Official World Cup draw thread - Iran's group

[naderb94]

If we advance, our likely opponent is Uruguay which I think we can beat

[Iranianarsenal11]

"Pls Ronaldo. Dont gol in Iran fotbal"

Written on the Brazilian Ronaldo's instagram...


WTF

[Iman_Joon]

"Pls Ronaldo. Dont gol in Iran fotbal"

Written on the Brazilian Ronaldo's instagram...


WTF

HAHAHAHHA

[04041374]

Btw. our players are mostly Real Madrid fans, so I think they'll be super motivated against Spain and Portugal.

I think almost our entire attacking line-up (Taremi, Dejagah, Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun, Ansarifard) are Real supporters.
Among our defenders, PAG and Rezaeian are Real fans

[persiangodfather]

REALISTIC WAY WE COME OUT OF THE GROUP

#1 Catalonia seperates from Spain before the world cup and Spain looses 50% of its roster

#2 CR7 breaks his leg

[Doctor DOOM]

PORTUGAL
SPAIN
MOROCCO
IRAN


Not a group I would have liked to face. NONE of these teams.
But ce la vie. That's the luck of the draw (speaking of which, how lucky are Saudis ... in Asia AND Int'lly!?!??)

Work starts today and I seriously hope CQ started the negotiations with other teams to rack up some useful test games. I'm sure groups where teams like Saudi, egypt, australia, ... play will be very receptive to a test game versus Iran.
So straight off, teams like Russia, Uruguay, France, Peru and Denmark should be easy targets for CQ to convince and vice versa.
(With an outside chance of Japan's and Korea's group mates ... although I never understood why. Coz technically speaking we have very little in common with Japanese and Korean football. But somehow being in the same continent seems to be the prevalent mindset among football coaches!! Hey, I wouldnt be complaining if we get Germany, Mexico, Poland, ... to ask for games with us)
Then we have Tunsia who could be similar to Iran, so I wouldnt be surprised if we get more than a second look from England and Belgium.


1st game is very important for team who have aspirations. So the game vs. Morocco is our do or die game, right from the kick off.
I dont have much idea about their style of game. But I'm thinking it wouldnt be very different from us, except a higher level of composure and familiarity to top level football given their imports to Europe.


2nd game also is very interesting, even if we ignore the pedigree of the opponents for a second.
IF a team gets a good result from its 1st game, it needs a solid performance to cement its hopes of advance, even if it can be a single point.
This gets interesting as I actually think we do have a chance at a single point versus Spaniards.
They are a short statured team with insistence on long possession periods. Against our more physical, taller team who doesnt mind giving up possession and looks for short counters. Actually Spain's game should suit us just fine. The only problem is the HUGE difference in technical abilities that is a cause for concern.

Finally, our 3rd game is against the European champs, who have the speed, incisive attack but may be a bit slow in defense. They arent exactly Brazil or Germany for us to be scared of. But they are far more potent than Russia or Poland. I hope neither we nor Portugal would need a point from this game. Because if they need it, they have the capability to get it and if WE need it, then it is an uphill task ... given it's also our THIRD game within 10-11 days!

[persian_pooya]

Group A easy and Egypt got it; Rus, EGY, URU

That's not easy I fear Uruguay more than Portugal, and Egypt more than Morroco. Plus Russia will do everything to advance

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[04041374]

Btw. do you remember we wanted to play vs Morocco in January with our league players and the game got cancelled by UAE authorities?

Ajab shansi darim ma.

[Doctor DOOM]

Things to WISH for?
1- an off-day for Morocco

2- A 1st game loss for Spain, who may get desperate and become error prone. Given how their style suits TM's style of football, this actually may work in our favor.

3- A Portugal that has done the job by the third game AND that prancing idiot ronaldo either rested or injured or .... dead (who the f**k cares).

[Damavand]

I am truly upset. I certainly did not expect to land in the toughest group. Everyone here was wishing the worst group for the Saudis and guess what happened ?? We ended in there instead of them while they got a super easy group.

That being said even though our chances on paper are very slim I am hoping for an upset like the one North Korea gave in WC 66 and knocked out 2 times champion Italy out of the competition.

I have always said that for Iran to advance to the next round We MUST DEFEAT A VERY GOOD TEAM. Well we have to achieve that against Portugal or Spain.

[teammelli91]

They say that Mexico’s group is the group of death.

[ehsan singapore]

saudi group is not easy, russia will hammer them, uruguay will hammer them, so will egypt,

[teammelli91]

Suarez will rip them to shreds.

[Z Joon]

I really like Azmoun's reaction to our group on instagram, good vibes. Our general players reaction on social media is excellent, no one is scared and they are all ready to fight.

I did not feel TM like this in 2014

[Damavand]

saudi group is not easy, russia will hammer them, uruguay will hammer them, so will egypt,

Certainly a lot easier than ours.