Iran vs China Player Ratings | Post Match Discussion

[Parham10]

So then he is not good for TM since we play with 1 striker and we are no where near the style of play you believe he needs. He has to generate, distribute to the wings, and move into open areas better.

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Alright, and who would that be? As much as I love Gucci he is a smaller version of the same style of player as Azmoun. He waits for deliveries so that he can score. I agree that gucci runs more etc. but he is not a striker that makes his own chances either. Azmoun from what I've seen in all TM matches and club is he sticks to back line waiting to get into box (Ibra style), but I've also MANY times seen him do nice runs into box. Anyway my point is we don't have a quality azizi type player, and our crosses are absolute shit so we're kind of stuck

[O-ZoNe]

Alright, and who would that be? As much as I love Gucci he is a smaller version of the same style of player as Azmoun. He waits for deliveries so that he can score. I agree that gucci runs more etc. but he is not a striker that makes his own chances either. Azmoun from what I've seen in all TM matches and club is he sticks to back line waiting to get into box (Ibra style), but I've also MANY times seen him do nice runs into box. Anyway my point is we don't have a quality azizi type player, and our crosses are absolute shit so we're kind of stuck

Not only is Gucci mashadi like Azizi, but he is exactly the opposite of what you describe him as. Don't forget he was up top with Ansarifard pressuring the back line and the keeper when Qatar's french keeper bumbled the ball. Gucci ran down the S. korean defender and put pressure on him causing the turnover and goal during last WCQ (as examples)...Gucci s relentless and I believe it isn't that we need a new striker but rather a new system in which both Gucci and Azmoun play rather than a sole striker. But if we have to go with 1...and since we are defensive minded meaning we aren't going to trade goals with South Korea anymore....then I prefer Gucci presently because our best chance might be our only chance.

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[Babak agha]

A 442 line up with both Gucci and azmoun is really easy to do..

------------------------beinavard-------------------
Montazeri---Hosseini--PAG---Mohammdi
-------------------Ando----Ezzatolahi-----------
--Shojaei/JB-----------------------Dejagah-------
------------------Azmoun-----Gucci-------------

[lakerfan23]

A 442 line up with both Gucci and azmoun is really easy to do..

------------------------beinavard-------------------
Montazeri---Hosseini--PAG---Mohammdi
-------------------Ando----Ezzatolahi-----------
--Shojaei/JB-----------------------Dejagah-------
------------------Azmoun-----Gucci-------------

Montazeri is injured.

[Babak agha]

For a month? Didn't look that serious.

[koush22]

For a month? Didn't look that serious.

They were saying 6 months. Rotator cuff tear or something

[eerooni]

From Qatars Daily news:

Teenage forward Zhang Yuning has given China’s World Cup hopes a lift after a bustling competitive debut confirmed his emergence as one of the country’s most exciting new football talents.
The Dutch-based 19-year-old, instantly recognisable by his slicked-back hair, proved a real handful for Iran’s defence as China held Asia’s top-ranked side 0-0 for their first point in the final round of qualifying for Russia 2018.
Zhang was singled out by Iran’s experienced coach Carlos Queiroz after Tuesday’s stand-out performance, in which he twice came close to breaking the deadlock in Shenyang.
It follows his breakthrough as the first Chinese player to score in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie, when he nodded an injury-time winner for Vitesse Arnhem against Roda JC in March.
Zhang also scored on the last day of the season against FC Twente and, after bagging two in China’s 4-2 friendly win against Trinidad and Tobago in June, his first competitive international was only a matter of time.
Coach Gao Hongbo chose to start Zhang in Shenyang and it proved an astute move as the teenager came close with a spectacular effort in the first half, and was only denied by a desperate block in the second before he came off on 79 minutes.
“It’s very exciting. To represent China on the global stage is one of my dreams when I was a kid,” Zhang told the Global Times. “I think the pace of the qualifier is fine with me, I don’t have any worries.”
Zhang’s rise is tantalising for China as they attempt not only to reach their second World Cup, but also to build a team capable of challenging established powers in the future.
Zhang was only five in 2002 when China finished winless and goalless in their only World Cup finals appearance, and puts a fresh new face on the team after years of disappointments on the international stage.
Tuesday’s draw kept China in the hunt for a spot at Russia 2018, but Gao was keen to play down expectations despite promising signs on Tuesday and in last week’s 3-2 defeat to South Korea.
“Our team is the last one getting into this round. All the other teams are tough for us,” said Gao, according to the Global Times. “But I am satisfied that the players fought to the end.”
However, Queiroz, the former Portugal coach and one-time assistant to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, warned that China’s opponents should underestimate them at their peril.
“All the games are like the finals. Coach Gao has made China compact and enthusiastic,” said the Portuguese.

[Hormozgan]

They were saying 6 months. Rotator cuff tear or something

Do we have any confirmation on the extent of the injury? Is it just 1 month?
(Rotator cuff and/or Labrum tear is really bad. Have had one myself as well. Required surgery, 3 months without movement and 3 months rehab fr a 6 months recovery.)