Post-match analysis

[Preezy]

Khalilzadeh - shoves a player in a non stressful situation. This shows that he is a player who can't handle pressure which is why he was excluded for his stressful plays when Carlos was the coach.

Kanaani - gives a free corner to the opponent during build-up play from the back. That is unacceptable.

Hajsafi - he shot the latest NASA missile on live tv. He goes on to raise his arms to block the goalkeeper from throwing the ball as if it's a basketball game. He continues to pass and cross aimlessly; without any technique, hoping that the ball reaches a player. For the hundredth time, don't call him up anymore.

Azmoun - Very sloppy in his passes and shooting. Don't tell me he wasn't trying because it was a friendly game. He was terrible.

Taremi - desperate for a goal which resulted with sloppy finishing and bad judgements in his decision-making.

Ansarifard - scored the best goal he ever has for Iran. The player who passed him gave him a horrendous ball which Ansarifard turned into liquid gold (who passed Ansarifard?). Azmoun wasn't even capable of playing like that.

Beiranvand - man of the match by far. World class save and assist. He should've had another.


What are these urgent-stressed passes? This team has no understanding of the weight of the pass. Syria gifted Iran countless chances. Iran did nothing. If this was
a strong European team, it would've been at least 7 goals.

Iran was wasteful. The 3 goals mean nothing in terms of how solid this team is.

Skocic has already lost if he gets blinded by the scoreline. This team isn't functional. It lacks creativity and decision-making. Jahanbakhsh, Ghoddos and Gholizadeh MUST be on the pitch at the same time. This is the lineup we MUST have:


--------------Azmoun-----------------

Taremi---Gholizadeh--Jahanbakhsh

------Ezatolahi-----Ghoddos---------

Milad--Hosseini--PAG--Moharrami

------------Beiranvand----------------

[Doctor DOOM]

Given that it's been quite a few months since we played a match, it's ok to be a bit haphazard and uncoordinated.
New coach. New formation. New tactics. Long layoff. Rusty players.
so I wouldnt criticize them too much

an optimist would say this would be a decent first step to build the team on, and gel the players better.
We desperately need to play at least 3 more games before we actually take on the WCQ's

[Lorestani]

Given that it's been quite a few months since we played a match, it's ok to be a bit haphazard and uncoordinated.
New coach. New formation. New tactics. Long layoff. Rusty players.
so I wouldnt criticize them too much

an optimist would say this would be a decent first step to build the team on, and gel the players better.
We desperately need to play at least 3 more games before we actually take on the WCQ's

There won't be any more friendlies. The next game is a WCQ match.

[Doctor DOOM]

^ sadly I know. It's IFF afterall (poor terrorists in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, ... need to eat)!!
That was more wishful thinking.

[puddha]

There won't be any more friendlies. The next game is a WCQ match.

Thankfully, it'll be against Hong Kong and Cambodia

[perspolis#1]

Thankfully, it'll be against Hong Kong and Cambodia

Our next game is against Hong Kong. The one after that is Bahrain

[milad_b]

Our next camp is in kish (26th of may) and I think there will be a friendly game for Team melli. Not sure which team tho.

They wanted to change from kish to UAE but sadly it was refused.

There won't be any more friendlies. The next game is a WCQ match.

[Taz]

That was disgusting. As disgusting as 3-0 wins get. Yes, Syria may be a decent side and yes we won easily and kept a clean-sheet but Beiro and Ebrahimi aside, no player comes out of that looking good. To make 2 elite strikers look so hopeless is truly an art. No idea what the Bosnian war criminal is doing in training but all the signs are there for a bumpy June and a generally hopeless team against top opposition.

I do think we probably have to accept this bezan ziresh and inshallah style as our primary style now so with that in mind, you may as well get rid of Gholi and embrace Beiro being our playmaker. What a sad sad state of affairs. RIP CQ, we bulldozed your castle and put up a portable toilet in its place.

[inarsenewetrust]

Overall impression is that our general play is very weak, building attacks, establishing control over midfield, etc. We resorted to bezan ziresh a lot. Offensively we had zero chemistry and I think that all stems from the train wreck that was taking place in midfield.

The three of Hajsafi,Nourollahi, and Amiri were a nightmare combo. Esp the first 2. Amiri at least has his typical saving grace that he covered a lot of ground. Hajsafi is just not TM material and I cant believe some people on this board STILL call him serviceable. He is not serviceable, he is horrible and a huge waste of space.

In addition bc he is so experienced nobody can say anything to him! Gholi was taking fantastic corners and Salmani who imo has even better corners than gholi (and is already Portimonense set piece taker whenever he is on the pitch) was still playing when suddenly CAPITAN comes over after a horrendous free kick and decides to redeem himself with corner kick, right to Syrian GK. The guy is an unmitigated disaster in all aspects of play.

Gholi,Azmoun,Taremi trio looked not so good but I will not blame them too much. They are 3 of our best players in many previous games and are performing at high levels this year in europe. To me they were not being used or supplied correctly.

Another very concerning aspect for me was lack of intensity and focus across the board. You would think with this being first friendly in so long players would be very motivated to make positive impact on coaching staff, didnt seem that is the case and is a worry.

As for positives, there were just a few:

Beiro was by far MOTM. I dont think he should be questioned anymore for TM. Saved a 100% goal (I dont think amir saves that) and basically assisted azmouns goal (which taremi initially missed). He also had a trademark throw right into taremi's path to start the second half which taremi missed on a 1v1. His exits were also solid.

Also impressed by Shoja, and good to see ebrahimi looking strong on return.

Ratings :

Beiro - 8 . Discussed above. His play with feet also looks more assured since moving to europe

Salmani - 6 . Nothing great or bad. The fact he was preferred to nemati and tikdari despite playing LW in portugal just shows how useless those 2 are.

Shoja - 7.5. Strong in 1v1 situations, good in tackle, solid in possession. He is fix in xi with PAG moving forward.

Kanani - 7. Scored a great header, resorted to long balls a lot which was annoying but if I was a cb and looked up to hajsafi,amiri, and nourollahi checking for the ball I would also do simple risk/reward analysis and hack it long.

Milad - 5.5. He has improved a good amount for gent this season, especially offensively, but didnt show it today. He is still by far the best LB and nobody is close but he is the type who needs coach to really be continuously making sure he is in the zone. He loses focus on offensive side of game too much today with bad touches and crosses.

Hajsafi - 1 . I dont think I need to elaborate anymore on this guy. How many horrendous games in a row???

Nourollahi - 4. A very poor game by him. Kept trying stupid passes over the top that were never there. Weak in possession generally speaking and nowhere near level of ezatolahi and ebrahimi.

Amiri-5. Also horrible in possession. But not as bad as the first two and pressed well at least.

Gholi-6.5 . Two assists and showed some good moments, but also out of sync with front two and made some bad decisions in possession. Syrians tried to play very physical with him and in general he had trouble finding space, but I also think the midfields passes to him had a lot to do with that.

Taremi-5. Bad in possession and in finishing, but as any forward would struggled with no organization behind him.

Azmoun - 5.5 Same as taremi but scored 1 and had a couple good combo plays with gholi.

Subs :
Ebrahimi- 7. For whoever saying he is old and should be dropped lol.
Noorafkan - 5. He should never play midfield imo and is much better as a LB.
Jalali - 6.5. Nice crosses and looked decent overall for debut at 22 y/o.
Ansarifard-7 Nice goal. At least he looked sharp and motivated. Is in direct competition with Kaveh for squad spot imo.

The other subs were not on long enough for rating.

From now on, please...
----------Beiro----------
Moha----PAG--Shoja--Milad
-----Ezatolahi---Ebrahimi---
Gholi/ARJ---Ghoddos---Taremi
----------Azmoun--------

Azmoun and Taremi looked way stronger in this formation than in 2 striker formation. in 2 CF formation they kind of occupy similar spaces on the pitch and also force us to play a formation that cant work in ghoddos, who will be key for this team moving forward.

[PSGman#19]

As we have to many problems to find decent DM behind Ezza and Ebrahimi, I wonder if we can put PAG in DM again

[Ostad_Goosfand]

Overall impression is that our general play is very weak, building attacks, establishing control over midfield, etc. We resorted to bezan ziresh a lot. Offensively we had zero chemistry and I think that all stems from the train wreck that was taking place in midfield.

The three of Hajsafi,Nourollahi, and Amiri were a nightmare combo. Esp the first 2. Amiri at least has his typical saving grace that he covered a lot of ground. Hajsafi is just not TM material and I cant believe some people on this board STILL call him serviceable. He is not serviceable, he is horrible and a huge waste of space.

In addition bc he is so experienced nobody can say anything to him! Gholi was taking fantastic corners and Salmani who imo has even better corners than gholi (and is already Portimonense set piece taker whenever he is on the pitch) was still playing when suddenly CAPITAN comes over after a horrendous free kick and decides to redeem himself with corner kick, right to Syrian GK. The guy is an unmitigated disaster in all aspects of play.

Gholi,Azmoun,Taremi trio looked not so good but I will not blame them too much. They are 3 of our best players in many previous games and are performing at high levels this year in europe. To me they were not being used or supplied correctly.

Another very concerning aspect for me was lack of intensity and focus across the board. You would think with this being first friendly in so long players would be very motivated to make positive impact on coaching staff, didnt seem that is the case and is a worry.

As for positives, there were just a few:

Beiro was by far MOTM. I dont think he should be questioned anymore for TM. Saved a 100% goal (I dont think amir saves that) and basically assisted azmouns goal (which taremi initially missed). He also had a trademark throw right into taremi's path to start the second half which taremi missed on a 1v1. His exits were also solid.

Also impressed by Shoja, and good to see ebrahimi looking strong on return.

Ratings :

Beiro - 8 . Discussed above. His play with feet also looks more assured since moving to europe

Salmani - 6 . Nothing great or bad. The fact he was preferred to nemati and tikdari despite playing LW in portugal just shows how useless those 2 are.

Shoja - 7.5. Strong in 1v1 situations, good in tackle, solid in possession. He is fix in xi with PAG moving forward.

Kanani - 7. Scored a great header, resorted to long balls a lot which was annoying but if I was a cb and looked up to hajsafi,amiri, and nourollahi checking for the ball I would also do simple risk/reward analysis and hack it long.

Milad - 5.5. He has improved a good amount for gent this season, especially offensively, but didnt show it today. He is still by far the best LB and nobody is close but he is the type who needs coach to really be continuously making sure he is in the zone. He loses focus on offensive side of game too much today with bad touches and crosses.

Hajsafi - 1 . I dont think I need to elaborate anymore on this guy. How many horrendous games in a row???

Nourollahi - 4. A very poor game by him. Kept trying stupid passes over the top that were never there. Weak in possession generally speaking and nowhere near level of ezatolahi and ebrahimi.

Amiri-5. Also horrible in possession. But not as bad as the first two and pressed well at least.

Gholi-6.5 . Two assists and showed some good moments, but also out of sync with front two and made some bad decisions in possession. Syrians tried to play very physical with him and in general he had trouble finding space, but I also think the midfields passes to him had a lot to do with that.

Taremi-5. Bad in possession and in finishing, but as any forward would struggled with no organization behind him.

Azmoun - 5.5 Same as taremi but scored 1 and had a couple good combo plays with gholi.

Subs :
Ebrahimi- 7. For whoever saying he is old and should be dropped lol.
Noorafkan - 5. He should never play midfield imo and is much better as a LB.
Jalali - 6.5. Nice crosses and looked decent overall for debut at 22 y/o.
Ansarifard-7 Nice goal. At least he looked sharp and motivated. Is in direct competition with Kaveh for squad spot imo.

The other subs were not on long enough for rating.

From now on, please...
----------Beiro----------
Moha----PAG--Shoja--Milad
-----Ezatolahi---Ebrahimi---
Gholi/ARJ---Ghoddos---Taremi
----------Azmoun--------

Azmoun and Taremi looked way stronger in this formation than in 2 striker formation. in 2 CF formation they kind of occupy similar spaces on the pitch and also force us to play a formation that cant work in ghoddos, who will be key for this team moving forward.

this will be the lineup with Amiri instead of Ghoddos. not my preference but that is what skocic will do.

[rjafari]

Our next game is against Hong Kong. The one after that is Bahrain

Yes unfortunately we need to approach Hong Kong as our "friendly" for Bahrain
and Cambodia as our "friendly" for Iraq

Situationally - this has become much harder than it should have been, even with the Wilmots disasters
but our Midfield needs to be figured out - but need to balance the better MF players with giving them some rest with the heat and 4 games in 12 days. Just not sure I see how this is going to work.

[inarsenewetrust]

As we have to many problems to find decent DM behind Ezza and Ebrahimi, I wonder if we can put PAG in DM again

salmani from sepahan might be the answer in the future. Early days but for 19 years old he looks super promising.

[Taz]

As mentioned above, barring injuries or a late run to CL glory for Vejle/Al-whatever-the-craphole-Omid-plays-for, the midfield quartet of Ehsan, Noura, Amiri and Gholi seems a fix given they have started all Skocic's games and been preferred to all other options at least once (with exception of ARJ who doesn't fit this system [which system does he? ]). Choosing Ehsan over Omid is a major problem as today demonstrated.

My only other worry is this mug benching PAG in preference for the Persepolis twins at the back who each have approximately 64 mistakes in them. It would be a ridiculous decision but I have full faith Dragan is capable of such idiocy.

[Ari]

I'm more surprised of you guys that u could see something in that game. Overall it was a horrible game with some individual effort. So a typical iranian game without plan. Welcome back to pre-CQ-team melli. By the way: Wow are those jerseys ugly.