Afazeli: CQ avoids strong teams to maintain FIFA ranking

[irani8perspolis]

as a starter I dont mind this. it's been a while since TM had a game and we need to get coordinated ... especially since we're seeing new faces (a good sign, btw)
but as we get closer to the actual games, we must have more rigorous tests.
but nothing like spain or italy or ... for asian qualifiers. I'm talking about the likes of austria, croatia, japan, paraguay, canada, ... etc.
as for te actual WC, however, I'd like to see a couple of big guns match ups NEAR THE WORLD CUP.

DD jan with all due respect, all the teams you mentioned were, good but Canada!?? We might as well play Jamaica's U23 team like we did a few years ago, they are a very poor team, many of the players play in 3rd Division of United States and 3/4th tier of Germany. They lost to Maurtinia only last year! And also did not score any goals in 2015 Gold Cup! Macedonia is 10000x times a better team than Canada, but other than that I completely agree with what you are saying.

[sarbaz]

Afazeli is a big Baboon

He is not even qualified to critisize CQ

[Nader25]

Too high degree of difficulty can lead to dismotivation, disorder and resignation sometimres, according to economical psycholgy (Joseph Schumpeter).
It was very smart of CQ to choice small teams for testing the young newcomers of TM.

In team bayast jam o joor beshe, hamahang beshe, test beshe.....ba team haye bozorg felan namishe in kar ra kard.....

[TheBoss]

who cares what this tub of lard says? Afazeli dude is shady as hell

[BehnamT]

honestly there are only few people who can be named as " football critic " in Iran, and this dude is not anywhere close to that. instead of analyzing CQ errors/ technical problem s he is talking about why CQ does not want to have friendly with stronger team. also a year ago Dr Z. was interviewed as football analyst and all he could come up with about CQ weakness and technical issues he was arguing that why he has such a high wage.
i dont understand this mentality in Iranian culture that if someone is "pishkesvat " ( old timer in football ) it means he is automatically expert and have the right tool to criticize who ever they want to. if you have something constructive to say that can help TM say it, otherwise shut the mouth and let the dude do his job.

[Libertine]

Afazeli is a fool!

Quieroz needs this advantage (FIFA ranking) because of how behind we have fallen regarding infrastructure and professionalism.

Being top in Asia gives us many advantages like being seeded top for group competitions.

Playing Croatia, or Brazil or whoever wont change a think for Iran at the moment.

We first need to build the infrastructure;

1- a Professional Football league (the current one is a joke)
2- Top quality pitches
3- Quality sports science and Medical facilities
4- Professional working standards/ethics/professional outlook
5- Remove bureaucracy and corruption

Then once all that is sorted we can play top ranked teams. It would then be beneficial for Team Melli.

For now he has to do the best to get the players playing as a team. To play as professionals, and not as over emotional, immature egotistical pre madonnas.

[Homa]

Ali Daei became on the 02nd March, 2008 the Coach of TM. His and Afazeli´s great frindly games have been:

21.03.2008 Bahrain - Iran 1:0
25.05.2008 Iran - Zambia 3:2 (Nekounam, Rezaei, Aghili) - 2500 Attendance
27.08.2008 Iran - Azrbaijan 1:0 (Nouri) - 8000 Attendance

Oman International Cup:
17.12.2008 Iran - Ecuador 0:1
19.12.2008 Iran - China 2:0

09.01.2009 Iran - China 3:1 (Borhani, Borhani, Zare) - 10000 Attendance
14.03.2009 Iran - Kenya 1:0 (Kazemi) - 6500 Attendance

And on the 28th March, 2009 he was fired after the lost to SA.
Very impressive list of friendly games, with all power houses of the world Football like China and Kenya.

[Ali.Karimi79]

Ali Daei became on the 02nd March, 2008 the Coach of TM. His and Afazeli´s great frindly games have been:

21.03.2008 Bahrain - Iran 1:0
25.05.2008 Iran - Zambia 3:2 (Nekounam, Rezaei, Aghili) - 2500 Attendance
27.08.2008 Iran - Azrbaijan 1:0 (Nouri) - 8000 Attendance

Oman International Cup:
17.12.2008 Iran - Ecuador 0:1
19.12.2008 Iran - China 2:0

09.01.2009 Iran - China 3:1 (Borhani, Borhani, Zare) - 10000 Attendance
14.03.2009 Iran - Kenya 1:0 (Kazemi) - 6500 Attendance

And on the 28th March, 2009 he was fired after the lost to SA.
Very impressive list of friendly games, with all power houses of the world Football like China and Kenya.

you nailed it. bwahahahahahah

[04041374]

Ali Daei became on the 02nd March, 2008 the Coach of TM. His and Afazeli´s great frindly games have been:

21.03.2008 Bahrain - Iran 1:0
25.05.2008 Iran - Zambia 3:2 (Nekounam, Rezaei, Aghili) - 2500 Attendance
27.08.2008 Iran - Azrbaijan 1:0 (Nouri) - 8000 Attendance

Oman International Cup:
17.12.2008 Iran - Ecuador 0:1
19.12.2008 Iran - China 2:0

09.01.2009 Iran - China 3:1 (Borhani, Borhani, Zare) - 10000 Attendance
14.03.2009 Iran - Kenya 1:0 (Kazemi) - 6500 Attendance

And on the 28th March, 2009 he was fired after the lost to SA.
Very impressive list of friendly games, with all power houses of the world Football like China and Kenya.

Don't forget the friendly against Saipa At least under CQ, we were playing Benfica.

[GolfePersique]

It's astonishing how people like him can go so high to be in charge of national teams, whilst the likes Mahdavikia or even Hashemian, with international experience and knowledge are not given any credit. In fact Kia has to pay from his own pocket to build his talented team.

[Karimi_1]

Good job CQ then.. That is exactly what the Wales football federation have done last couple of years to get higher in the ranking... Since 2014, Wales has had no friendlies and Romania has had one, their goal also to climb up the ranking. For example Poland, they played a friendly against Greece and played 0-0, a result that took Poland from seed group two for the World Cup qualifiers to the third seed group.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportblade...cle21535323.ab - Article about this in Swedish newspaper from a while back.

[The]

It baffles me that you can achieve nothing in your career and even think about criticizing one of the greatest coaches in the world...

How do these guys leave the house with their heads held up.

I see where you're coming from but lets not get carried away here...

[ehsan singapore]

he may be right, but when cq came we got some decent friendlies like chile and sweden, as some members said during his time with ali daei what friendlies we got?

[ShiroKhorshid]

Ali Daei became on the 02nd March, 2008 the Coach of TM. His and Afazeli´s great frindly games have been:
21.03.2008 Bahrain - Iran 1:0
25.05.2008 Iran - Zambia 3:2 (Nekounam, Rezaei, Aghili) - 2500 Attendance
27.08.2008 Iran - Azrbaijan 1:0 (Nouri) - 8000 Attendance
Oman International Cup:
17.12.2008 Iran - Ecuador 0:1
19.12.2008 Iran - China 2:0
09.01.2009 Iran - China 3:1 (Borhani, Borhani, Zare) - 10000 Attendance
14.03.2009 Iran - Kenya 1:0 (Kazemi) - 6500 Attendance
And on the 28th March, 2009 he was fired after the lost to SA.
Very impressive list of friendly games, with all power houses of the world Football like China and Kenya.

Hahahahahahahahhaha if you guys remember Kenya came to Tehran without jerseys then Daei made some red/yellow ones for them with his logo on it Think it was a local Kenyan team
not even their real NT. Are there any pics of that match?

[persiangodfather]

high ranking in Fifa has a big beneift in terms of group seedings