br-AN-G0H was THE ONLY TM head coach who failed to lead the Iranian national team into a position in which it would have a legitimate shot of advancing to the round of 16 in the post-revolution period.
In '06, TM was eliminated from the group stage after only the second match day, in contrast to the performances in France '98, Brasil '14, and Russia '18. In each of the latter three mentioned tournaments, TM had both a theoretical as well as practical prospect of qualifying for the second round. Because of the victory against the US in '98, we had to defeat Germany to advance. Because of the clean sheet against Nigeria in Brasil (TM's first ever clean sheet in a World Cup BTW), TM had to defeat Bosnia in order to advance, and such a prospect was not beyond the realm of reasonable possibility. Most recently in Russia, TM had to defeat Portugal to advance (thanks to the victory against Morocco) ..... and we almost did it. So to say that br-AN-G0H and CQ's World Cup track records are on par with one another simply because TM did not qualify for the second round in either Brasil or Russia is disingenuous at best, and simply a desperately flimsy attempt to provide cover for br-AN-G0H.
While it is true that in '06, and '14, TM ultimately finished in last place in the group, it's very disingenuous to make an "argument" that the performances in 2014 & 2018 and 2006 mirrored one another, as it is simply inaccurate and deliberately omits the key distinction that under both of CQ's WC campaigns, qualification to the round of 16 was a realistic prospect ..... but under br-AN-GOH, we were eliminated after the second match day of the group stage. Not only did br-AN-G0H fail to match CQ's WC track record, but he couldn't even match Jalal Talebi's WC record.
In '06, TM was eliminated from the group stage after only the second match day, in contrast to the performances in France '98, Brasil '14, and Russia '18. In each of the latter three mentioned tournaments, TM had both a theoretical as well as practical prospect of qualifying for the second round. Because of the victory against the US in '98, we had to defeat Germany to advance. Because of the clean sheet against Nigeria in Brasil (TM's first ever clean sheet in a World Cup BTW), TM had to defeat Bosnia in order to advance, and such a prospect was not beyond the realm of reasonable possibility. Most recently in Russia, TM had to defeat Portugal to advance (thanks to the victory against Morocco) ..... and we almost did it. So to say that br-AN-G0H and CQ's World Cup track records are on par with one another simply because TM did not qualify for the second round in either Brasil or Russia is disingenuous at best, and simply a desperately flimsy attempt to provide cover for br-AN-G0H.
While it is true that in '06, and '14, TM ultimately finished in last place in the group, it's very disingenuous to make an "argument" that the performances in 2014 & 2018 and 2006 mirrored one another, as it is simply inaccurate and deliberately omits the key distinction that under both of CQ's WC campaigns, qualification to the round of 16 was a realistic prospect ..... but under br-AN-GOH, we were eliminated after the second match day of the group stage. Not only did br-AN-G0H fail to match CQ's WC track record, but he couldn't even match Jalal Talebi's WC record.
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