Round of 16 bracket

[diz]

They deserved to win today. The ref stole at least 1 point from them with the bogus penalty given to Japan, and a real penalty not given to Oman. They are tough cookies.

Agreed. They were Ben William'ed.

[Mr.Click]

O man i dont want to play oman

But we played Ye Man 😁

[forzatm]

Whoever that thinks Japan is not strong is dreaming. The Japs have not shifyed from gear 1 yet. They will turn it up in thr knockout stage. Around the same time when our players are gased out from playing in gear 5 all along.

I second that. Yesterday they stopped playing after taking the lead and created many chances until then.

[persiangodfather]

But we played Ye Man 😁

Ya man that was a good game

[IranPuma]

Guys, our focus should not be on the bracket now. Forget the bracket and focus only on the next game. Our focus should always be the next game.

Relax coach, the fans can conjure up scenarios as many times as they want without hurting the team and their priorities I assure you

[Saam]

I'm confused, why is everyone worried about Oman? Am I missing something? Since when are they supposed to be so good that we would be almost as worried about them as a top 5 side? If I remember correctly, we beat them pretty comfortably in the qualifiers and tied them away without much incident.

[diz]

I'm confused, why is everyone worried about Oman? Am I missing something? Since when are they supposed to be so good that we would be almost as worried about them as a top 5 side? If I remember correctly, we beat them pretty comfortably in the qualifiers and tied them away without much incident.

It's the negative/pessimistic/fatalistic Iranian attitude toward everything...it's in our nature!

[sarbaz]

we will beat Oman or whoever of those other Chossi teams that end up third in thier groups

No worries till the Japan match in the semis

[Kavian]

Most of you seem to be the worry type. It is perhaps part of being Iranian. And there is no logic to it. You seem to be less worried when we faced Spain now you are worried to face Oman. What is going on?

[OSTAD POOYA]

There is a good possibility we will face Uzbekistan in the semis if they can hold Japan to a draw or defeat them on match day 3. I think that would be the best path for Iran to go to the final. I am cheering for the Uzbeks against Japan.

[Ghermez Agha]

most likely matchup is looking like either bahrain or oman - either one would seem to be slightly less challenging than vietnam after watching their games. im talking strictly talent/team and how they look because if we consider other factors..... we are talking about arabs and AFC officiating.....

[DR Strangemoosh]

Bahrain is on the other side of the draw if we win our group.

[Real Madrid Fan]

We will face one of the third place team in gourps B, E, F

[DireStraits]

If Syria wins tomorrow we will face Syria if we top our group otherwise Qatar or KSA. There will not be so much difference. What do you think?

[Saam]

I hope it's Syria. It would be good to spank both Syria and Iraq in a row.