Iran vs Bahrain Match Thread | Live Report, Links, Discussion

[Nokhodi]

Hajsafi should have been the most overrated TM player in last decade.
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Yet ever TM coach loves him, he is the most average player in his position.

[Iran_19]

Wilmots rotated taremi with Mohebi

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[mangekyou]

Why are you using heat as an excuse for our horrible display? We have played in the gulf a million times and a lot of our players have/are playing in Qatar. We have held training camps in UAE countless times and it’s not like we’re Europeans that aren’t used to heat.

[Philosophy_King]

Playing Bahrain in Maname seems to be the toughest Test for TM in Asia. Bad things can happen.

[Nokhodi]

Ref blows the whistle. Ends a miserable first half of football. Players look like they know they stunk up the joint.

[Under Lahaf]

Just a bad, ugly, game so far.
No good football ever happens in Manama.

Us older folks remember.

You must be too old, I don't remember anything

[TM4LIFE]

The thing is, Bahrain looks horrible defensively. We are just playing the absolute worst football I have seen us play in a LONG time. Wilmots needs to take off Karim and play with a midfielder to link up play and let us actually create something besides hoofing it from the wings to a line of 4 forwards.

[KeonKish]

We have had decent chances but the final decision making has been poor.

We also had a lot more opportunities to put the ball in the box but ramin and milad have both been making horrible crosses.

Only a goal from azmoun or taremi can save this game.

Ansarifard and Hajsafi out.

Bring in Nourollahi and mehrdad mohammadi

[IranPuma]

No quality in the midfield. At all, holy shit. We're really missing that quality from ghoddos or JB. Even the simplicity of passing from shojaei or dejegah. These young guys can't complete a pass for shit today, think they're just nervous maybe? Bahrains midfield looks better composed, but lucky for us they're awful up front lol

[Farhad-7]

Bad display by both teams especially TM. Exactly what Bahrain wants. Yes, I know heat and humidity is insane there too.

Fuck the referee though who's been paid off clearly by some Bahraini sheikhs to keep the time wasting during throw ins, fks, and field kicks by their GK to keep going. And 0 added time.

[Stmaserati]

Do we have a midfield? It seems the only guy supplying the attackers is Beiranvand

[rjafari]

this is a game where jahanbakhsh and ghoddos would be really helpful

[CHaMiLLionaire]

This isn't going to be another Cambodia. It is clear the humidity is 100% -- have you ever tried to play in such humidity? You can barely breathe.

That said, Wilmots has some tactical changes to make, we need a taller midfielder instead of Hajsafi -- bring on Ali Karimi or Nourolahi.

We also need to bring in Shojaei for Mohebi and start to string together some passes in midfield. Shojaei is perfect for this game, not alot of running required.

This is one of those games where we will have more dangerous chances, but they may score on a fluke.

[The]

The first half can be summed up as such:

[BacheLot]

Exactly! Hajsafi just sucks the energy out of the team with his mistakes..and karim is not even playing lol

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and he makes so freaking many of them game after game..!! he is everywhere and he still does nothing

havent been able to see much of the game due shitt links but the little bit ive seen Karim hasnt been involved either

that new kid #16 mohebi has looked ok though...? was worried about him in the starting line of this game.