Friendly: Iran - Togo; Info, Updates and Live Reports (05.10.2017)

[Bi-honar]

Lak has been hell of a lot better than Beira was in the last math, that's for sure.

[mahestan]

I think Lak will take Beiranvand's spot.

[Nokhodi]

Lak has barely been challenged people. Let's see him in a few games where he's actually being challenged.

[Sly]

WTF....why is the commentator saying Torabi in the middle of the game?? Wasn't Torabi subbed out?!

[BacheLot]

Imani is class

true, though a bit small framed and soft defensively, so he may not impress Carlos from that perspective..!?
but his movement and positioning with and without ball on the pitch is impressive and shows excellent game smarts, vision and poise ..!

[Bi-honar]

WTF....why is the commentator saying Torabi in the middle of the game?? Wasn't Torabi subbed out?!

this dude definitely smoked some good shit before the game!

[Tehranto]

Togo's players play for some good clubs. Clubs we would be proud of if any Iranian played for them.

They are a good team but Iran under CQ has a winner's mentality.

[Bi-honar]

Well, we needed the win to make sure we stay in Pot 3 and possibly have a crack at Pot 2 and it looks like we got it.

So, good match in that sense, not to mention CQ tried a lot of players. I definitely would like to see more of Imani and good to see Ebrahimi still in shape for TM.

Ghodos was pretty good but definitely needs some more time to gel with the main team.

[naderb94]

How the hell are these Togo players playing for good clubs? Their respective clubs should take on some Iranian players, use this as a scouting opportunity.

[Payam_Ali]

I think I could beat Ansarifard in a 100m sprint

[TheBoss]

Match is over.

Iran 2 - Togo 0

A brace by Ansarifard

[puddha]

All in all, good friendly game.
New players tried
Karim gained confidence
Ghoddos, Kaveh, Lak Imani debut
Cheshmi a gem
Welcome back Jalal

[Leicester City]

Not sure if Ansarifard or a hairy goal scoring Chewbacca...? 🤔

[eerooni]

Great warmup game with a decent team that is a prep for the bigger challenge that is Russia. Good game!

[Shayan_91]

It was a decent test and good job on winning the game with a team which has never played in this formation before! Still, I prefer if CQ continues playing our A-side with maybe 2-3 small changes each game. It’s not as if our A-side is playing together for multiple years like other national teams do. Basically, the way he formed the line-ups throughout the WCQ is IMO the right one – the base is the same, but there may be 2-3 differences in the line-up per game. This keeps the boys (especially in IPL) motivated and having hope of being called up. If he continues doing that for the rest of the friendlies we have by June, we should be on a good track.

IMO, CQ should start playing with complete new line-ups at the earliest after the World Cup or even after the Asian Cup, but not now. We need to have our A-side rehearsed for the WC (and for the AC in 2019). Talking about the Asian Cup, I’m still pissed that we didn’t manage to win any AC as the (on-paper) best team in Asia. Not only for the title, but also for the opportunity of participating in the Confed Cup – best test ever for a team like Iran if you ask me.