone. There isn't "you people" and "us." It's all "us." No one is fighting and there aren't two ridiculous opposing camps going against each other. No need to make the argument hostile.

Getting scored on in a game isn't the end of the world. If you don't take risks, you won't be rewarded. His defensive style didn't get us results against Qatar and Uzbekistan at home. It didn't get us results against Lebanon either. We qualified by a hair and did the impossible in the last 3 games, there is no denying that. I'm not saying he didn't pull 3 amazing results (not performances as you mentioned yourself) at the end, but the truth is that we barely, barely made it through.

It didn't give us a result against Nigeria or Bosnia either. We pulled off an amazing, brilliant (no superlative describes this game) performance against Argentina. It was stunning to watch TM play.

But man, that's it.

Related to this point you mention the number of legionnaires we had in 2006. Yes, we don't have that many legionnaires and that is true. However saying that we have no talent is unfair given that we haven't seen new players in Team Melli being tried out. We can't know if there are any talents there unless we play and test them out.

Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun and even Ezatollahi were not known until they made their transfers out of the country. No one (including people on these forums) knew them or thought of them as talents until they moved away, and suddenly the hype was built up.

You can be sure that there are tens of these kind of players still in Iran, motivated and waiting for an opportunity that isn't being given to them. Had CQ repeatedly invited youngsters and tried them out, then we could say that yes, we have no talent so let's play the reliables. But we can't say that (in my opinion) because he hasn't tested any players.

You are the perfect example of people who get what they want, and then shrug it off like its not big deal.

Did I just read you write "The World Cup aside"?? Do I have to remind you that this entire forum was shitting their pants for 4 years just because we were so nervous about making the world cup? We finally make it and all of a sudden you shrug it off.

2) Here is a lineup from 2 years ago: (against Lebanon, chosen arbitrarily)
Rahmati, Mahini, Hosseini, Aghili, P. Nouri, Nekounam, Karimi, M. Nouri, Khalatbari, Shojaei, Ansarifard
with subs such as: With subs being Mohammad Gholami and Zare, etc....

I think our lineup looks drastically different. Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun, Beita, Montazeri, Pouladi, 4 different goalies, and the sure addition of new players after the WC.


3) As for Gucci and Dejagah.... again this entire forum was at the edge of their seats when we were waiting for those players to finally arrive. Now all of a sudden it is shrugged off again as no big deal. The first line of my post is basically all that is necessary.

We were all so nervous because we left it to the last minute. I'm not shrugging anything off either.
Again "I am the perfect example" of ... argue against what I wrote not against the person you think I am. Insulting one another won't get us anywhere.

2) Jahanbakhsh didn't start at the World Cup, he was used a sub. Azmoun wasn't invited to the World Cup and Beitashour was used once as a sub (if I am not mistaken).

I'm gonna put up all the starting line-ups since the start of the final qualifying round:
Rahmati, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Nekounam, Jabbari, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Montazeri, Nouri, Ebrahimi --- Heydari, Ansarifard, Khalatbari (Uzbekistan) June 2012
Rahmati, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Nekounam, Aghili, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Ansarifard, Pouladi, Heydari --- Khalatbari, Dejagah, Zareh (Qatar)
Rahmati, Shojaei, Nouri, Nekounam, Aghili, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Ansarifard, Montazeri, Pejman Nouri --- Hajsafi, Ghazi, Gholami (Lebanon)
Rahmati, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Nouri, Dejagah, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Pouladi, Ghoochannejhad --- Khalatbari, Mahini, Zare (Korea)
Rahmati, Khalatb, Hosseini, Nekounam, Nouri, Dejagah, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Pouladi, Ghoochannejhad --- Ansarifard, Abbasfard, Pejman Nouri (Uzbekistan)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Sadeghi, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Khalatbari, Rezaei, Ebrahimi (Qatar)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Khalatb, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Hajsafi, Rezaei, Mosalman (Lebanon)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Sadeghi, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Hajsafi, Rezaei, Hatami (Korea) June 2013

Players who were new: Zareh, Abbasfard, Ebrahimi, Mosalman, Hatami.
Players who were only subbed in: Zareh, Abbasfard, Ebrahimi, Mosalman, Hatami.

That means that none of those players above, not to mention all the talents within that year and before such as Rahmani, Sadeghian, Yaghoub Karimi, Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun were given a chance. None of these players played at the top level. THey didn't even get consecutive games, which is a whole other luxury that we don't have.

In the World Cup we played:

Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Heydari, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Shojaei.
Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Shojaei, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Heydari, Reza Haghighi.
Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Shojaei, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Heydari, Ansarifard.

With the exception of Jahanbakhsh being subbed in, none of our other youngsters were given any exposition. None.

[Ando Teymourian]

We were all so nervous because we left it to the last minute. I'm not shrugging anything off either.
Again "I am the perfect example" of ... argue against what I wrote not against the person you think I am. Insulting one another won't get us anywhere.

2) Jahanbakhsh didn't start at the World Cup, he was used a sub. Azmoun wasn't invited to the World Cup and Beitashour was used once as a sub (if I am not mistaken).

I'm gonna put up all the starting line-ups since the start of the final qualifying round:
Rahmati, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Nekounam, Jabbari, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Montazeri, Nouri, Ebrahimi --- Heydari, Ansarifard, Khalatbari (Uzbekistan) June 2012
Rahmati, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Nekounam, Aghili, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Ansarifard, Pouladi, Heydari --- Khalatbari, Dejagah, Zareh (Qatar)
Rahmati, Shojaei, Nouri, Nekounam, Aghili, Karimi, Mahini, Ando, Ansarifard, Montazeri, Pejman Nouri --- Hajsafi, Ghazi, Gholami (Lebanon)
Rahmati, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Nouri, Dejagah, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Pouladi, Ghoochannejhad --- Khalatbari, Mahini, Zare (Korea)
Rahmati, Khalatb, Hosseini, Nekounam, Nouri, Dejagah, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Pouladi, Ghoochannejhad --- Ansarifard, Abbasfard, Pejman Nouri (Uzbekistan)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Sadeghi, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Khalatbari, Rezaei, Ebrahimi (Qatar)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Khalatb, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Hajsafi, Rezaei, Mosalman (Lebanon)
Ahmadi, Shojaei, Hosseini, Nekounam, Sadeghi, Jabbari, Ando, Montazeri, Heydari, Beikzadeh, Ghoochannejhad --- Hajsafi, Rezaei, Hatami (Korea) June 2013

Players who were new: Zareh, Abbasfard, Ebrahimi, Mosalman, Hatami.
Players who were only subbed in: Zareh, Abbasfard, Ebrahimi, Mosalman, Hatami.

That means that none of those players above, not to mention all the talents within that year and before such as Rahmani, Sadeghian, Yaghoub Karimi, Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun were given a chance. None of these players played at the top level. THey didn't even get consecutive games, which is a whole other luxury that we don't have.

In the World Cup we played:

Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Heydari, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Shojaei.
Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Shojaei, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Heydari, Reza Haghighi.
Haghighi, Hajsafi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Montazeri, Pouladi, Shojaei, Ando, Nekounam, Dejagah, Ghoochannejhad. --- Jahanbakhsh, Heydari, Ansarifard.

With the exception of Jahanbakhsh being subbed in, none of our other youngsters were given any exposition. None.

The WC is a campaign. You have to have the stomach to take it to the end. This is the world of professional football, its not Iran against amateurs, its Iran against other good Asian teams. South Korea wasn't guaranteed qualification until the end, neither was Australia. If you think we should have had our campaign locked up and finished after 4 games then I really don't know what to say.


As for new players in TM, your first post stated that CQ hasn't invited new players to the camp. Now you changed it to WC only just to mould your argument into your favour.

Here are some you players off the top of my head that have been invited and played in TM (surely the list is longer).

Rahmani, Sadeghian, Y. Karimi, Sharifi, A.Karimi (Sepahan), Reza Haghighi, Afshin, Mosalman, Jamaati, Pouraliganji, Beiranvand, Azmoun, Jahanbakhsh, Khalilzadeh, Khandzadeh.

That looks like quite a variety of young players. As for how often they play, I should remind you that this is the national team, where changes are gradual. Its not a club team that changes 5 players every half season.

[Irandoust]

As an Iranian football fan, my biggest issue with CQ has always been his defensive system and the fact that he is not into a possession type football and doesn't really believe in playmakers in the middle of the field.
Under Safet Susic, the way Bosnia performed in the 2014 world cup is my ideal style that involves continuous ball movement from one side of the field to the other with countless short passes and plenty of mobility between players until a gap appears in the middle of the oppositions defense. That is how Iran performed against Korea in the 2004 Asian cup under Branko during the 4-3 quarter final victory.
And so, not seeing that attacking fluid style that suits very well with the technically gifted Iranian players, and in stead, seeing them chasing the ball most of the time under CQ, has been frustrating over the last 7 years.
But apart from that, CQ has been a great father figure type of a coach and a leader, specially for this new young team. And the fact that he takes advantage of what he has available to his benefit by being extremely shrewd and clever like playing friendly games against opponents like Lithuania behind close doors, has not hurt the national team at bit.
This time around, If Iran plays 4 games in stead of its usual 3, CQ and his team will become the biggest heroes that Iran has had since the miracle of Sydney in 97 and perhaps even bigger.

[zereshk-ali]

(Miracle was in Melbourn bro)

[Irandoust]

You are right, my bad.

[Roozbeh-G2006]

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Head coach of Iran national football team Carlos Queiroz says the name of FIFA must be changed to the United Nations of Football since the sport brings the whole world together.
“FIFA has predicted a global audience of 400 million to watch the game live on television. It means our matches against Morocco, Spain and Portugal will be watched by an estimated 1.2 billion people in the world,” Queiroz said.
“Scoring just a goal in the competition will make all Iranian people happy and it will have a big impact on their life,” the Portuguese added.
“A third of the world’s population – 2.5 billion people – watched the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and I hope that the spectators will increase in the 2018 World Cup,” the former Real Madrid coach said.
“Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) must change its name to United Nations of Football because the people around the world will come together in June for football,” Queiroz concluded.
Carlos Queiroz’s team have been drawn in Group B of the 2018 World Cup along with Morocco, Spain, and Portugal.
The Iran national football team will open the campaign with a match against Morocco at Saint Petersburg on June 15.
Team Melli, meanwhile, face Spain in Kazan on 20 June before meeting Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in Saransk five days later.

That would be FUNFA Federation of United Nations Footbal Association ...Cool
But what I don't get is how would scoring just one goal in the competition have a big impact on Iranian Life? Yes it would make any nation happy to score goals but a big impact? In what way?