Iran Vs. Lithuania

[Shantaram]

Hope you are right! Recent TM Friendlies dont support much
optimism. Next week will see the reality.

For real, it's enough about Saudi Arabia. Don't think you have understood the meaning of a friendly game, it's not about to reveal all your strategies 1 week before our most important match in WC. Do you really think Germany played their best football yesterday? I thought they were at a picnic and didn't even make an effort to win big. Can everyone just keep calm and be positive for F*sake! I always remind myself of Nigeria and Argentina game, my thoughts were at that time, we are going to get slaughtered but guess what, the outcome were pretty good. Don't you guys think so? Now It's time for us fans to believe that we can surprise any team and give our hard working guys some kudos to be where they are considering all the obstacles that they are facing. I will be behind TM 100% no matter what the outcome will be. And please can we just stop having discussions about Saudi Arabia, it's getting on my nerves.

[OzzyOscy]

I can't find anything on if it was Karim Ansarifard that scored (like the headlines say) or Azmoun (like the match summaries in the articles say).

[sarbaz]

CQ :

Cheshmi is Iran’s most modern central defender of the last 10 years

So for those of you who were wondering why he likes Cheshmi so much.

[KC McElroy]

We are superior. We always were.

[Surenas]

Baba Saudi didn't play well, Germany was just awful, everybody in Germany is talking right now how bad their team was, they were so crap but still the Saudi's lost. Trust me, this performance by Germany and Iran would've won!

[MR.S]

CQ :
Cheshmi is Iran’s most modern central defender of the last 10 years
So for those of you who were wondering why he likes Cheshmi so much.

Thats what a good coach does protect the team specially right before the world cup. I'm sure the comment on cheshmi if made by CQ and not made up by Iranian journalist is just to protect him and the team. Lol on cheshmi being the most modern defender.

[inarsenewetrust]

cheshmi is the least modern defender iran has produced. And he doesnt need to start him, Pejman is considerably better defensively and on the ball.

[DireStraits]

Germany can easily win KSA 8:0 again if they want to. Just watch the first 20 min of the game. The Saudi defense was raped. This was a demonstration game.

[The Realist]

LiveScore:

Karim Ansarifard scored a late winner to give Iran a 1-0 victory over Lithuania in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Friday.

Carlos Queiroz's side, who will face Morocco, Spain and Portugal in Group B at the World Cup, went into the game on the back of a 2-1 friendly defeat against Turkey in Istanbul and struggled to create chances against Edgaras Jankauskas' lively Lithuania side.

After going in goalless at half-time, Iran spent much of the second half pinned back by waves of Lithuanian attacks, with Justas Lasickas firing over the crossbar before substitute Povilas Leimonas failed to hit the target after a neat passing move culminated in a chance on the hour mark.

Iran came to life in the last 10 minutes of the game, piling forwards and creating a number of chances before Olympiacos striker Ansarifard tried his luck from the edge of the penalty area and found the net in the 88th minute.

While the result – Iran's fourth victory in their last six international friendlies – will have pleased Queiroz, the manner of his side's performance will have given him food for thought ahead of their group opener against Morocco on June 15

[The Realist]

No wonder CQ is pleased - they have been well tested

[Philosophy_King]

Saudis Ruined German stats for not having any winnings in their friendlies ! Germany had no winnings in their friendlies upon till they faced saudies. I watched the first half of the match and germans raped saudis ....... in 2nd half they dominated the game but it was obviously they are playing as someone is forcing them to play ! they played carelessly with no intention to score or perform well.

We'll see this in WC.
Egypt/Uruguay
Russia
Uruguay
Saudies

Saudi played some passing football that i have never witness in
whole TM-History. Time to be objectiv...

[Philosophy_King]

For real, it's enough about Saudi Arabia. Don't think you have understood the meaning of a friendly game, it's not about to reveal all your strategies 1 week before our most important match in WC. Do you really think Germany played their best football yesterday? I thought they were at a picnic and didn't even make an effort to win big. Can everyone just keep calm and be positive for F*sake! I always remind myself of Nigeria and Argentina game, my thoughts were at that time, we are going to get slaughtered but guess what, the outcome were pretty good. Don't you guys think so? Now It's time for us fans to believe that we can surprise any team and give our hard working guys some kudos to be where they are considering all the obstacles that they are facing. I will be behind TM 100% no matter what the outcome will be. And please can we just stop having discussions about Saudi Arabia, it's getting on my nerves.

The Fans will support TM in the stadium anyway, doesnt matter if we both
agree on TM recent perfomance or not.

I am not optimistic about TM WC-campaign but anyway i will support
them 100% too. Being realistic and support your team are two different things
dude.

As i said before in less than one week we will know to what extend CQ
just plays mind gamed, doesnt want to reveal his main strategy etc.
etc.

[Leopard]

The results of the last friendly matches of the teams upon arrival means less than previous matches and there are two reasons to have the matches in the host country .
1. practice team passing
2. Run 90 minutes to get used to the climate and the environment, you will not see more than 2-0 usually because it is not for target practicing
It would be hard to ask players to run without a ball for 90 minutes but the minute they are on the field they can run several kilometers specially without noticing it

[Roozbeh-G2006]

cheshmi is the least modern defender iran has produced. And he doesnt need to start him, Pejman is considerably better defensively and on the ball.

Maybe CQ has taken a sorakh in the defence so that if in the event of Portugal needing to win its last game against Iran (quite likely as it is possible they lose to spain and draw with morocco) to go through then he puts that sorakh in the defence??!! come on guys! He can't be that bad. If CQ thinks he is good then he is good.

[Paradigm]

Honestly doesn't matter.
AS Roma B was just a bunch of kids we lost 7-1 to in 1998 just before our best ever world cup performance.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating it, as long as the performance against Morocco is fine then I would not mind losing 3-0 against Lithuania, Akhmat Grozny C-team or Melanesian IslandStars XI

Perhaps, but is Latvia a good indicator of the teams Iran faces in group B, in terms of style?