AFC U23 Championship : Qatar 2016

[Keano]

Alkaas website is amazing, it updates its site by minutes with HD video highlights and goals.

[BacheLot]

damn, that stupid loss vs gutter looms even larger now, having to face a unbeaten, red hot, confident japanies team instead of hapless NK in QFinals..!!

we have the quality and talent to matchup japanies but i fear too many semi-wholesale changes to our playing squad in the last 3 games by Kpoor will surely undermine Omid's team harmony and chemistry which is the hallmark strength of typical japanese teams.

i predict a heartbreaking narrow loss for Omid in QF..!!? I suppose much will depend on Kpoor Picking the Best/Right mix of players in this game...!! him making so many changes and experimenting with players positions in the last 3 games, suggests he still doesnt know his best 11 and formation...!!??

Kpoor's adapted Tactics and player Selection could well be the deciding factor in this game, Lets hope he gets it right for all of our sakes and his own coaching career..!!

[perspolis#1]

The positive being that with the rotations we've had in the last 3 games, they have no idea what we will show up with. I do feel as though these East Asian teams are fed up with how unpredictable we are when we play them

[Shah Abbas]

damn, that stupid loss vs gutter looms even larger now, having to face a unbeaten, red hot, confident japanies team instead of hapless NK in QFinals..!!

we have the quality and talent to matchup japanies but i fear too many semi-wholesale changes to our playing squad in the last 3 games by Kpoor will surely undermine Omid's team harmony and chemistry which is the hallmark strength of typical japanese teams.

i predict a heartbreaking narrow loss for Omid in QF..!!? I suppose much will depend on Kpoor Picking the Best/Right mix of players in this game...!! him making so many changes and experimenting with players positions in the last 3 games, suggests he still doesnt know his best 11 and formation...!!??

Kpoor's adapted Tactics and player Selection could well be the deciding factor in this game, Lets hope he gets it right for all of our sakes and his own coaching career..!!

We always do better against big sides. We will beat Japan.

[04041374]

Japan coach Makuto Teguamori: "Iran is the toughest team we could face right now."

http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1298004...A7%D8%B3%D8%AA

[Bessos]

South Korea U23 - Iraq U30: 1-0, min 23.

[Nader25]

this omid team is far away from my favorite omid team, but i have a strange feeling they are going to win vs japan.....

[Leopard]

^^ He is right. In fact it is sad that one of the best two teams has to be eliminated.
^your feeling is right and you have the right attitude.
It would have been nice to be in the same group and advance and make it to the final and play again.
meanwhile plowing two other weedy teams.

[Bessos]

Japan is more worried about facing Iran than Iran is about facing them.

It has always been like that. We just don't realize it. We are too busy nagging because.. ''we suck and it's Japan.''

[TheBoss]

[04041374]

There is a possibility that we could face Iraq in the semi-finals.

[mahestan]

Damn I am hoping we don't have to face Arogh and somebody would knock them out before hand. I don't want to relive 2015 AFC.

[Paradigm]

I don't get the tie breaker rules, could you explain them to me? Thank you.
Looking at the rule book, it looks like they had to use the Fair Play criteria for the ranking. N. Korea has 7 yellow cards, KSA has 9, team with the lowest points goes through.

Who would have foreseen that yellow cards were to determine progress from a group phase? It's a super rare event.

[BacheLot]

We always do better against big sides. We will beat Japan.

i know what you mean..!!
i know TM at all levels have always played their best when deemed underdogs..!& Japan historically havent faired all too well vs Iran either..!!
I too woulda preferred facing Japan instead of Saudi Arabia, just to avoid the likely scenario of too much emotions likely hampering Omid's performance vs them, but no way any sane iranian would rather face Japan over NK in KO round ..!!?
we fked up big loosing a winnable game vs Gutteries..!! Now we have to hope Kpoor gets his Tactics and Team selection Spot On vs Japanese, because the margin for errors is cut very Narrow when facing a formidable and quality opponent in a tense Do or Die game..!!

[St_Mark]

I don't get the tie breaker rules, could you explain them to me? Thank you.

Looking at the rule book, it looks like they had to use the Fair Play criteria for the ranking. N. Korea has 7 yellow cards, KSA has 9, team with the lowest points goes through.

What AFC ( official page) said is confusing.
Base on AFC regulation NK advance because of fewer numbers of color cards.
what that (

* The standings are based on points, head-to-head, goal-difference and number of goals of the teams tied

) is saying:
everything equal , NK scored more against Thailand)!!.
What is not confusing : Saudi Arabia is out in all counts.