Iran vs South Korea Player Ratings | Post Match Discussion

[Abtin]

min 75 rezaian was right to yell at azmoun, rezaian was wide open and azumun try to dribble the guy in front of him. Azmun needs to pass the ball from time to time

That happened several times, where Rezaian was free, but none of the players would play him. He did yell, and did it rightfully!

[DireStraits]

Bit of a Drama queen we have here.
I don't care for populist antics.

Great job instilling discipline into the team though. Kudos

Haji keirosh can not show his hapiness because of Ashora.
It is good they didn't put a tasbi in his hand

[tehroonieh MD]

I thought the yellow cards had to be back to back games.

No, it's over the course of a round typically. Given that he received the first yellow card during the pre-qualifiers, it likely didn't get carried over so he is good to go.

[Ghermez Agha]

Wow, that was one heck of a performance. I was so glad to see the resiliency and fight in our team - not that its new, its just something that never gets old.

What stood out to me the most was our boys fitness levels and physical dominance...its just remarkable seeing how we would run out of gas by minute 60-70 5-6 years ago but now after 90 minutes we got guys like rezaeian and milad mo who can still play another 90 (also was impressed with how well amiri ran today, unlike vs UZB)! Almost all of our 50/50 challenges were one by our boys...PAG's athleticism to leap over those big korean forwards and win every ball was just a joy to watch. Having 3 fitness coaches has REALLY paid off I guess

0 shots on goal in two games, thats just nuts. koreans were slightly more patient than UZB and were trying to work small passes in to get close to our goal but even they were getting frustrated and towards the end had to resort to the same thing UZB did for the entire second half which was to take those outside shots from 30 or so yards out.

Ratings:

Beiranvand - 7.5 - cool and confident again, but still not challenged with a shot on goal thanks to our D. Came out for balls very well and had some great kicks and throws that lead to goal scoring chances.

Rezaeian - 8 - back to back really impressive games. connected very well with dejagah and JB.

Hosseini - 8 - another seyyed jalal esque performance.

PAG - 9 - my MOM honestly. This dude looked to be on a level above everyone else today IMO....he won EVERYTHING. his speed for a CB is rare, his athleticism is above asian standard, and his marking is perfect. between him and seyyed jalal, there were no holes in our D and really aggravated ji dong won and kim shin wook.

Milad Mo - 8 - non stop running from him as always and did a decent job of containing the SK wingers.

Ezzi - 7.5 - like PAG and hosseini, left no holes in his area and gave no SK player any time on the ball. he did his job well today defensively. didn't commit any silly fouls like he was in his first few games and also made safe decisions. I noticed he sometimes takes silly risks in dangerous areas but the last two games I did not see that from him. Also like PAG a very athletic dude who's skill set is pretty much unmatched by anyone else in our squad.

Hajsafi - 8 - not surprised he is doing this well as a DM....he was pretty much playing as a CM during the WC and did great there I'm surprised it took CQ this long to play him there again. like ezzi didn't take any unnecessary risks and produced a nice and flowing passing game with the rest of the team. a few crucial tackles from him too I wouldn't be surprised to see CQ go with him in this post again.

Dejagah - 8.5 - just brilliant today. best TM performance by him in a while.....he was toying with the korean defense and showed brilliant technique. Reminded all of his haters why he is there, when in form he is easily one of the best we have and he showed it today.

JB - 8.5 - created a number of goal scoring chances and missed an easy one himself but that was more bc of a mis-Q with sardar. he did a great job of coming back and helping out on defense and getting counter attacks started.....ran full force for the entirety he was on the pitch and challenged korean defenders who had a hard time marking him.

Amiri - 7.5 - this guy must have won at least 7-8 fouls today. he was awesome, I understand why CQ likes him given he comes back on D and helps and also wins so many fouls. on his good days he can be effective, unfortunately we just don't see enough of it. today, thankfully, we saw it though.

Azmoun - 7 - aside from his goal and off the ball pressure I thought he was the only one on the field who looked flat. He had a brilliant touch which would have lead to a 1v1 for rezaeian but instead of touching the ball out wide he decided to go right into the SK CB and lose the ball. he did that numerous times today and did the same thing vs UZB. of course his goal was great and top class but we cannot fool ourselves....he needs to do much better and serve his team mates more and also not squander easy chances in front of goal.

CQ - 20 - this man is simply brilliant. the improvements we have seen over our long term investment we have made in him has paid off big time, I cant remember a time where I saw TM shut down a very solid asian team like UZB and an asian heavyweight in SK the way he has these last two games. Kudos to our boys for executing his brilliant plan...that is exactly how the game has to be played. If we just could take better advantage of our chances we would have scored 3-4 goals at least.

[Iran Doost]

Azmoon said in the post-match interview that he did try to pass the ball to Rezaiian in that one situation everyone is talking about, and that the defender intercepted the pass. I just watched the highlights again looking for that and Azmoon is right. Too bad he tried a bit too late.

[ali alipour]

The main difference these last 2 games has been milad at LB and hajsafi in the midfield. We now have someone who can defend at the back and hajsafi in his main position. If this continues we might make the World Cup before the last day like 2006.

[Abtin]

Once again, with Arab commentator 😂😂

https://youtu.be/gF5V3ZKyVjE

And just look again at un-selfish Rezaian, makes the pass instead of trying to go himself. Other players should open up their eyes and see his fantastic presence beside them.

[lml]

The main difference these last 2 games has been milad at LB and hajsafi in the midfield. We now have someone who can defend at the back and hajsafi in his main position. If this continues we might make the World Cup before the last day like 2006.

I feel the same way, Milad has been a revelation for the way we play because of this

[tiesto]

Where will the Syria vs. Iran (home to Syria) be played? Can't be in Syria right ...

[Abtin]

Where will the Syria vs. Iran (home to Syria) be played? Can't be in Syria right ...

Malaysia.

[tiesto]

Did anyone notice CQ ... before the corner that led to alireza's crazy shot, he kept yelling "Ali ... ali ... " and gesturing him to move back behind the box for rebound shots ... he got it and almost scored. Brilliant

[O-ZoNe]

I missed the game. But how sweet to see the score! Congrats to all, and way to go Azmoun! Now to watch the game somewhere and participate later!

[Tehranto]

I feel the same way, Milad has been a revelation for the way we play because of this

I have watched all of his games with Terek with the exception of maybe 1-2. The growing-up he's done at Terek has been incredible - all within 3-4 months. He went from not getting any substitution opportunities to being a sure-thing starter. It's because he's doing a great job defensively.

He's starting because he went to Europe. Carlos rewards this type of behaviour.

[Tehranto]

Highlights with Iranian commentary.

[GolfePersique]

The Arab commentator was saying: "Sardar Al Ali Daei Al Jadid"

He was full of praise for our team and said Iran deservedly scored and won.