TM-News- Vol. 2

[euphory]

^ why would it damage the team spirit? the team has so much chemistry.. their like brothers. they are right and they should protest against all the shit they have been going trough and all because iff and this shitty regime doesn't care.

[04041374]

According to Taj, we will play Togo before the Russia friendly. It looks like the game will take place in Russia.

5th October - vs. Togo
10th Ocotber - vs. Russia

Taj said that they looked for an available African opponent and Togo would be the best African team with 14 legionnaires. He also said that IFF will plan 8 friendly games.

[docp]

According to Taj, we will play Togo before the Russia friendly.

where is togo???

[Bessos]

So Russia is playing against Korea on October 6th, and against Iran on October 10th.

[Zorar]

Source for the Togo friendly

[GolfePersique]

Source for the Togo friendly

http://www.isna.ir/news/96061509253/...B1%D9%88%D8%AF


تیم ملی فوتبال ایران ۷ مهر به مصاف توگو می*رود
تیم ملی فوتبال ایران

تیم ملی فوتبال ایران در دیداری تدارکاتی به مصاف تیم ملی توگو خواهد رفت.

به گزارش ایسنا، پس از جلسه مهدی تاج و کارلوس کی*روش مشخص شد که تیم ملی فوتبال ایران قبل از برگزاری دیدار دوستانه برابر میزبان جام جهانی در تاریخ ۱۳ مهر ماه، در تاریخ هفتم ماه در روسیه به مصاف تیم ملی فوتبال توگو خواهد رفت.

تیم ملی فوتبال ایران از ۱۰ دیداری که در مرحله نهایی انتخابی جام جهانی ۲۰۱۸ روسیه برگزار کرد، توانست ۲۲ امتیاز کسب کند و به عنوان صدرنشین گروه A اولین تیم آسیایی حاضر در جام جهانی روسیه باشد

[Adesor Vafaseya]

where is togo???

Next to Benin!

[GolfePersique]

They had a decent team in 2006 which qualified to WC, but now playing mediocre football. Still a decent team for our preparation before playing Russ

Most recent results:

Ivory Coast 0–0 Togo
Morocco 3–1 Togo
Togo 1–3 DR Congo
Libya 0–0 Togo
Egypt 3–0 Togo
Togo 2–0 Comoros
Algeria 1–0 Togo
Togo 1–1 Benin
Benin 1–1 Togo

[OFFSIDE_1]

We qualified which is great but if offence doesn't get any better.It will be a quick and boring group stage in Russia.I know our defence is the best against Asia but what does say when in 10 games we only scored 10 goals against Asian teams.Some are saying our goaltending needs help but I feel our front line needs to get better every match it's the same story "kheili as Shanc Amon o az dast dadim" We only have sardar who can score on a regular basis.Taremi even with PP misses more then he scores!

it says we play great football particularly when your opponents score only 2 goals in a meaningless game.

We had a +8 goal differential which was the best in our group and 2nd best in all of Asia behind Japan's +10 GD. Those are facts.

We had the best defense in Asia because the entire team played great defensively and not just our 4 defenders. When the entire team focuses on defense, you will not have high scoring games. We have had high scoring teams in the past that have not qualified for the WC so it's really not about the number of goals a team can score. In fact we have never had back-to-back WC qualification in our history.

Now we do have a weakness, and it's not centered around one given player. We are not a great come from behind team and the reason for our success in the qualifiers was that except for the Syria and Turkmenistan game we never had to overcome a deficit. We have to show that the team will not fall apart if we have to come from behind. This is why those friendlies are needed and why I would even consider this tie against Syria a positive outcome given that it shows where improvements are needed.

[Bessos]

The last two matches were of immense value to the team's experiences. In Korea we had to do with 10 men for 40 minutes, and against Syria we had to come from behind. If anything, this is what makes us stronger and more prepared for the World Cup.

Looking forward to see who the other 6 opponents are going to be for the friendly matches.

[Nokhodi]

Togo is a good friendly considering most African, European, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF countries will still be busy with qualifiers in October.
More interested in who we play in November and March next year.

[CHaMiLLionaire]

No one will agree to a friendly with us while they are still trying to qualify for the world cup.

Russia and Togo (and to an extent Syria and South korea) are good preparations for now.

Once the draw comes out in December, teams will start scrambling to play others who will be similar to their opponents.

Not to mention we will likely have 3 friendlies if not more during our camp in Russia. That is 7 friendlies so far.

If we manage to get two more from December to May, then we will be golden.

[ehsan singapore]

Togo not bad I know is not once what it used to be with Adebayor in its ranks but still is not a. Bad team I guess

[PSGman#19]

Mexico, Belgium, Serbia etc are 100% (or almost) qualified we already know more or less who won't be concerned by play off in november.

We should try to play Catalunya in december (like they do every year). They played Tunisia last year. And we played Galicia before too.

[eerooni]

No one will agree to a friendly with us while they are still trying to qualify for the world cup.

Russia and Togo (and to an extent Syria and South korea) are good preparations for now.

Once the draw comes out in December, teams will start scrambling to play others who will be similar to their opponents.

Not to mention we will likely have 3 friendlies if not more during our camp in Russia. That is 7 friendlies so far.

If we manage to get two more from December to May, then we will be golden.

Good thing is that teams that get grouped with Saudi Arabia will want to play TM ( Middle Eastern style of play) so we should have 2-3 friendly request right there!...