Round of 16 bracket

[DR Strangemoosh]

UAE - KYR

is confirmed also.

So UAE is confirmed Kyr? I hope they enjoy the Kyr. They definitely are suited to Kyr.

[beri486]

Yes you got the message Dr.

[beri486]

LEB needs a win with 3 goal margin to knock out VIE
and get a R16 match with IRI.

[tehroonieh MD]

Mission accomplished for IRI.

UAE - KYR

is confirmed also.

Please stop referring to us as IRI.

[tehroonieh MD]

If we make it to the semis, looks like we will go up against either Japan on Saudi Arabia.

[beri486]

QAT and KSA are between a rock and a hard place.

They will get either get JPN or IRQ in the R16.

Choose the least painful poison I guess.

[persian_pooya]

Please stop referring to us as IRI.

Yes please..

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[beri486]

Please stop referring to us as IRI.

TM currently represents the Islamic Republic of Iran.
That's the reality. But I understand your concern.

[saeed_noro]

I think qatar vs. saudi will be a good match now, because of rivality political and to avoid japan.

i rate saudi arabia football high, as they play flexible football and good passing. they can beat japan also if they become second...

bebinim chi mishe..

[tehroonieh MD]

TM currently represents the Islamic Republic of Iran.
That's the reality. But I understand your concern.

Actually they represent Iranians, not the government.


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[tehroonieh MD]

Why the hell do the networks in Iran only show 1 of the games being played simultaneously? They have 2 networks that show sports, Shabake 3 and Varzesh, yet they only show non-Iran games on Varzesh. The Lebanon - North Korea match has implications of who we play in the next round. They need to show that game as well.

[Ali Doust]

If anyone watched Oman vs Japan, they would know that our match vs Okan will notbbe easy and we will be the underdogs!!

[DR Strangemoosh]

Oman were the strongest Arab team in 2018. They went the whole year unbeaten (14 games) until their B team got thrashed by australia at the end of the year

They won the cup of Arabian countries in the Persian Gulf too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Arabian_Gulf_Cup

Defensively/physically they are always a match for us. We need to bring our A-game

[DR Strangemoosh]

Verbeek has also been very patiently building a team for them over the last few years...

[beri486]

Actually they represent Iranians, not the government.


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Yes we can play with words but the reality is they play the IRI anthem and the
boys sing it before each match.
Did you read what CQ said in his press conference after the IRQ match:

بعد از پیام تشکر رهبرانقلاب علیه من شدند

یک واقعیت وجود دارد آن هم این خواسته وزیر محترم ورزش ایران این نیست که کارلوس کی روش در تیم ملی بماند. ایشان در حالی که باید تحت هر شرایطی از من ، تیمم و همه همکارانم حمایت می کردند هیچ گاه این زحمت را به خود ندادند و مهم تر از همه برنامه های آماده سازی مد نظر من را با تردید اجرایی کردند، برنامه ای ضربه های زیادی خورد تا تیم آن گونه که باید آماده وارد امارات نشود. بعد از پیام تشکر رهبر انقلاب بعد از جام جهانی وزارت ورزش کاملاً علیه من شد.

CQ thinks the "leader" in on his side.
That's my last word on this subject as this is not a political forum.