Did Amiri cost us the match as much as Ben Williams?!!!

[hzv]

yes the inexperienced amiri played very poorly, his sub was questionable. and i am not saying this because he missed the penalty imo hitting the post on a penalty is not cause to blame him for the loss but falling asleep leaving his man unmarked on two goals is. jahanbakhsh also played very poorly, on the second goal gave up the ball and got beat with ease by the same player into the box. haghighi also played very poorly, gave up a weak layi, on the second goal made an awful rebound on a bad angle shot and was real poor in pks.

[xerexes]

TM never did that well when Hajsafie played as left back. That is not his natural position yet coaches insist to use him there just because he is lefti.

Not true. He was our starting LB when we beat Iraq, North Korea and UAE in AC 2011 as well as in a number of other games. We did fine with him there. He has good experience both at club and international level at that position.

CQ moved Ehsan to a position he's played plenty of times before and brought Amiri to play Ehsan's position farther up. And the funny thing is if he had brought on a purely defensive sub, the same internet tacticians and analysts would claim it as yet another proof of his "timid" tactics! Guaranteed.

[Ghomarbaaz]

I am not sure why we always focus on the small picture and not see the big picture,
The main party at fault was IFF for not setting up enough friendlies.... as it was said over and over again, even Iraq had 10 friendlies before the Asian up + 3 games in the cup... we had 2!
Amiri did well. I have seen much bigger world players miss penalties... nothing to even think about, let alone blame!

[ehsan singapore]

he was abit poor, but had CQ had to bring him in for the left, the peanlty was good, the keeper went the wrong way, but was unlucky he hit the post,i would blame haghighi more than amiri, cant save one from 9 pealties, really poor

[Rumez]

Dude, it's not a good idea to pin a loss and elimination on one player!
Even if one was directly responsible, we should not do it!
We all make mistakes. To err in human.
And it was his first official game, give him a break!
As if anyone here has a 100% record when we start a job that has the resposibility of pleasing 80 milion people!!

And if we decide to go down that path, then we need to include PAG for the penalty-causing tackle, Haghighi for letting in three goals and failing to stop penalties!
Hajsafi and Ghafouri's failures to mark their respective players on the wings on first Iraqi goal.
Hajsafi for missing his penalty.
Pouladi for acting in poor judgement.....

This approach does not help, unless it is done by a professional coach who's analyzing his team and working towards alleviating the weaknesses, not fans seeking to find a culprit to punish!

[DireStraits]

I don't blame Amiri bro, the guy was unexperienced and CQ should have left Dejagah in the game and kept use of his technique and defensive work. Not sub him for an unexperienced youth like Amiri! I love CQ but it is only fair to put some blame on him. He is the one calling the shots after all!

He could have moved Ashkan to left send Heidari to right Simply park the bus 4-4-1 but still since Iraq would get one free player they could score. Geneally since the game ended 3-3 CQ can not be blamed. Even best players in the World may lose pk.
Williams is the only one to blame. I bet he knew that Beikzade had left and if he sends Pooladi out Iran would be weak in left side.
CQ should be blamed for not having a better left defence instead of Khanzade.

[ramingeles2000]

to be honest, if we're going to point fingers, let's point it at Hajisafi. His first goal aside, he was not effective in my opinion. he missed the penalty...his shots are really awful - in the argentina game he missed (very very badly) a very clear shot on goal that any mid-level player in the world cup would have at least put on goal...in the asian cup he did the same thing. he doesn't have a very good touch, and he needs to work on this ASAP.

anyone agree or see what i saw? i just expect more of him and think he can still develop.

[DireStraits]

to be honest, if we're going to point fingers, let's point it at Hajisafi. His first goal aside, he was not effective in my opinion. he missed the penalty...his shots are really awful - in the argentina game he missed (very very badly) a very clear shot on goal that any mid-level player in the world cup would have at least put on goal...in the asian cup he did the same thing. he doesn't have a very good touch, and he needs to work on this ASAP.
anyone agree or see what i saw? i just expect more of him and think he can still develop.

I also point at Haj safi. At least Amiri shoot hits the post but Hajsafi aimed the clock. JB was not so good as I thought. Haghighi shows weakness in low balls.
Good news in this tournements were Azmoun, poor Ali Gangi, ghafori, Ando, Shojaei, Ashkan.

[jjabbari]

I was VERY critical of him (and the substitution in general having only two caps and after that terrible performance against Iraq in the friendly) when the match ended, but in those groggy early hours of the morning couldn't really put my fingers on it.

Well, the analysis on Navad of the Iraq game was VERY eye opening [WATCH THE CLIP BELOW]... they quite rightly blamed the Iraq's 1st goal solely on Amiri. He of course missed the penalty as well that needed no mention.

But what they didn't mention is that he was MIA in both the 2nd and 3rd goals as well and just grazing around the field like the 1st goal. He actually moved out of the path of Kasim before he was brought down by PAG.

Honestly, I never one see this guy near TM again.


http://footballitarin.com/video_page.php?id=13499

Lest not forget Hajsafi, He also missed his penalty. Everyone will remember Amiri's miss but Hajsafi's miss was also a major factor. I was surprised Amiri was allowed to kick a penalty before our own forwards like Gucci or Azmoun.

[Doroudi]

YES, it was his first app for tm, and he plays in LORESTAN, i wouldn't even let him in a friendly, was he the only option? why not let ansarifard or heidari in?

Are you an idiot? He plays in Naft Tehran, not Lorestan. He just happens to be from Lorestan? What would be wrong with him playing in "LORESTAN" anyway? Racist scumbags like you are what's ruining Iran.

[Dejagah#21]

YES, it was his first app for tm, and he plays in LORESTAN, i wouldn't even let him in a friendly, was he the only option? why not let ansarifard or heidari in?

So what that he plays in Lorestan? He plays in the IPL, don't get your point!!

[Farhad21]

Are you an idiot? He plays in Naft Tehran, not Lorestan. He just happens to be from Lorestan? What would be wrong with him playing in "LORESTAN" anyway? Racist scumbags like you are what's ruining Iran.

calm down, and watch your language , did i insult anybody ? you are the reason us Iranians don't have unity, not me, i said ansarifard was the better sub.

[Doroudi]

calm down, and watch your language , did i insult anybody ? you are the reason us Iranians don't have unity, not me, i said ansarifard was the better sub.

You deleted your post little guy. I'm Lor from Lorestan and I don't like nobody's like you making fun of a player for playing in "LORESTAN" . Simple. Just watch out next time and don't insult other provinces of Iran. We're all one country

[PSGman#19]

Lest not forget Hajsafi, He also missed his penalty. Everyone will remember Amiri's miss but Hajsafi's miss was also a major factor. I was surprised Amiri was allowed to kick a penalty before our own forwards like Gucci or Azmoun.

Azmun was subbed out before.

[Paradigm]

I was VERY critical of him (and the substitution in general having only two caps and after that terrible performance against Iraq in the friendly) when the match ended, but in those groggy early hours of the morning couldn't really put my fingers on it.

Well, the analysis on Navad of the Iraq game was VERY eye opening [WATCH THE CLIP BELOW]... they quite rightly blamed the Iraq's 1st goal solely on Amiri. He of course missed the penalty as well that needed no mention.

But what they didn't mention is that he was MIA in both the 2nd and 3rd goals as well and just grazing around the field like the 1st goal. He actually moved out of the path of Kasim before he was brought down by PAG.

Honestly, I never one see this guy near TM again.


http://footballitarin.com/video_page.php?id=13499

I just read the interview with Gale'noie... He is saying all the right things about CQ: a haphazard decision-maker held in high regard with nadid-padid people of Iran. Having untested Amiri playing in such an important match but leaving out Omid Ebrahimi on bench or not inviting Khalatbari at all, point to a lack of vision and understanding in tactical football. Explains why CQ never won any silverware throughout his long coaching career.