Shame on us

[Abtin]

The fact that people keeps using the "playing with 10 men " excuse, is beyond ridiculous for me. We should STILL be able to win against IRAQ ffs!! What excuse would you use if Germany lost to Gibraltar?

[xerexes]

The fact that people keeps using the "playing with 10 men " excuse, is beyond ridiculous for me. We should STILL be able to win against IRAQ ffs!! What excuse would you use if Germany lost to Gibraltar?

Yeah because playing one man down for the majority of 120 effing minutes doesn't mean anything in FIFA 15, so it shouldn't matter in the real world either! And if you think the difference between Iran and Iraq is the difference between Germany and Gibraltar you need to find yourself a different hobby.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Folks do not forget 1992 where the arab ref gifted Japan an 87th offside minute goal after giving us a bogus red card earlier to allow them to advance from the group at our expense. Also in 1988 the ref disallowed a perfectly fine equalizer against the 8-0ers in the semifinals for no apparent reason. It seems like we hardly have an AC where the refs do not screw us over.
Even with the player down we fought courageously. After each goal I thought it was over but we clawed our way back into the game. So proud of this group in spite of the loss. To steal a headline from the English tabloids: 10 brave lions, one stupid boy (meaning the ref).

thanks for reminding.

so to sum up:
1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2015!
+ wcq2002 (bahrain....).

as I said before, if these shameful acts wouldn't have happened, we would have won 1996 + 2004. Then we would have been 5 time Asian champ, Japan would have only been 3 time, and saudi only 2 time!

[Abtin]

Shame on us

Yeah because playing one man down for the majority of 120 effing minutes doesn't mean anything in FIFA 15, so it shouldn't matter in the real world either! And if you think the difference between Iran and Iraq is the difference between Germany and Gibraltar you need to find yourself a different hobby.

So, being one man down, simply justifies that crap show against IRAQ? Do you really believe we would have crushed them if THEY had been one man down? At what time did you see Iran actually PLAY the ball up the field, and score? Do tell me, how many of the goals during this entire tournament came from corners? The way they let these weak nations push them back like little girls, is beyond embarrassing. I don't care how Japan riid today, they have their good reputation, how come this team AAAALWAYS throw God damn everything away?! They focus soo much on that freaking defence, so when they loosen up just a little bit, they start riidan at a level that is unexplainable.
I feel so sorry for the thousands of fans who drove up to 10 hours to watch this, who filled the stadiums, to finally see this team get eliminated by a destroyed nation named Iraq.

[Martin-Reza]

thanks for reminding.

so to sum up:
1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2015!
+ wcq2002 (bahrain....).

as I said before, if these shameful acts wouldn't have happened, we would have won 1996 + 2004. Then we would have been 5 time Asian champ, Japan would have only been 3 time, and saudi only 2 time!

Plus 2010 when when for the only time since 1982 suddenly it was impossible to hold the final group games simultaniously, to our disadvantage of course.

[Afat11]

So, being one man down, simply justifies that crap show against IRAQ? Do you really believe we would have crushed them if THEY had been one man down? At what time did you see Iran actually PLAY the ball up the field, and score? Do tell me, how many of the goals during this entire tournament came from corners? The way they let these weak nations push them back like little girls, is beyond embarrassing. I don't care how Japan riid today, they have their good reputation, how come this team AAAALWAYS throw God damn everything away?! They focus soo much on that freaking defence, so when they loosen up just a little bit, they start riidan at a level that is unexplainable.
I feel so sorry for the thousands of fans who drove up to 10 hours to watch this, who filled the stadiums, to finally see this team get eliminated by a destroyed nation named Iraq.

Dude, you're seriously ridiculous. Playing for 90 minutes a man down would be difficult for any team. You guys make it seem like we are some massive failure. The game was against us from the 40th minute.

[xerexes]

So, being one man down, simply justifies that crap show against IRAQ? Do you really believe we would have crushed them if THEY had been one man down? At what time did you see Iran actually PLAY the ball up the field, and score? Do tell me, how many of the goals during this entire tournament came from corners? The way they let these weak nations push them back like little girls, is beyond embarrassing. I don't care how Japan riid today, they have their good reputation, how come this team AAAALWAYS throw God damn everything away?! They focus soo much on that freaking defence, so when they loosen up just a little bit, they start riidan at a level that is unexplainable.
I feel so sorry for the thousands of fans who drove up to 10 hours to watch this, who filled the stadiums, to finally see this team get eliminated by a destroyed nation named Iraq.

Yeah yeah yeah... stick to your xbox kid. I know everything I'm about to say will go over your head, but up to this game we had a 12-win streak against Asians that we hadn't matched since the glory days of the 1970s. We hadn't conceded a goal in five straight games. The same UAE that knocked Japan out today couldn't even get a shot on goal against us. There was a time we needed Rahmati to play like Buffon's twin just to save our ass against a much weaker UAE! Then again that was in 2008 and you probably didn't even know what football was back then.

When was the last time you and other XBOX pundits even saw a team manage to come back TWICE in extra time after playing most of a game 10 man down? Weren't you PS4 analysts crying this whole time that we can't come back if scored on?...

So sick of clueless kids spouting nonsense!

[Bijan1]

They didn't beat us. They won a lottery, despite heavy favouring. Not much we can blame them for. But nothing we could do today. With any other ref this would have been 3-0 for us.

[Abtin]

Yeah yeah yeah... stick to your xbox kid. I know everything I'm about to say will go over your head, but up to this game we had a 12-win streak against Asians that we hadn't matched since the glory days of the 1970s. We hadn't conceded a goal in five straight games. The same UAE that knocked Japan out today couldn't even get a shot on goal against us. There was a time we needed Rahmati to play like Buffon's twin just to save our ass against a much weaker UAE! Then again that was in 2008 and you probably didn't even know what football was back then.

When was the last time you and other XBOX pundits even saw a team manage to come back TWICE in extra time after playing most of a game 10 man down? Weren't you PS4 analysts crying this whole time that we can't come back if scored on?...

So sick of clueless kids spouting nonsense!

Kos o sher nagoo, I don't waste my time playing silly games like you and many other. Come show me the console I don't own, instead of playing big guy. I ask you once again. would they have destroyed them if THEY were a man down? stick to the topic mr. "one man down counts".
"We hadn't conceded a goal in five straight games" Hahaha, but have we scored more than 2 goals in five straight matches?

[xerexes]

Kos o sher nagoo, I don't waste my time playing silly games like you and many other. Come show me the console I don't own, instead of playing big guy. I ask you once again. would they have destroyed them if THEY were a man down? stick to the topic mr. "one man down counts".
"We hadn't conceded a goal in five straight games" Hahaha, but have we scored more than 2 goals in five straight matches?

If it wasn't for "kos o sher" your post count would be less than zero. And if you really can't understand why playing one man down is a significant factor, or that you think winning with lots of goals is more important than winning 12 straight games and keeping 5 straight clean sheets, then you're exactly as clueless a child as I say you are.

[tufun]

Good news, we have 4 years for sleep and dreaming for the Cup. If the ref would, not we would won 10 times the cup and beat Argentina.
Lets talk about 1976.

[Abtin]

If it wasn't for "kos o sher" your post count would be less than zero. And if you really can't understand why playing one man down is a significant factor, or that you think winning with lots of goals is more important than winning 12 straight games and keeping 5 straight clean sheets, then you're exactly as clueless a child as I say you are.

Again, you pretend to be smart by avoiding the question. I ask you once again. would they have destroyed them if THEY were a man down?

[xerexes]

Again, you pretend to be smart by avoiding the question. I ask you once again. would they have destroyed them if THEY were a man down?

Who give a f**** about "destroying" anybody? This is your reasoning level and you expect to be treated like an adult? We were up 1-0 against a team we had beaten just 2 weeks ago without most of our starters. We would have easily beaten them with at least the same score if we hadn't been forced to play a man down for most of the match. Now keep asking dumb questions about 'destruction' and 'annihilation' and other stuff you talk about on xbox live.

[Ardalan]

So, being one man down, simply justifies that crap show against IRAQ? Do you really believe we would have crushed them if THEY had been one man down? At what time did you see Iran actually PLAY the ball up the field, and score? Do tell me, how many of the goals during this entire tournament came from corners? The way they let these weak nations push them back like little girls, is beyond embarrassing. I don't care how Japan riid today, they have their good reputation, how come this team AAAALWAYS throw God damn everything away?! They focus soo much on that freaking defence, so when they loosen up just a little bit, they start riidan at a level that is unexplainable.
I feel so sorry for the thousands of fans who drove up to 10 hours to watch this, who filled the stadiums, to finally see this team get eliminated by a destroyed nation named Iraq.

Crap show? Abtin jaan, ma dar nimeye avval ba 11 baazikon be nazare man aslan bad baazi nakardim, az nazare badani behtar az Eragh bodim va behtar az ona baa toop kaar kardim.
Yadet nare ke ye teami ghodratmand manande Italia dar jaame jahanie 2002 baa Kore baakht va dar on baazi yek bazikone Italia ham ekhraaj shod. Davarie on baazi vaghean bad bood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSwrbvXrXE

[Abtin]

Crap show? Abtin jaan, ma dar nimeye avval ba 11 baazikon be nazare man aslan bad baazi nakardim, az nazare badani behtar az Eragh bodim va behtar az ona baa toop kaar kardim.
Yadet nare ke ye teami ghodratmand manande Italia dar jaame jahanie 2002 baa Kore baakht va dar on baazi yek bazikone Italia ham ekhraaj shod. Davarie on baazi vaghean bad bood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSwrbvXrXE

What upsets me is that it's always 'almost'. Japanese can afford not to care, they have won it so many times recent years, they can afford to be bikhial. They have players in world class leages and teams, they always qualify for the world cup. I needed this joy this time. I didnt give a f*** about new year 2015, only thing that mattered for me was to see this joy, before I moved out and started a new life in a new school. But, once again, I/we were let down badly. indescribable badly.