Your Line-Up Against Portugal

[Mr.Click]

Everybody bear in mind that Portugal doesn't neccessarly need to win, a tie will get them through facing two possible opponents that are similar in strength.
I expect Portugal to play a cautious game to muster at least one point,.. they now know Iran can be very dangerous on counters.

We need more speed up front, I'd start Gucci instead of Ansarifar

[KasraKhan]

Vahid "the Machine" Amiri is a must-start.

Beiro
RR-PAG-Majid-Hajsafi (MilMo)
Omid--Ezzat--The Machine
ARJ--Sardar--Taremi

[Kiarash]

Beiranvand

Mohammadi - Pouraliganji - M. Hosseini - Rezaeian

Hajsafi (C) - Ezatolahi

Dejagah

Jahanbakhsh - Azmoun - Amiri


Ghoddos in for Amiri when needed, Ebrahimi in case if we need to defend a lead.

[AsOen5]

Beiranvand

Mohammadi - Pouraliganji - M. Hosseini - Rezaeian

Hajsafi (C) - Ezatolahi

Dejagah

Jahanbakhsh - Azmoun - Amiri


Ghoddos in for Amiri when needed, Ebrahimi in case if we need to defend a lead.

I also thought about the Mohammadi speed on Ronaldos side. Now that he is our most known face because of that Throw-In. Maybe we would see a lot of clips with him shutting CR7 down

[KasraKhan]

It has been Ramin's dream to face CR for his entire life, and I am not about to deprive him of it now. Plus, imagine all the gherti-bazi Ramin will pull off against CR, that will be worth it in and of itself.

[euphory]

Everybody bear in mind that Portugal doesn't neccessarly need to win, a tie will get them through facing two possible opponents that are similar in strength.
I expect Portugal to play a cautious game to muster at least one point,.. they now know Iran can be very dangerous on counters.

We need more speed up front, I'd start Gucci instead of Ansarifar

Well said! This is it! CQ knows it too and will most likely go all out with a bang to get to the next stage! Portugal might want to try and do what we did and have CR7 up in front to catch the ball for a quick counter. We Have Hope! We will Go Trough!

[shahabGAOL]

We must play full on our attack forget defending

We need a WIN

[KasraKhan]

For those saying that we need to play full on attack, I respectfully disagree. That would be playing to Portugal's strength who is molded very similar to our own TM.

You know what's harder than scoring 1 goal? Scoring 2 goals. If Portugal catches us on a counter and scores, TM is virtually doomed as our goal-scoring woes are well-known and scoring 2 goals is tough for TM vs Qatar, let alone Portugal.

We need to come out cautious, and pick our spots on counters and free kicks. If, after a certain amount of time such as the 60th minute, we are still tied, then CQ can push the boys forward.

[ali8karimi]

beiranvand
rezaeian-hosseini-pag-milmo
ezzat-ebrahimi
jb-ghoddos-amiri
azmoon

[naderb94]

beiranvand
rezaeian-hosseini-pag-milmo
ezzat-ebrahimi
jb-ghoddos-amiri
azmoon

Perfect lineup. I wouldn’t mind Dejagah starting and Ghoddos coming in for him in the 2nd half. I would put Taremi instead of Amiri. We need to go all out for the win.

[Medzdidz]

CQ isn't going to all of a sudden change his style of play or the formation he has been putting out. As kasra said we would just play into Portugals hands, this will be a very tactical game.

[Fesenjan]

Same lineup as Iran-Spain except Ghoddos in for Ansarifard.

Beiranvand
Rezaeian/Pouraliganji/Hosseini/Hajsafi
Ezatolahi/Ebrahimi
Taremi/Ghoddos/Amiri
Azmoun

Taremi and Amiri have been terrific on the wings and, in my view, earned their starting spots against Portugal. Excluding JB feels odd, but these two guys just fit CQ's system better - less technical, but more physically imposing and useful in defense.

Game plan should remain the same - play compact, frustrate the opponent, and play with pace on the counter-attacks.

[vatanparast]

beiro
ramin maji paj mimo
saeed
jb hajsafi amiri
taremi azmoun

I love omid and he has played really well, but Hajsafi can help defend and play in the middle with some nice through balls. we need jb.

[shahname]

Same lineup as Iran-Spain except Ghoddos in for Ansarifard.

Beiranvand
Rezaeian/Pouraliganji/Hosseini/Hajsafi
Ezatolahi/Ebrahimi
Taremi/Ghoddos/Amiri
Azmoun

Taremi and Amiri have been terrific on the wings and, in my view, earned their starting spots against Portugal. Excluding JB feels odd, but these two guys just fit CQ's system better - less technical, but more physically imposing and useful in defense.
Game plan should remain the same - play compact, frustrate the opponent, and play with pace on the counter-attacks.

I totally agree with you on Amiri and Taremi. I would even say attacking wise, Taremi was the most impressive Iranian player against Spain. He hosteled, dribbled and headed many balls.
My lineup is pretty close to yours except I would start Gucci instead of Azmoun and if Ashkan is fit, I would play him instead of Ghoddos. Then depending on the result, Ghoddos could replace any of our attacking players that have run out of gas. Ansarifard could replace Gucci or Jahanbakhsh could be a sub for Amiri.

[Medzdidz]

The positive we do have is that the opposition won't be able to guess which players we will put out , this will work in our favour. For example with England's you could probably name 10 of the players on the team sheet before it comes out.