Beware of sharks: Queiroz wary as Iran storm into Asian Cup semis

[DR Strangemoosh]

http://www.the-afc.com/asiancup/news...ng-for-ir-iran


"For us to be labelled favourites is not correct, it is an ill-fitting tag."

Confirmed underdog status from the man himself.

“I always say to my team that after a match the Iranian shirt must always be in a higher place. What we did against China will not work [in the match against Japan], so we need to ensure that we improve game after game.”

This is a great attitude for us to have as underdogs. Thanks CQ.

[nisfejahan]

Iran are 3 to 1 favorites to win the match against Japan according to the odds makers.
Plus overall favorites to win the Asian cup this year.

Japan's defense is shaky even against teams like Vietnam and Turkmenistan. Should be a winnable match but not with "aliasgari style" goals like today.

Those goals were anything but "ali asghari". It was clear from positioning of Azmun and the frequency and the location of those long balls that the coaches know the chinese defense is shaky and used it as a tactic. Azmun robbed the chinese quite a few times. He scored on two of those of those occasions.

[Roxanaz80]

And we call on Sohrab, Rostam, Siavash to help us achieve victory.

Peris also form part of the mythogical army that Kiumars drew up to fight Ahriman ...