Friendly Game: Iran - Japan @ Azadi Stadium, Tehran; 13-10-2015

[ehsan singapore]

Yeah it was a good display, I remember. What I mean is we need more of these matches.

yup we should have won, basically kagawa and honda were dead, no wear to be seen

[mahestan]

Still, he shoulda stayed put, there were two defender closely marking the smaller Japanese attacker..! besides he didnt make good enough clearing contact with the ball either..!!
just one of those bad decision, brainfart moments mostly due to lack of match sharpness..! but overall still a semi- solid keeping display..!

I just watched the highlights, he didn't even get his hands on the ball, his punch totally missed the ball and the ball bounced off the Japanese player's shoulder.

EDIT: His forearms hit the ball and made it bounce off the Japanese player's shoulder.

[teammelli91]

I can see Japan inviting us to play if we don't get grouped together in the final round.

[Bessos]

We played fantastic. Especially in the first half, where we totally neutralized Japan. They could not do anything to us in the first 45 minutes. And we finished that first half with a deserved 1-0 lead.

But as expected, Japan came into the 2nd half much harder. I wouldn't have expected anything less from a quality team. And even if that blunder by Haghighi did not happen, I'm sure Japan would have continued giving 100% for that equalizer, which might have occured anyway, one way or another.

TM plays much better during friendlies against quality teams, because of the reduced tension of a friendly match. It would be nice to see this kind of play all the time in the next round of WCQ.

Anyway, we now preserve our undefeated record in Asia for more than 3 years, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm off to eat some sushi now.

[K. Nader]

Ignore the negative media guys. They just want Carlos to leave.

Accept it or not, they along with everyone else are going to make our lives a living hell in this round and the next in qualification.

Yes but this was an article written by our own PFDC member. If members want to have an agenda against the team or certain individuals, fine. However, that doesn't mean their bias should permeate through PFDC articles, which becomes a reflection of the site.

[teammelli91]

We need to build a good relationship with Japanese football. I'm sure they would like to play us again too. We are both great tests for one another.

[teammelli91]

Yes but this was an article written by our own PFDC member. If members want to have an agenda against the team or certain individuals, fine. However, that doesn't mean their bias should permeate through PFDC articles, which becomes a reflection of the site.

I see. Gotcha.

[BacheLot]

I don't want to open a new thread but I did want to lament the ridiculous title of the editorial on the front page.

"Team Melli Fails to Defeat Japan on West Asian Soil for the First Time in 26"

True or not, it's a title that gives off a very negative connotation and is targeted at discrediting the team and the performance (even if the contents of the editorial says otherwise). This is not impartial news writing but rather the work of someone that has an agenda and wants to portray a very particular angle to the transpired events.

indeed
i thought this piece( of crap )was even a worse example of such

http://www.persianfootball.com/news/...roz-red-faced/


i figure PFDC is catering to such sensationalist articles in hopes of more exposure and readers..!!???

[mahestan]

Ezatollahi and Torabi played extremely well today. Both hustled a lot. I hope to see them both play more often.

[Nader25]

our golden boy sardar 2 toop sadi (100 %) ro gol nakard......

torabi played well. we need to see more from him

ba ya gol bahar namishe

[K. Nader]

indeed
i thought this piece( of crap )was even a worse example of such

http://www.persianfootball.com/news/...roz-red-faced/


i figure PFDC is catering to such sensationalist articles in hopes of more exposure and readers..!!???

Just saw this article now. WOW. Just WOW.

Here's a golden portion:

Since then, the fans have not only seen Iran’s worst ever standing at a World Cup and Iran’s worst ever standing at an Asian Cup under the tutelage of Queiroz but now face the prospect of Iran’s worst ever performance at the World Cup qualifiers and a potential exit from the early group stage for the first time ever.

For some extra icing on the cake, Queiroz is reported to have told his men after the Oman match that they didn’t look anything like Asia’s best side on the pitch – quite ironic really, considering his constant assertions and reminders in the past year as to why Iran is not, cannot and will not be the best team in Asia.

Absolute nonsense.

[BacheLot]

Yes but this was an article written by our own PFDC member. If members want to have an agenda against the team or certain individuals, fine. However, that doesn't mean their bias should permeate through PFDC articles, which becomes a reflection of the site.

really..!!?? who that..???

i can only guess bi-honar..?? because of those gay-ass wanna be clever Titles..?? lol jking not

[TheBoss]

Hani, son of Hadi Norouzi is front of Seyed Jalal







some japanese fan held a sign for Hadi Norouzi

[teammelli91]

some japanese fan held a sign for Hadi

This is what I love about Japan and Japanese people. Their love and discipline for one another and for humanity in general. I respect Japan as a country and I respect their people. Not just because of this kind act. This is just a good example.

[mahestan]

This is what I love about Japan and Japanese people. Their love and discipline for one another and for humanity in general. I respect Japan as a country and I respect their people. Not just because of this kind act.

They weren't like that until the end of WWII. Look up Unit 731 and the war crimes they committed. But I agree with you, this day and age, they are pretty cool.