Iran Vs. Lithuania

[DireStraits]

Guys, are people forgetting Milad Mohammadi? Hajsafi is playing central. Milad is playing LB.

Once in a while Haj safi plays LB too even in Greece. Interesting for me is Torabi as RB.

[Bessos]

Strange. If you type ''Iran football'' in Google you get the result between Iran - Lithuania, and it says Sardar Azmoun scored in minute '88.

HAHAHA so now we don't even know if it really was Karim who scored.

Everything is strange here.

Also, according to Google, Lithuania received 1 yellow card. Iran none.

Lithuania made 5 subs in the 2nd half. Iran made just 1 sub at '90+1 (Sardar subbed out for Gucci).

[Tehranto]

Hopefully we can play Lithuania in a basketball friendly someday

The only European country where basketball trumps soccer.

[DireStraits]

Wait, he didn't start Mohammadi?

No Haj safi is used Like Iran vs Russia

Taremi injured?

He is not ready yet. Maybe that is why Gholizadeh is with the team

[Shantaram]

No Haj safi is used Like Iran vs Russia
He is not ready yet. Maybe that is why Gholizadeh is with the team

Ready for what bro??

[Irandoust]

Interesting point.

[Keano]

Please go follow Leicester City, leave TM alone.

Thanks.

Seriously he is always complaining with no reasonable logic. I try not to read his posts but dammit he posts every 2 minutes hahaha

Hired jaan, jaane abalfazl aziyatemaan Nakhon! 🤦🏻*♂️[emoji28]


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[Adesor Vafaseya]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ir...a/teams/386999

So?

Skysport is wrong! They just copy and past an old fomation!
We dont ply 4-2-3-1 even when skysports reports it!

CQ himself said we play 4-3-3. And everone else with a lil but knoweldge of football formation will tell you the same!

[Adesor Vafaseya]

^

I suggest you to read this thread and Mansoor’s reply, including mine there. cannot explain it better than Mansoor Khan himself.

http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...hlight=mansoor

Hi Ozzy,

Iran plays 4-3-3 in just about every match. Queiroz likes the dynamic of this formation. He changes the formation of the three midfielders depending on his game plans. He prefers V-shape-three-midfielders with one CDM and two players to left and right. One of the two usually plays more defensively and closer to CDM. In this squad, Hajsafi plays to the left of Ezatollahi with more defensive duties. Also, Ezattollahi is suspended for the first match and he is still trying to find a replacement after dropping Ali Karimi due to injury. He has tried Cheshmi, Montazeri, and Ebrahimi for CDM. Ebrahimi is also recovering from injury.

Queiroz is still undecided for the right mid. For the right mid, his first choice is Dejagah but he has been injured. He has tried Ansarifard there. He may try Rezaeian there if he decides to put more defensive player like Montazeri at right back. His three midfielders are his pressure points during defensive phase, especially against strong team like Spain and Portugal, and he needs more speed, specially to turn and run.

Like I said, Queiroz likes the dynamic of his 4-3-3. When Iran loses position, the two wingers drop back to line up with the two left and right midfielders forming 4-1-4-1. When Iran gains position, the wingers move up near CF to form classic 4-3-3. He also like to create illusion with Taremi as the left winger. Taremi often sneaks in front of CF Azmoun when Azmoun draws the defenders and creates space behind the defensive line.

Queiroz has also switched to reverse V at times with two defensive midfielders and one in front, often referred to as 4-2-3-1. But it is still considered 4-3-3 in our coaching classes here in US. He sometimes switches between V and reverse V during the match depending on how the game evolves.

Queiroz has also played 4-4-2 a few times in second half. It is his plan B. Rarely used.

Expect Iran to play 4-3-3 with V shape in midfield for all three matches, giving position and taking the space, counting on dangerous counters from top 3 forwards, Jahanbaksh, Azmoun, and Taremi.

Hope this helps with tactical info.

[DireStraits]

^

I suggest you to read this thread and Mansoor’s reply, including mine there. cannot explain it better than Mansoor Khan himself.

http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...hlight=mansoor

He dosen't say that.
"...Though confident in building attacks with quick one or two-touch passing, Iran at a World Cup will be well drilled in defence, keeping men organised behind the ball and giving the opposition no space, breaking with frightening speed when their opponents commit too far forward. Expect a 4-5-1 against Portugal and Spain, but potentially a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 against Morocco in a winnable game..."
The question for me is how man DM we use. Against Spain we will need 3 or more. Against Morocco 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3. The first uses 2 DM. The next(4-3-3) one or else the distance between Midfield and defense gets large and we can conceive goal like In Iran Turkey. You can't say CQ always uses 4-3-3. I think he is going to use 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1 against Morocco but 4-3-3 against Spain all 3 midfielders will be defensive. Like Omid Ebrahimi, Hajsafi or Ezatolahi. I am not claiming I am knowledgeable of football even I just won the 3th position in IPL prediction page.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

He dosen't say that.
"...Though confident in building attacks with quick one or two-touch passing, Iran at a World Cup will be well drilled in defence, keeping men organised behind the ball and giving the opposition no space, breaking with frightening speed when their opponents commit too far forward. Expect a 4-5-1 against Portugal and Spain, but potentially a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 against Morocco in a winnable game..."
The question for me is how man DM we use. Against Spain we will need 3 or more. Against Morocco 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3. The first uses 2 DM. The next(4-3-3) one or else the distance between Midfield and defense gets large and we can conceive goal like In Iran Turkey. You can't say CQ always uses 4-3-3. I think he is going to use 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1 against Morocco but 4-3-3 against Spain all 3 midfielders will be defensive. Like Omid Ebrahimi, Hajsafi or Ezatolahi. I am not claiming I am knowledgeable of football even I just won the 3th position in IPL prediction page.

You can think what you want. But I watch the team and dont rely on reports.
Under CQ we never played 4-2-3-1 .
And we never play the entire game 4-1–4-1 either!
We start in 4-3-3 and from there depending which team has ball position we change the formation. This is nothing new, it has been like that for 7 years, and even CQ HIMSELF says it!

Anyway, you are free to interpret what you want!

[DireStraits]

Guys any highlights from the game. Some body wrote a massage that he has seen the highlights.

[Tehranto]

Guys any highlights from the game. Some body wrote a massage that he has seen the highlights.

It's a joke. It was closed door.

[JamB]

Guys any highlights from the game. Some body wrote a massage that he has seen the highlights.

Agha it was a joke dahanimoon service shod

[Irandoust]

From the 1-0 scoreline and the fact that the goal was scored in the last minute, we can conclude that this was a beneficiary friendly game for us and that Lithuania was not an easy opponent. Our team now has exactly one entire week to focus on training and preparing itself for the game against Morocco in one of the best training camps in Russia without being anxious over whether or not our next friendly game will be cancelled.
As we are all aware, Mr Queiroz has been in charge of our national team for more than 7 years now. Unlike the team of 2014 where he had no option but to choose from what was available to him at the time, the team that we have at the moment is his chosen personnel best. From that perspective, we should not be worried over who will start or how we will play in our first game as the best out of what we have available will be presented according to his knowledge and his experience.
And that will not make the life easy for any of our opponents in our up coming matches.