World Cup Qualifying 2nd Round MD 7: Iran - India @ Azadi Stadium, Tehran; 24-03-2016

[BacheLot]

Meh
1-0 HT
Our CM duo were brilliant
Attacking line pissed away Waaaaay to many golden chances
Very frustrating half

[Z Joon]

Iraq seemingly out of the WCQ Thailand is beating them ffs

[KeonKish]

bad finishing first half

azmoun was active in first 20 minutes then he disappeared.

no offense to jahanbaksh or khiabani but andos corners are about 10x better .

Why are we playing in the air vs a weak team? ezatollahi hajsafi and ebrahimi have shown ground passing but when it gets to the final pass they go to air passes.

it shows that we haven't played for many months. rusty. ezatollahi continues to show himself as a star.

[persepolisfan]

We should be up 3-0 at least

[Bessos]

Meanwhile, Iraq is losing to Thailand 0 - 1 (64')

If they don't score 2 goals and win this game, they are OUT.

[Kiarash]

Can't say I'm satisfied with Azmoun and in particular Jahanbakhsh. He can't take corners even if his life depends on it


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[Team Melli Fan]

Poor first half by our standards, we should be up by a lot more. Our first goal has been a penalty lately.

Our players look nervy like they haven't played together in months. We need to knock the ball around and attack them from the middle. Stop sending in hundreds of crosses!

[Z Joon]

Why are we playing in the air vs a weak team

This is a mystery for me...

[Z Joon]

Iraq equalizes 1-1

[BacheLot]

Indians had only a couple of forrays into attack & in both occasions our keeper & Backline seemed suspect & nearly conceded an embarrassing goals.
CQ can't be too happy with the first half.
I think boys will come out firing on all cylinders in second half.

Need Torabi, mohamadi given a run-in in 2nd. Possibly Deja if need be ..!?

Our left d & wing seem the most likely to get subbed first

[Iran_19]

Sometime i don't get CQ, why being so much conservative against a team like India and play with two defensive midfielders? Why not starting either of Torabi or Shojaeian in such a meanless game?
Amiri was pretty disappointing, with Ashkan out we don't have playmaker.

[Iran_19]

Torabi will get IN instead of Amiri most likely.

My 3 subs predication are: Torabi, Karim and Shojaeian for Amiri, Taremi and Ezzatollahi

[Ali.Karimi79]

Am i the only one who is actually satisfied?


We are leading.
Their goali turned into Manuel Singh/Gianluigi Singh as usual.
CQ lined up all the youngsters we demanded.
Those Maldive results from Daei era is still poisioning this forum -.-

[Z Joon]

Btw Oman still 0-0 with Guam after 35 min at home

[BacheLot]

Indians have parked the bus big time & way deep at that.
Sending in crosses into their crowded box over their overall short & physically weak team is a sensible tactical approach.
But we must improve the accuracy of the delivery of our crosses & CK for it to work.