Best players:
Ghoddos: 8- guy was full of energy and created loads of good chances. Skocic needs to get his head out of his rear end and play this guy 60-70 mins minimum in crucial matches. We could have had the game be over in the first half if he was on the pitch hustling and distributing the ball the way he did. He literally dispossessed a bahraini player at our box dribbled the ball down the field through a few bahraini’s and put a great ball for Mehdi which was 50/50 chance of him scoring. He was everywhere and a total beast.
Torabi: 8 - incredible hustle and pressing the Bahraini’s simply could not handle him. He was breezing by them and out-muscling and out-hustling all of them. Level above the rest IMO and must start vs Iraq
Nourolahi: 7 - one of 2 players in our XI to show up in the first half. Lots of good ball distribution and little to no errors.
Amiri: 7 - pure hustle and heart simply unmatched in that Dept.
Taremi: 7 - missed too many chances but of course made up for his misses
Azmoun: 6.5 - asleep the first half but great second half
Kanaani: 6.5 - won almost all his 50/50 balls. I’m super critical of him usually but today he played a very solid game.
Worst:
Gholizadeh: -23 - might as well have wore a Bahrain jersey. He looked like a modern day shojaei out there losing the ball left and right and not penetrating the holes when he had the opportunity. Literally 0 energy of everyone walking he was walking most.
Hajsafi: ^
Ghoddos: 8- guy was full of energy and created loads of good chances. Skocic needs to get his head out of his rear end and play this guy 60-70 mins minimum in crucial matches. We could have had the game be over in the first half if he was on the pitch hustling and distributing the ball the way he did. He literally dispossessed a bahraini player at our box dribbled the ball down the field through a few bahraini’s and put a great ball for Mehdi which was 50/50 chance of him scoring. He was everywhere and a total beast.
Torabi: 8 - incredible hustle and pressing the Bahraini’s simply could not handle him. He was breezing by them and out-muscling and out-hustling all of them. Level above the rest IMO and must start vs Iraq
Nourolahi: 7 - one of 2 players in our XI to show up in the first half. Lots of good ball distribution and little to no errors.
Amiri: 7 - pure hustle and heart simply unmatched in that Dept.
Taremi: 7 - missed too many chances but of course made up for his misses
Azmoun: 6.5 - asleep the first half but great second half
Kanaani: 6.5 - won almost all his 50/50 balls. I’m super critical of him usually but today he played a very solid game.
Worst:
Gholizadeh: -23 - might as well have wore a Bahrain jersey. He looked like a modern day shojaei out there losing the ball left and right and not penetrating the holes when he had the opportunity. Literally 0 energy of everyone walking he was walking most.
Hajsafi: ^
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