Friendly game: Iran vs. South Korea @ Azadi, Tehran: 18-11-2014

[arash123]

I don't want to hear you people whine when Arabs start thugging against our team then. I want you to call them gangsters and say our players are butthurt when they complain. Fucking PFDC...

The throw in was for Iran, so Ashkan had every right to hold on to the ball and hold his own against the sore losers.

[Autreen]

With all respect, you're not objective bro. You're just TOO NICE. Since the beginning of Iran-Korea rivalry; ugly scenes have occurred. In Asian Cup we all saw how the Korean player beat our player on the bench. Koreans are known sore losers. In rivalry there is no fear and retreat. Good for our lions to fight the psychological war at its best and win the match. CQ's balls seem to be so hard to crack for Koreans and he wins all arguments. With a coach like this, we can do what we haven't done since 1976. As an Iranian at any given time, I'm behind my team whether on the pitch or on the sore losing psychological battle.

Do not forget the bottles hitting our players in Seoul by the same people you claim to be NICE.

I'm not calling them nice I'm saying that Iran behaved poorly. Even if South Korea's coach was being a cunt during qualification we proved to be just as cunty as them. I don't see how admitting this makes me less of a fan. I am happy we won, I wish this bullshit didn't go along with it and I wish the "true blue" fans weren't such hypocrites because all they all piss and moan about Arabs employing similar tactics as us.

On top of that a bunch of Iranians "fans" have run off to some Korean and board and embarrassed us further by shitting up their threads. If they're sore losers then we're sore winners.

[ShiroKhorshid]

Dame CQ garm. Havent seen the match yet but winning three times in a row and not conceding one single goal against SK is simply amazing. That our sweet boy Sardar scored made me even more happy

[rugs]

you call it chance, the rest of the world calls it efficiency

I don't know about that. We looked anything but efficient. We could barely keep possession of the ball.

But we shall see what happens in the AC.

All this is preparation for that, and those results are what matter.

[clipsport]

Result was good. But don't let the score fool you. Performance was still total S***. Very amateur football from both sides. Honestly I expected more from TM at this point (Actually I didn't).

[rugs]

From what I saw, Ghafouri should win the starting job.

I wish Rafeie got more playing time so we could assess him better.

[arasradio]

TM played much better with IPL players than with Shojaie, Gucci...

Your comment about Shojaee has some logical argument to it. However Gucci is far more experienced and his stat of 11 goals in 17 match coupled with his World Cup goal is phenomenal.
Nevertheless, young Azmoun who was in the right place after Nekounam's spectacular shot hit the post twice; showed he can have a good future in Iranian team.
CQ will know very well how to combine experience with the youth stigma. One friendly game will not be a good indicator for any player. More friendlies are needed and each game will have its unique formation in Asian cup. Even Shojaee in some matches must play as he can penetrate good. Let's see what happens in preparation and at last our awesome coach will decide the right formation that shall be respected as no one knows better than him what's the best for his near to excellent transcript. This guy won't risk his name with a bad formation.

[MR.S]

Azmoun could be our new Daei we really need him from the start. Othervise the 444 crosses we do each game are useless.

[DireStraits]

I expected a fight. Ashkan is a true Iranian. I thought the ref stole a penalty from us and at those moment I expected a goal which we got. Good we won them another time and that Means a higher ranking in fifa,
Finally South Korea has a strong side. They played carefully and this time we were more in control of the game

[The Realist]

From what I saw, Ghafouri should win the starting job.

I wish Rafeie got more playing time so we could assess him better.

I agree his down the line vision and pace was a refreshing sight. He is young and thinks on his feet, he does not seem to stop the ball assess the situation and then pass.

[CHaMiLLionaire]

This is reddit's opinion on the goal... everyone said no foul.

http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comme...ul_or_no_foul/

[ali alipour]

The efficiency and lack of cohesiveness is expected since this is the first game in 5 months. Considering this was irans first game and koreas sixth, a great result. Also the korea coach saying this wasnt for revenge was pure bs they were playing a fully competitive game and only made 1 or 2 subs after the 80th minute whereas cq started making numerous subs from 60th minute on.

[Bi-honar]

Great result guys, but we were definitely not the better team and I think it would be a REAL stretch to attribute this win to anything other than gheyrat.

Tactically, we were terrible, had no game plan and this was a very uninspired performance. With such a high profile and experienced coach at the helm of TM, I really like to start seeing a little more consistency and creativity in the team and less dependence on luck and gheyrat - obviously more so than I was seeing under our vatani coaches.

Granted, this was a friendly and some would argue that the boys haven't played together for months (although we did have those two games in Portugal), but what's frustrating me a lot is the absolute lack of tactics and just hoping to get lucky with a goal. And it has been the same tactic in every competitive game or one against a half decent opposition.

In the Qatar game we came out victorious with a single goal compliments of the ref not calling 2-3 penalties against us. Last Korea game and this one, same thing. Nigeria and Argentina same thing. I think we're leaving way too much to chance and if the Koreans had converted one of their chances early on in this game, the game would have turned into another Bosnia result.

CQ really needs to start experimenting with some other tactics and formations. Hopefully someone will start a new thread to discuss the more technical sides of our formation, etc. I'm too lazy - lol, but I think having Hajsafi in D is an absolute waste of his good read of the game, play-making and attacking capabilities. Also, because we're sitting so far inside our half, Shojaei in that position really becomes out play-maker if you think about it, while he's being nothing more than a play-breaker!

[mistermo]

Your comment about Shojaee has some logical argument to it. However Gucci is far more experienced and his stat of 11 goals in 17 match coupled with his World Cup goal is phenomenal.
Nevertheless, young Azmoun who was in the right place after Nekounam's spectacular shot hit the post twice; showed he can have a good future in Iranian team.
CQ will know very well how to combine experience with the youth stigma. One friendly game will not be a good indicator for any player. More friendlies are needed and each game will have its unique formation in Asian cup. Even Shojaee in some matches must play as he can penetrate good. Let's see what happens in preparation and at last our awesome coach will decide the right formation that shall be respected as no one knows better than him what's the best for his near to excellent transcript. This guy won't risk his name with a bad formation.

I was a fan of Shojaie 'till now but he performs very bad on Asian national stage, i think he should be a sub in the last 20-30 minutes. Gucci on the other hand is a great player but his playing style doesn't match how TM is playing currently. TM is depending on long aerial passes and crosses too score but Gucci simply doesn't have the right height and physicality to score these goals. If Gucci was a tad taller he would perform much much better. Anyways, i was simply pointing out that Iran played way better in the final minutes of the game with mostly IPL players. I'm not saying that we should bench all of the Legionaries but i hadn't seen that type of explosive play and good passing from Iran in a long time.

[MR.S]

Azmoun could be our new Daei we really need him from the start. Othervise the 444 crosses we do each game are useless.