Worst loss in the last 20 years

[forzatm]

Which loss hurt you the most?

[mistermo]

The Argentina loss should def be up there

[forzatm]

The Argentina loss should def be up there

Messi's late goal was cruel for Iran but we earned a lot of respect in the match.

[DireStraits]

No way this was our worst lose. It is not so often we come to a semi final. It was an accident.

[persian_parsa]

Last Asian cup against Iraq has to be up there

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[Camran khan]

For me for sure it has to be between our loss vs Iraq and this game..

Never felt this confident that we would go all the way and then we bottle it this badly ffs

[Sam van Dam]

For me for sure it has to be between our loss vs Iraq and this game..

Never felt this confident that we would go all the way and then we bottle it this badly ffs

maybe ben williams did us a favor

[D P P]

why did AFC give us a Qatari referee vs china who f*cking gave taremi a very dubious yellow knowing he will miss the semi with japan.... when Qatar are still in the competition?

also, the pig headedness of this Australian ref vs japan, firstly should have blown and yellow carded the Japanese player for DIVING for a penalty!
THEN when he gives a penalty wrongly, VAR call him to say it was ball to hand, but because he doesn't want to look like he was wrong, still gives the penalty!

we are always done by the refs, this aussie guy knows there are thousands of Japanese in Australia and in the back of his mind that will have been why he still gave the penalty....

this b*llshit ref decisions just keeps continuing and its obvious why...

having said all that i still think that 2001 thing was worse, with gohrain
buts its ok cos every since then and for the rest of eternity they have been and will continue to get DESTROYED by us as repayment.

[teammelli91]

I vote the match vs Saudi Arabia as the worst defeat for many reasons:

1) It was a World Cup Qualifier at home in Azadi.

2) It was against our rivals who we are closer with in terms of region in Asia.

3) Ali Daei was too confident going into the match with starting freakin Ashjari.. No offense to Ashjari but really? You’re gonna put your trust in Ashjari to play against our rivals?

4) Going back to point 2, losing at home and in front of 100,000 something of our fans at home was not fun.

[Abtin]

def this one, cause we had the eyes on the cup, and it was realistic..

[KC McElroy]

The arogh loss stung more given how we had to fight back with 10 players and twice come back from behind. This one was to a better team and by a larger score which didn't really leave any hypothetical scenarios of if only we had done this or that we wouldn't have lost. The arogh loss was close, this one wasn't.

[ehsan singapore]

the saudi game was the worst, this hurt alot, but the saudi one really hurt badly.

[Irannn]

Bahrain 2002 WCQ, but this one against Japan came close to that

[Damavand]

I have been through all the terrible losses going all the way back to 1973 against Australia and none of them hurt as much as this one. For the first time we did not lose the game to our opponent or the refs.

We simply self destructed.

[Spyder]

I have been through all the terrible losses going all the way back to 1973 against Australia and none of them hurt as much as this one. We did not lose this game to our opponent.


We simply self destructed.

Precisely. We were cocky..too confident..after that 1st goal TM turned from a roaring Cheetah to a whimpering kitten on a cold night in Tehran..

Lessons will be learned and hopefully in 4 years time we are still amongst it for another crack at the title although to be honest it’s only going to get tougher from here.

I think the loss to Iraq 4 years ago really didn’t leave us and we were mentally scared ever since. This scar, with the team we had and the positivities from the WC, will last many many many years to come. It’s going to be an emotional journey for players, officials and fans...ultimately I think a massively positive experience in Qatar 2022 will heal that pain..and maybe that still won’t be enough...time will tell...

Damn I love sports!

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