2022 World Cup Qualifier: Iran - Syria; Updates, Pics & Vid, Live Stream (02.09.2021)

[Iranianarsenal11]

Not really defending Skocic, but do you guys remember the last two times CQ's team played Syria?

0-0 and a 2-2 draw...

Ugly win but a win is a win. I'm more concerned why the F Saman was taken out at half considering he was our best player by far...

[Keshwardoost]

the english commentator was ok, but he kept calling Taremi for Tahimi first 40 minutes and called Marijo Tot for Skokic all game long
also he had 15 different versions on Jahanbakhs, best one was Jabakax..
and they cut the broadcating when Jahanbakhs started his intervue

[Karimi 8]

The only positive is that I don't think it can get any worse, and we got the three points. Syria really pushed for a draw at the end

[Nokhodi]

I think Ezatollahi was good defensive, but his transition play was very slow. If he gets his speed back our rate of attack will be much better.
Ghodoos was excellent and should not have been subbed.

Amiri was inconsistent, but again look at how much he was covering. Even in the 1st half he had to cross from Left to right to cover Salmani's gaps.
Gholizadeh was bad. Just seems out of it. I don't know what's going on with him.
Mohammadi seemed like he had just gotten out of a really deep sleep.
Salmani pretty damn bad, hesistant to defend, slow to attack. Didn't use any of his physical capabilities.
Shoja and Kanaan were good - just slow. Teams with lots of transition play up top will cause lots of trouble.
Noorollahi - invisible.
JB - Positioning was excellent - everything else bad. His goal was great though so damesh garm, even if it was a deflection.
Sarlak was doing a great job too but got injured. No complaints and a competent sub for us going forward.
Taremi - damn talented, strong, did a lot of work, but he needs to stop being so hot headed always. He's being coached by a maniac in Porto (and playing alongside maniacs too) so he's actually more crazy now than when he was in Iran. Still a key player for us.
Beiranvand - excellent. Confident. Cool. Got us out of what could have been some messy set pieces.

TM plays at the level of its opponents guys - Let's hope we can actually play our game versus Iraq. They will play very much like Syria - slow, physical, and annoying.

[Prowess]

I think we all need to take into context the following for this game: the players had limited time with each other, Syria was a dogged opponent, and this is the 1st game of this round’s qualifiers.
In spite of the sloppy last 20 minutes, definitely saw lots of positive passing sequences throughout the game.
We not only got the 3 points, but this served as a good friendly before Iraq in terms of having a tenacious and physical opponent. Obviously, there’s room to improve, but it’s way too soon to freak out.

[Nokhodi]

I am glad for the 3 points but it really hurt to watch this game. From CQ era to this shitty era

I get what you're saying man but we had some real bad games with CQ too, especially the Arab teams.

[Soosk]

The most important thing is we got three points. The extra good news is the goalless draw between Korea and Iraq and right now UAE and Lebanon are also playing to a scoreless draw. If these results hold, these 3 points from the match with Syria will look even better. We will sit atop the table as clear group leader.

But I do agree with the sentiment that this win was quite ugly. Boy do we miss Azmoun.

[P-Rug]

Agreed it was an ugly game, but those 3 pts are what matters with the lack of preparation etc. Japan lost, Korea lost points, Saudia Arabia is down to Vietnam currently, and we also saw in the Euro qualifiers yesterday that there are rarely any pushover teams any longer; so we should count our blessings for the 3 pts and hope coaching staff can make adjustments vs Iraq. 1/10 of the way there.

[Dubxl152]

Not really defending Skocic, but do you guys remember the last two times CQ's team played Syria?

0-0 and a 2-2 draw...

Ugly win but a win is a win. I'm more concerned why the F Saman was taken out at half considering he was our best player by far...

While I don't agree with his sub because you never sub off your best player, I stand by the fact that it had to be fitness related. When was the last time Saman played a full 90?

Last outing for Brentford he lasted 66min. Now if Saman is not starting against Iraq skocic needs to put the pipe down.

Thankful for the 3 points and hopefully we can clean up our sloppy play by next Tuesday.

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[tooleh khers]

I am glad for the 3 points but it really hurt to watch this game. From CQ era to this shitty era

Yes, from not winning to winning.

[inarsenewetrust]

Bad game is not the central issue imo.

We played very crap games vs HK,a horrible first half vs bahrain (As bad as today). Still pulled it together vs Iraq. Its hard when guys have no friendlies (cant really blame IFF here, there is simply no time alotted in current fifa schedule for friendlies as everything is congested making up for the missed FIFA days due to covid earlier). Its hard to have the team fully ready from minute 1 of first game.

I find it more concerning with some of these personnel choices. How can Saeid be motm but only be subbed in off bench bc of Sarlak concussion? Sarlak could hardly complete a pass greater than 5 yards in his time on the pitch.

How is Jafar Salmani still being forced onto RB post? He shouldnt even be in the squad...

Why is best player Ghoddos being subbed at HT??? Him and Saeid is the only thing giving midfield some element of control since nourollahi just runs himself into the ground without ever being able to lift his head and scan for other players around him (see that stupid pass he made to GK when trying to find taremi...Taremi had pulled the defenders towards himself giving wide open lane to torabi on far side. Nourollahi with head down as usual cant see a thing)

These are weird decisions and its hard for me to accept after 8 games skocic is still fvking around with the personnel so much. Jafar is not TM material, Saeid and Saman are the best midfielders on the team. There should be no reason for confusion on personnel at this stage.

[Keshwardoost]

1 Iran 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 UAE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Iraq 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4Lebanon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 SKorea1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Syria 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
live table 70 min draw uea libanon

https://www.livescore.com/en/footbal...round-group-a/

[AIrani]

Tabrik to all.

I am happy with the win. Now, Japan losing we are # 1 in Asia. LOL.

[KC McElroy]

Yes, from not winning to winning.

[Kiarash]

Not the best performance, but at the end we got the W and that’s all we needed. On to the next.