Your Line-Up Against Portugal

[fairplay]

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.

But then again Portugal may just sit back and invite Iran to attack as they probably need only a draw to progress

[Ghermez Agha]

Beiranvand

Ramin Hosseini PAG Milad Mo

Ebrahimi Ezi

Dejagah Ghoddos Amiri

Azmoun




Edit: wowwww I forgot our best player vs Spain (Ezi).....corrected it now

[zereshk-ali]

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.

Agree with this but I’d start MiMo over Hajsafi to have the pace to deal with Ronaldo as he drifts wide right with Hosseini and/or Ezza marking him aerially.

If Dejagah was fully fit I’d even give him a start and look to bring the fresh legs of both Ghoddos and JB on around 60 mins if we still need a goal.

[Fesenjan]

Agree with this but I’d start MiMo over Hajsafi to have the pace to deal with Ronaldo as he drifts wide right with Hosseini and/or Ezza marking him aerially.
If Dejagah was fully fit I’d even give him a start and look to bring the fresh legs of both Ghoddos and JB on around 60 mins if we still need a goal.

Definitely agree that MiMo bolsters our defense and matches up favorably with Ronaldo, so I'd still be happy to see him start at LB. It just seems to me that Ehsan, Saeid, and Omid have a sort of calming presence about them that few others can provide, and I think CQ really values that - the "glue guys," you could say.

[milad_b]

When CQ was asked why he didn't play some players against spain he said due to tiredness . This makes me think that Ehsan , Karim and Taremi and possibly Azmoun will not start the game against portugal . We have to wait and see who is ready n fresh on that day.

Karim , Taremi and Amiri ran the most in out team. Karim was substituted due to tiredness in spain game

[leviathan]

Is Ghoochannajhad ok to play? who is out of Portegul game beside Cheshmi?

[persiangodfather]

We should play the rested players

[Sam van Dam]

--------------------Beiro---------------
----Ramin--Hossieni---PAG----MiMo---
-----------Ezza--------Omid------------
----AJB-------Ghoddos--------Amiri---
------------------Gucci-------------------

Gucci, AJB, Ghoddos, Ezza, and MiMo are all rested. I assume CQ has been benching Dejagah for this exact game. if we still need a goal, id sub him for Amiri around 75' and put Ghoddos on the left flank. the quartet of AJB, Ghoddos, Dejagah, and Gucci did some damage during the last 10 minutes of that Turkey game.

depending on score, id sub Taremi for Omid and go to a 4-4-2 diamond formation. with gucci and taremi as the strikers

i don't have faith in karim as he wastes for sure goals on a consistent basis. maybe azmoun for gucci.

Ghoddos has been our missing link this whole tournament, i hope CQ has been limiting his playing time in friendlies and past two game with the intention that he doesn't want portugal to know his abilities. #CQMindGames

we still should play a defensive game however, as someone said, 2 goals is harder to score than 1. we proved vs spain that our attack is dangerous, although there is no build up. our guys just need to think before they get the ball, last thing we need is for someone to kick the ball away with their head down when they had potential options available.

i have a good feeling about this game, but at the end of the day, the ref and penaldo will dictate the outcome of this game if we let them

[Leicester City]

I'd start Azmoun since he promised a victory!

[Philosophy_King]

My Lineup:
----------Beiro-----------
----PAG-------Hosseini---
Rezaian-------------MilMo
-------Ezzatolahi---------
-Dejagah---------Ghoddus
AJB----Gucci--------Amiri

I think that in our last game we should start with some
rested players, since they have full energy to compete
and the suprise-effect for the oppnonent. So thats the
reason why we should give our experienced players
Dejagah, Ghoddus, Gucci a chance. Specialy Gucci can
help us with his scoring instint and since Azmoun is
a mental destable state.
I choose not to star with Ebrahimi, since we need a win
and therefore have to create chances which.

[FF187]

Ghoddos needs to get his chance. he will definitely play his heart out against Portugal. the question is whom to take out...

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[FF187]

guys we need a game thread...

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[milad_b]

Don't count on Karim and Hajsafi and possibly Taremi. Most probably CQ won't play them due to tiredness . That was the reason he didn't play AJB against spain

[Danoosh]

But then again Portugal may just sit back and invite Iran to attack as they probably need only a draw to progress

different game this, portugal is going for the win, they want to secure the first place

[Danoosh]

line up:

gk: beiranvand

rezaeian
pouraliganji
cheshmi,
hajsafi
ebrahimi,
ezza,
amiri,
jahanbaksh
Taremi
karim ansarifard

Cheshmi because I know cheshmi is not injured, carlos saved him for this match.😉 carlos knew this is going to be our final.