[Asian Cup 2015 Match Day 2]: 15/01/2015: Iran - Qatar; Time, Date, Info and Report

[OFFSIDE_1]

Sardar streaked over to the Iranian crowd to take some selfies with some Iranian girls ..... I think his hamstring or groin is ok

[persianallstars]

it's not like they are chillin' and enjoying the sun all the time..... baba with no preparation matches how do you expect them to implement things in matches which they've learned in practice???

[KasraKhan]

Good win, ugly game.

Unfortuatenly, we still have to beat UAE to top our group and avoid Japan in the QF since UAE has a better GD.

[onebloodfool]

Well we managed to get a scrappy 1-0 win over Qatar, with a crappy performance. It was kind of an ugly win but result is what matters in the end, and we are secured a place in the quarterfinals, with one game remaning.
I'll take it.

[HuSsAiN]

an ugly ugly win, we played very badly and the last 20 mins was painful and haghighis antics disgusted me.

if azmoun doesnt recover we have nothing upfront - please start jahanbaksh next game, no heidari or sadeghi at all both too old,

we have a good draw, get the easiest team in the last 8 with iraq/jordan - need to improve before aus/japan/korea play us, because judging from today we are not ready and need to improve big time

we need to beat UAE to avoid Japan

[Leopard]

Congrats. to all.
2 wins in a row.
Qatar is history
Qualified to next round and does not matter who the opponent is going to be

by the way Heidari was slow and will not be good against Aussies. Dejagah and Sardar were the best. We need to practice free shots. We lost two chances of goal in first half.
Having played in Arab leagues definitely showed some deterioration in Gucci and the qataries knew they had to cover Dej with 2-3 people. He should not be forced to run alone when he is facing 3 -4 people. Only causes loss of energy.
My guess is that Sardar had a muscle spasm and that can be so severe for a few minutes due to loss of minerals.

[ParthianDE]

The biggest problem with Gucci is that he shoots fairly weak shots from too far out.

There were at least 2, maybe 3 scenes where, if he had gone forward more, then make a quick turn/fake closer to the goal and then shoot would have been a way better choice.

It's frustrating, because he is good in getting a hold of the ball, he just needs to do more with it!

[Karimi 8]

Ando was MVP wel deserved

[TheBoss]

anyway, let's not be all down and gloomy, we did win and that's all that matters.

[Abtin]

finishes on goal were extremely poor, mever seen something like that. play was good, shots were bad.

[BacheLot]

Sardar streaked over to the Iranian crowd to take some selfies with some Iranian girls ..... I think his hamstring or groin is ok

[ehsan singapore]

australia scored alot of goals, but thier defense is weak ,plus iran had a good tactic, we could have scored another goal if we didnt screw up. CQ will most likley play jahanbaksh last game,iran has a good foundation,today gucci was abit poor but i am sure next game he will be better.we need to remmber korea has been poor and japan have not played a good team yet, we dont know maybe iraq will beat japan

[Rumez]

Have you guys noticed how UAE games are more attractive and open compared to Iran games!?
I think they will be a good test for our defense line and midfield and we'll be a good test for their forward performance.

I think the key to win the last game is to stop the Afro from getting the ball and denying him time and space by making him tightly.
I think it is going to be the dirty work Ando has to take on!

I'm not sure how UAE is going to play against us, I just hope we'll play the subs and win it convincingly.

[marand92]

btw we have NO counter attack tactics at all - just awful bus parking, and then dejagah/gucci lose the ball by dribbling into nowhere. the only 2 games in 4 years during CQs reign that we saw a real counter atacking tactics was arghantin and iraq game a couple of weeks ago.

[Karimi 8]

possession 60% Qatar - 40% Iran