Get to know our opponents in the upcoming Qualifiers

[ehsan singapore]

Qatar 3-1 Al-Gharafa (Qatar)

http://algharafa.com/news-7595.html

joke is that even friendly, and the club score a goal, omg

[GolfePersique]

North Korea 2 - 0 UAE

not in our group, but interesting result for UAE with all their hype.

[mahestan]

North Korea 2 - 0 UAE

not in our group, but interesting result for UAE with all their hype.

All the Arab countries around the Persian Gulf become world class football teams when playing against TM, but for all their other games they might as well play pocket pool.

[Tehranto]

Let's not laugh at our opponents. This arrogance by the fans permutates - and we end up losing to them.

Arrogance will get us no where. All of these players are professional footballers.

[GolfePersique]

^very true. If we underestimate these teams, they'll punish us.

[perspolis#1]

Its far more likely we underestimate Syria than Qatar. We have plenty experience playing Qatar as we are ALWAYS grouped with them. We can take them with a strong effort. Look at how CQ shaped our team to get a win in Qatar last cycle. Our team is even stronger now.

[Kiarash]

Saudi Arabia 4-0 Laos.

[Kian Persepolis]

According to Wikipedia, this is another Iranian naturalized to play for Qatar..... shame on him

http://mundial11.com/en/player/22386...A%20A%20BAHZAD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sadd_SC

[eerooni]

All the Arab countries around the Persian Gulf become world class football teams when playing against TM, but for all their other games they might as well play pocket pool.

Fully agree!!!!

[Kiarash]

Perth Glory (Australia) 2-2 Iraq.

[GoIran]

North Korea 2 - 0 UAE

not in our group, but interesting result for UAE with all their hype.

UAE sent a weakened squad.


http://www.dotemirates.com/en/details/2183791?from=dot

The UAE suffered a 2-0 defeat to North Korea in their final friendly before they embark on the third and final 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Australia next week.

The game was played behind closed doors in Shanghai.

UAE coach Mahdi Ali is unlikely to be too worried about the loss as he was without 10 players from Al Ain and Al Nasr due to their AFC Champions League quarter-final commitments.

Among those missing were playmaker Omar Abdul Rahman, who will fly to join his team-mates in China today. Al Nasr pair Khalid Jalal and Salem Saleh travelled separately from Qatar after last night’s game.

[Z Joon]

Omar Abdulrahman FC

[Ali Doust]

Japan named its squad for upcoming games.
These guys are fully loaded!

http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cu...018-qualifiers

Japan squad

Goalkeepers
Shusaku Nishikawa - Urawa Red Diamonds
Masaaki Higashiguchi - Gamba Osaka
Akihiro Hayashi - Sagan Tosu

Defenders
Hiroki Sakai – Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Gotoku Sakai - Hamburger SV (GER)
Yuto Nagatomo - Inter Milan (ITA)
Kosuke Ota - Vitesse (NED)
Maya Yoshida - Southampton (ENG)
Tomoaki Makino - Urawa Red Diamonds
Masato Morishige - FC Tokyo
Gen Shoji - Kashima Antlers

Midfielders
Makoto Hasebe – Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Hotaru Yamaguchi - Cerezo Osaka
Yosuke Kashiwagi - Urawa Reds
Ryota Oshima - Kawasaki Frontale
Shinji Kagawa – Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Hiroshi Kiyotake – Sevilla FC (ESP)

Forwards
Keisuke Honda - AC Milan (ITA)
Yu Kobayashi - Kawasaki Frontale
Takashi Usami - FC Augsburg (GER)
Genki Haraguchi - Hertha Berlin (GER)
Shinji Okazaki - Leicester City (ENG)
Yoshinori Muto - Mainz (GER)
Takuma Asano - Arsenal (ENG)

[GolfePersique]

It's sad to see the talented youngsters of Asia's best team getting wasted in IPL (for whatever reason) whilst Japanese are employed in top European leagues.

I just hope our boys will shine in the euro competitions to open doors for more homegrown talents. Our players are by no means worse than Japanese/Korean if given a chance. Hopefully, our turn will come soon.

[Ali Doust]

The biggest difference between their squad and ours is professionalism. We just don't have a good reputation. Cant do nothing about it.