We are still 5 months away from the draw but lets have some fun with it.
Keep in mind Iran cant be matched with Asian teams or North American teams(most likely POT for us).
Based on what the groups look like now and which teams are likely to qualify I'd go with something like this to see us through.
Ideal:
Colombia
Ireland/N.Ireland
Iran
Tunisia
Group of Deathfor us)
Germany
Italy
Iran
Nigeria
We match up against Colombia the best out of the seeds in my opinion. J. Rodriguez/ Cuadrado/Bacca are superstars but we handled Di Maria/Aguero/Lavezzi/Messi with less than we have now.
With Ezzatollahi/Karimi or Ezzatollahi/Hajsafi we have the two to limit Sanchez and Aguilar in their midfield. LB is Colombias weak spot and with Rezaian/Jahanbaksh we can try to overload them.
I see Ireland/N.Ireland in playoff contention. We can beat them we have more technical players and speed on our side against either.
Tunisia to be the most open game of our group. Win or go home.
Whats your group?
Keep in mind Iran cant be matched with Asian teams or North American teams(most likely POT for us).
Based on what the groups look like now and which teams are likely to qualify I'd go with something like this to see us through.
Ideal:
Colombia
Ireland/N.Ireland
Iran
Tunisia
Group of Deathfor us)
Germany
Italy
Iran
Nigeria
We match up against Colombia the best out of the seeds in my opinion. J. Rodriguez/ Cuadrado/Bacca are superstars but we handled Di Maria/Aguero/Lavezzi/Messi with less than we have now.
With Ezzatollahi/Karimi or Ezzatollahi/Hajsafi we have the two to limit Sanchez and Aguilar in their midfield. LB is Colombias weak spot and with Rezaian/Jahanbaksh we can try to overload them.
I see Ireland/N.Ireland in playoff contention. We can beat them we have more technical players and speed on our side against either.
Tunisia to be the most open game of our group. Win or go home.
Whats your group?
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