Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

[ali alipour]

Beiranvand is very solid if he continues to develop and goes to europe he can be one the best iranian keepers of all time
Amiri looked dangerous at times but needs to finish much better. Wouldnt risk playing him in the actual tournament
Ansarifard is so bad its actually a little disrespectful that he was wearing the captains armband. I would rather seyed jalal play up top than him and I can see why osasuna dont want him
Soroush is a beast for his size and should definitely start over shojaei
Rezaein looked like a solid replacement for montazeri at rb
Azmoun should logically start over gucci but unlikely that will happen
Overall promising game if finishing was there should have finished 3/4-0

[O-ZoNe]

Since no one mentioned it I will...The result is meaningless because on any given day it could have been 2-1 for either side had they buried the quality chances ( lol at the pk miss)...

What most impressed me was the composure of both keepers, particularly Beiranvand...with him Firouzan and Haghighi no more room exists for Davari or anyone else for that matter. This might be the strongest trio of keepers we have had in goal ever!

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[Z Joon]

Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

^I don't think there is a big gap between Haghighi and Beiranvand. Always been a fan of his.

[shahname]

Since no one mentioned it I will...The result is meaningless because on any given day it could have been 2-1 for either side had they buried the quality chances ( lol at the pk miss)...

What most impressed me was the composure of both keepers, particularly Beiranvand...with him Firouzan and Haghighi no more room exists for Davari or anyone else for that matter. This might be the strongest trio of keepers we have had in goal ever!

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[ehsan singapore]

Good effort. I was pleased to see such a physical game from our reserves. Sometimes I find myself wishing that our A-team had that same hustle.

Azmoun is good, but he will not start in Asia Cup. If anything, I bet that he will be the third striker after Gucci and Ansarifard.

you kidding me azmoun behind ansarifard?you are not ok right

[ehsan singapore]

I am happy for Azmoun. For the first time in 20 years we actually have 4 good strikers to choose from. Amiri was disappointing.

to be honest i would say we have 2 and half striker, we have gucci and azmoun, as two full and half for karim, vahid amiri is poor, i dont think CQ will play them unless he has no choice at all

[persiangodfather]

need to find a way to play gucci and azmoon together, I think cq missed an opportunity to try them together in a friendly

[Martin-Reza]

He so far only used both if them as sole striker, so I doubt he will use both of them at the same time. Ansarifard on the other hand was repeatedly used alongside Gucci or Azmoun.

[ehsan singapore]

I would select Azmoun ahead of Goochanzejad any day of the week

azmoun is good however gucci is a more experience player , or maybe cq might shift to a 4-2-3-1 and play azmoun as am behind gucci so they both can score that a possiblilty also, but most likely gucci will start.Gucci brought iran to world cup and scored goal in world cup i am sure CQ will start him but i believe azmoun will get more playing time as well

[Tehranto]

I really liked Soroush Rafei and Morteza Pouraliganji. I think both are future TM players for sure and are being groomed.

Really unimpressed with Ansarifard. I know he's only 24, but he really hasn't made marked improvements. In one situation, he had two open players on his right hand side and he decided to go for glory - he didn't even hit the target. It could have been a one on one. Anyway, this is not a huge concern now, because we have Azmoun and Reza Gucci, but really sad that Karim has not turned out into the player we thought he would.

The penalty was no penalty, either. We were on the butt-end of the calls by the Ref.

[_Navid_]

to be honest i would say we have 2 and half striker, we have gucci and azmoun, as two full and half for karim, vahid amiri is poor, i dont think CQ will play them unless he has no choice at all

Well, when I said 4 I was including Mehdi Sharifi as well. Even though he is not in this cup.

[ehsan singapore]

Well, when I said 4 I was including Mehdi Sharifi as well. Even though he is not in this cup.

you maybe right, but if he is not in the cup he is not included

[Autreen]

The bad:
- Amiri missed two gilt-edge chances, what the hell? Aren't you an attacker? What's going on? I know he got the assist but that goal had less to do with his pass and more to do with Azmoun's power. Ghafouri missed a sitter as well. I couldn't believe what I was looking at.

- Ansarifard was invisible all game except for that one time he won the ball up-field and had two players to pass it to on the wings but instead tried to take on two Iraqi defenders and skirt his long shot way wide. Yeck.

- The GK who replaced Beiranvand was very lucky that the Iraqi player's long shot was wide because not only was hit with a lot of power, it sent him completely wrong way... FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX. Yeck. Please keep Haghighi healthy khodah

The good:
- Azmoun is as powerful and quick as ever and has an impressive workrate. I would still start Gucci because of his record but if he started in his place I wouldn't feel worried.

- Pouladi started out shaky but grew into the game well. It's good to see him back from whatever nonsense kept him out for so long. He's an asset for TM surely.

- I liked the look of Rezaeian at RB a lot

- It seems like Dejagah has lost some skill but he's out for blood nonetheless

- Jahanbacksh on the other hand has only improved. Can't wait to see him unleashed in the group stages


Overall, I'm less confident of Iran's depth but I'm hoping the rain and the lack of friendlies is what made them so sloppy. Glad they got the win though, that's all that would matter in an actual game

Lastly: THANK YOU YOUNIS MAHMOUD FOR THAT SHITTY PENALTY

[TheBoss]

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[LiverpoolFC]

azmoun is good however gucci is a more experience player , or maybe cq might shift to a 4-2-3-1 and play azmoun as am behind gucci so they both can score that a possiblilty also, but most likely gucci will start.Gucci brought iran to world cup and scored goal in world cup i am sure CQ will start him but i believe azmoun will get more playing time as well

Gucci takes advantage of defensive mistakes that's how he scored against Korea, Sneaky opportunist player
This is the player who Struggled at Charlton in the second division and right now at Al Kuwait he's no where as good as Azmoun .. but i agree CQ will play him as a lone strike, park the bus and hope there's a defensive mistake so Gucci could take advantage of .. CQ will always pick Gucci and Shojaei no doubt about it!!