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

[OFFSIDE_1]

Because our wins are coming from chance, not strategy.

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

[LiverpoolFC]

I think few people should calm down here
South Korea havent won AFC cup since 60's
Look at their recent results . not a good team imo , they lose more than they win

[Nokhodi]

I'm being objective. If this was Iraq and not Iran you were watching you wouldn't find this behavior to be so endearing you'd be crying about how Arabs are cheaters as usual which is what the Koreans are probably saying about us

We're fans of of the IRANIAN national team. We're not here to be objective.
The instigators this game were the Koreans. Looking to get even since July 2013. Looking for any excuse.

[Bi-honar]

The goal was not questionable. Azmoun got to the ball before the Korean keeper and scored. His fists and Azmoun's head were close when there was contact with the ball, but Azmoun did NOT go for the keeper. He went to head the ball and his body may have slightly hit him. But it was a goal. Azmoun's third appearance and first goal. He's only 19 years old, he should celebrate and we should celebrate with him.

5 appearances and 3 goals if you count those unofficial games against Estoril and Benfica.

[irani8perspolis]

Dar Tehran aroosiyeh dar Seoul k*on sooziyeh

[CHaMiLLionaire]

Let me clarify four things.

1) Dejagah wasn't trolling anyone or instigating a fight, the throw in was for us and the Koreans thought the throw in was for them so they attacked Dejagah to get the ball hence why the fight broke out.

2) Even though the team looked a little disorganized in structure which is normal for a first friendly game... CQ's plan was obvious and it paid off...AGAIN, so at this point, lets just let him work with the team and hope the magic happens at AC.

3) Koreans are sore losers... they are professional against everyone besides us... I guess it hurts to lose 3 times in a row.

4) Haghighi, man what a beast...consistent on all of his saves and coming out perfectly to recover the balls and using his height to his advantage...

[Autreen]

The goal was not questionable. Azmoun got to the ball before the Korean keeper and scored. His fists and Azmoun's head were close when there was contact with the ball, but Azmoun did NOT go for the keeper. He went to head the ball and his body may have slightly hit him. But it was a goal. Azmoun's third appearance and first goal. He's only 19 years old, he should celebrate and we should celebrate with him.

No the Korean keeper had hands on it first. Was it fully in his grasp? Was Azmoun knocking it out of his hands? Was Azmoun hitting the GK more than the ball? From the angle we saw these are grey answers. My first instinct was that Neku scored and that it didn't matter but once it became clear it was Azmoun who made it the goal I am not so sure.

That being said I'll celebrate the goal and I'm happy for him, that's the ref's problem not ours. What happened afterwards though...

[arash123]

I repeat it : Azmoun is way overhyped. His fluke goal which was because of Nekounam does not help your cause.

Azmoun cleverly put himself in a good position after running precisely behind the korean wall during the free kick, just in case there was a rebound to clean up in which he did.
A 19 year old scoring against Korea is something to be excited about. Sorry that we're happy.

[teammelli91]

Korean's should put all our player's heads on goats and make fun of us more, cause it'll only make us stronger.

I'm actually hoping the Qualifiers draw in 2016 will have us grouped with them again. I'm enjoying this rivalry

[euphory]

for a team that has had ZERO friendlies after the world cup.. im impressed. defensively they played rock solid and thats what we as fans expected. altough the distribution in the middle and more forward was mediocre. i can say that if our players didnt stumble on the ball at the moment when they were countering we could of probably scored 1 or maybe even 2?

still hoping to have more friendlies so that we are more organized in the front just like we are in the back. but everything seems really good so far with our first friendly.

also Teymourian, this guy is a beast and i cannot see why he isn't playing in europe. he has so much stamina!
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the future suddenly looks much brighter than 5,6 years ago when we didnt have any youngsters who played in friendlies and we were worried about some of our main players retiring!

CQ damet garm ke gheiratet az kheilia bishtare!

[mistermo]

Man of the match was definitely Haghighi for me. Some amazing saves by him that saved our team.

[persepolisfan]

I repeat, we did not play well at all. Embarrassing performance folks. Regardless IRAN CHIKARESH KARDE?!?!

[irani8perspolis]

Korean's should put all our player's heads on goats and make fun of us more, cause it'll only make us stronger.

I'm actually hoping the Qualifiers draw in 2016 will have us grouped with them again. I'm enjoying this rivalry

Im sure the koreans aren't

[OFFSIDE_1]

I repeat it : Azmoun is way overhyped. His fluke goal which was because of Nekounam does not help your cause.


Yeh but dont turn the guy into a new Messi and cry when he fails to deliver. You Iranian ''fans'' never learn... do you ?

I am not looking for anything to help my "cause" .... I don't have a "cause". When I look at the scoreboard, I see Azmoun's name as the player who got us the winner. Sometimes, things ARE very simple

[Darloc]

S.Koreas misery against Iran got worse after the WCQ