AFC Asian Cup 2019 Quarter Final: China-Iran; Info, Updates & Live Updates (24.01.19)

[Nokhodi]

Wow what a great game! Just a reminder, Taremi is NOT suspended for the next game. Yellow cards clear after the quarterfinals.

No. Wrong.

[perspolis#1]

Why we cant celebrate as a nation this huge effort/success of our TM! Many Iranians have so much anger inside themselves and want to
use every single Situation as a "payback".

Croatians too.

[peyman117]

This is the best team melli i've ever seen in the last 40 years

[Omids]

What i love about Taremi the most, that he is creating so much space for other players and creates many chances.
Yet i think that we have Ghoddus for Taremi instead which is a worth compensation:
Something like:
--------Beiravand------------
----PAG-------Kaanani------
Rezaian-----------------MilMo
-----Ebrahmi----Haysafi-----
AJB-------Dejagah---Ghoddus
-------Azmoun-----------------
looks deadly too! I also trust Torabi as a joker for our game against Japan.

Amiri will come back in the midfield

[Saam]

only negative from today is missing Taremi for next match..!! a huge miss too..!
he is an integral part of our starting line up and his offensive partnership with Azmoun will be sorely missed, not to mention his very much understated offensive pressing and his role as a provider ....
very disappointed in CQ FOR WAITING SOOOOOO FKING LONG TO YANK HIM OUT..!!

Silver lining is that Ghoddos, Karim and Torabi are all capable replacements.

[Philosophy_King]

Croatians too.

who cares about Branco. He is an envy snake, nothing more.

[Karimi 8]

It'll be a really tough first 30 minutes, then we will be score before the half, and second half they will come out attacking, and we will score 2 more.

3-0 Iran, goals by Azmoun, Ghoddos, and Torabi.

I hope we see Ghoddos start on the right, and Jahanbaksh on the left!

Haha I was pretty close

[Omids]

Semi final against japan is the virtual final for us. We have to win that.

[Iran Doost]

Yes missing Taremi hurts, but it's not like we're going to play with 10 players. This was absolute domination, and will continue.

[KC McElroy]

We are yet to be scored upon.

[mistermo]

Wow, what a match. These English commentators are clueless, does anyone have their names and Twitter handles?

[Karimi 8]

This may not be the “best squad” ever in terms of quality players but I think this is the best Team Melli TEAM (unity, depth, and fluidity) we had ever had.

[elnino99]

Amazing game by us.

Gutted for Taremi. That was a very harsh yellow.

Torabi or Ghoddos to start at his place vs. Japan ??

[BacheLot]

We need to put this impressive seeming win in perspective a bit..!
This Chinese team was simply toothless and by enlarge finished-off at the end of their last game vs thailand .... !!
its gonna be a major Dogfight vs Japan coming up and we must be firing on all cylinders to get past them into the Final..!! we can ill afford to be nearly as wasteful with our golden chances in that match ..!!

however Bey and our solid defensive form gives me much hope that we will prevail vs japan too, however narrowly..!!

[The Realist]

Played 5, scored 12, conceded Zilch.
What a beast of the team, any team facing Iran, wonders what extraterrestrial plans it needs draw to score against this team, let alone beat them!? 👽

Both against Oman and China, TM did though show that they do start Rushed in the first 5 minutes? If we keep our nerves, we should dispose of a Japan that again was not convincing this time against Vietnam!