WC22 TM's preparation and friendlies

[Rooyintan]

توضیح فدراسیون فوتبال عمان درباره درخواست ایران برای برگزاری بازی دوستانه
توضیح فدراسیون فوتبال عمان درباره درخواست ایران برای برگزاری بازی دوستانه

فدراسیون فوتبال عمان درباره دلیل رد درخواست ایران برای برگزاری بازی دوستانه توضیح داد و اعلام کرد دلیل مخالفت با این درخواست برانکو نبوده است.

به گزارش ایسنا، تیم ملی فوتبال ایران که در قطر اردو زده است پیشنهاد برگزاری دیداری دوستانه را با عمان داد که عمانی*ها با این درخواست مخالفت کردند. بعضی از رسانه*های داخلی نوشتند که برانکو مخالف برگزاری این بازی دوستانه بود اما فدراسیون فوتبال عمان این مورد را رد کرد.

در بیانیه فدراسیون فوتبال عمان آمده است: برنامه*ریزی برای تیم ملی از قبل و هماهنگ*شده است. ما قرار است که دو دیدار دوستانه برابر نپال و نیوزلند در قطر برگزار کنیم. دیدار نخست در سوم ژوئن و بازی دوم در نهم است. این در حالی است که ایران درخواست بازی در ششم ژوئن را داد که این باتوجه به خستگی تیم امکانپذیر نیست. ایران تیمی بزرگ و پرطرفدار در منطقه است اما درخواست این کشور در زمان مناسبی نبود و به همین خاطر به درخواست آنها پاسخ منفی دادیم.»

https://www.isna.ir/news/14010316104...A7%D8%B1%DB%8C

[Rooyintan]

قرارداد دیدار دوستانه ایران-الجزایر امضا شد

قرارداد برگزاری دیدار دوستانه ایران و الجزایر از سوی دو فدراسیون امضا شد تا اولین بازی تیم ملی در راه آماده*سازی جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ قطعی شود.
قرارداد دیدار دوستانه ایران-الجزایر امضا شد

قرارداد برگزاری دیدار دوستانه ایران و الجزایر از سوی دو فدراسیون امضا شد تا اولین بازی تیم ملی در راه آماده*سازی جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ قطعی شود.

تیم ملی فوتبال کشورمان که پس از لغو دیدار با کانادا، اردوی خود را در قطر برگزار کرده در روز 22 خردادماه در دوحه به مصاف الجزایر خواهد رفت.

قرارداد این بازی دوستانه پس از مذاکرات و توافق میان فدراسیون فوتبال دو کشور امضا شد و حالا قطر با هماهنگی فدراسیون فوتبال ایران و الجزایر جزئیات حضور شاگردان جمال بلماضی، سرمربی الجزایر را دنبال خواهد کرد.

این دیدار قرار است در ورزشگاه نادی القطر برگزار شود که در مرکز شهر دوحه قرار دارد و به هتل تیم ملی ایران نزدیک است.

به این ترتیب، ایران در اردوی فعلی خود حداقل یک بازی دوستانه برگزار خواهد کرد.

https://www.sharghdaily.com/%D8%A8%D...7-%D8%B4%D8%AF

[Rooyintan]

تکذیب خبر برگزاری دیدار دوستانه بین تیم های ملی ایران و روسیه

مدیر رسانه ای تیم ملی فوتبال ایران، با انتشار توییتی برگزاری بازی دوستانه با روسیه را تکذیب کرد.
تکذیب خبر برگزاری دیدار دوستانه بین تیم های ملی ایران و روسیه

محمد جماعت ، مدیر رسانه ای تیم ملی فوتبال ایران ، با انتشار توییتی برگزاری بازی دوستانه با روسیه را تکذیب کرد.

این در حالی است یک منبع آگاه در فدراسیون فوتبال کشورمان تائید کره بود که فدراسیون فوتبال روسیه، پیشنهاد برگزاری یک دیدار دوستانه در ماه سپتامبر (۳ ماه دیگر) را به ایران داده است و با توجه به محرومیت تیم ملی فوتبال روسیه از سوی فیفا، ایران با ارسال ایمیل هایی به دنبال استعلام گرفتن از فدراسیون بین المللی فوتبال برای اجازه برگزاری این بازی است.

https://www.afkarnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%...B3%DB%8C%D9%87

[Rooyintan]

I think Skocic only approves Canada, Arab or AFC teams as friendly opponents. Let's hope that before the World Cup in November he approves Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland or at least from former Yugoslavia.

With this mentality, Team Melli is finito at the World Cup, 3 huge loss is awaiting TM.

[allan123]

Why not friendly game against Qatar

[mahestan]

Why not friendly game against Qatar

Qatar is holding camp in Spain.

We really need to make this answer a sticky, it gets asked each new page this thread creates

[inarsenewetrust]

Skocic major error was cancelling of new zealand game. His given reason was it would be too hard on players to return from canada then play NZ.

To me that's pretty lame reasoning. We have a squad of 25 (now even more), and if main guys are tired, its the perfect opportunity to give others a chance vs a competitive international team.

And now New Zealand proved their pedigree, only narrowly losing 1-0 to peru in Barcelona due to GK error.

Their midfield consists of some very promising young players in big Danish sides (brondby, copenhagen) and Matthew garbett young CM of Torino in Serie A. Their LB Cacacde is regular starter for midtable serie A side - he would walk into our xi, and up front newcastle CF bobby wood + scottish CF caused peru some problems. IMO, they have quite a lot of parallels with wales with obviously inferior players in most positions. Would it have been the best friendly ever? No. But rejecting a game on doha when we had a free camp there was always risky. Now canada camp fell through and that game would have lined up perfectly in our schedule to still include an algeria.

Uruguay rejection I can understand ultimately given the amount of days lost to travelling + jetlag.

1 friendly is really not enough in this window and 2 was the bare minimum requirement. IFF will really have to step it up in September if they want to avoid serious embarassment.

Out of Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Senegal, Qatar, Japan, Oman we should be aiming to play 3. The window is technically September 19-27, and most teams will be aiming for 2 friendlies. However, given our clusterfuck this time we should do everything to fit an additional game. Oman or Qatar can be a good option for this game, they consist solely of local players. You can even add uzbekistan to the group of potential options for this first match, in fact given the trouble they give our ACL sides recently they might be the best bet. On the 19th or 20th we should try to book one of these 2. TMs domestic players and whatever legionairres can get off earliest should start the camp 2-3 before hand, and PGPL if in session should accomodate this. Then rest of foreign based players join for the next 2 matches. This would mean a total of 11 days Camp with 3 matches.

Then in 10 days prior to WC we should aim for at least 1 major friendly, Euro opposition would be available here and everybody will be in qatar so we should try to get Croatia or Serbia if possible. Before start of WC 2014 we had one very last minute dress rehearsal style game vs Trinidad and Tobago, and before 2018 we played Lithuania, both behind closed doors. We should aim to also get one very low tier friendly like this.

In total that would give us 5-6 matches.

[Nokhodi]

Does anyone have anymore friendly rumors? Need to feed my sickening addiction.

[Leicester City]

Does anyone have anymore friendly rumors? Need to feed my sickening addiction.

Yes, I heard there was a friendly against sosis bandari FC being lined up somewhere.

[Nokhodi]

Yes, I heard there was a friendly against sosis bandari FC being lined up somewhere.

Now I'm hungry too.

[inarsenewetrust]

Does anyone have anymore friendly rumors? Need to feed my sickening addiction.

no, per latest reporting algeria is the only one. I still hold out a shred of hope for South Africa since there is inconsistency with iranian media reports (they say Sko didnt want to travel to SA, but their coach said publicly that he was willing to fly to Doha for a game vs TM and that he hopes it happens).

Oman didnt happen bc we sent them proposal too late (already had game with NZ and need recovery time afterwards).

The details of Algeria match are as follows:

- IFF is paying for Algerian team+staff plane tickets to doha
- Qatari authorities are paying for Algerian accomodations in Doha.
- Qatari authorities provided stadium

Looking at this, to me at leat it becomes pretty apparent why Cameroon didnt happen. Flight from Douala to Doha is much much further and more expensive than flight from Algiers to Doha. If Cameroon also made this request of IFF, being broke is the reason we turned it down.

[taremiscores]

Just to see how backwards and incompetently everything is done by the IFF - Qatar is camping in Spain because Qatar is so hot this time of year - while IFF takes our boys to camp there. It's so hot they can only train at night and the boys are often drenched in sweat.

[Nokhodi]

no, per latest reporting algeria is the only one. I still hold out a shred of hope for South Africa since there is inconsistency with iranian media reports (they say Sko didnt want to travel to SA, but their coach said publicly that he was willing to fly to Doha for a game vs TM and that he hopes it happens).

Oman didnt happen bc we sent them proposal too late (already had game with NZ and need recovery time afterwards).

The details of Algeria match are as follows:

- IFF is paying for Algerian team+staff plane tickets to doha
- Qatari authorities are paying for Algerian accomodations in Doha.
- Qatari authorities provided stadium

Looking at this, to me at leat it becomes pretty apparent why Cameroon didnt happen. Flight from Douala to Doha is much much further and more expensive than flight from Algiers to Doha. If Cameroon also made this request of IFF, being broke is the reason we turned it down.

Halemoono gerefti.
With this kind of financial resources, we won't get a single other friendly, including September.

[inarsenewetrust]

Halemoono gerefti.
With this kind of financial resources, we won't get a single other friendly, including September.

If we are playing WC teams it is doable, just like Canada and Ecuador were done deals.

WC teams will finance their own travel, the prep games are also in their interest, and many more will be camping in qatar in september than now most likely.

Issue comes when we play non-WC teams/ ask teams to book their flights to a particular host location 1 week before the game. If we avoid these scenarios options are possible. Recall, mexico, uruguay, canada, japan all invited TM to friendlies, not the other way around. Algeria and South Africa coaches are publicly begging for friendly with Iran. Ecuador temporarily cancelled a confirmed friendly with Mali in the states for the mere possibility of game with TM.

Word of Sko's fraudulence hasnt reached these lands yet. They still view us through the prism of 3 consecutive qualifications, 21st ranked in the world, great performance in 2018, mostly euro based players and one of the best true front 2's in international football. Anybody with an asian team in their group is probably interested to play with us, and anybody with a north african side and a map probably doesnt mind playing us either.

There is will of many teams to play us and minimize our costs too (we just pay for our own flights). Should IFF plan accordingly (currently failing to do so and different members are in fighting and internally sabotaging certain friendlies) then nothing listed is too crazy.

[ABalls]

Skocic major error was cancelling of new zealand game. His given reason was it would be too hard on players to return from canada then play NZ.

To me that's pretty lame reasoning. We have a squad of 25 (now even more), and if main guys are tired, its the perfect opportunity to give others a chance vs a competitive international team.

And now New Zealand proved their pedigree, only narrowly losing 1-0 to peru in Barcelona due to GK error.

Their midfield consists of some very promising young players in big Danish sides (brondby, copenhagen) and Matthew garbett young CM of Torino in Serie A. Their LB Cacacde is regular starter for midtable serie A side - he would walk into our xi, and up front newcastle CF bobby wood + scottish CF caused peru some problems. IMO, they have quite a lot of parallels with wales with obviously inferior players in most positions. Would it have been the best friendly ever? No. But rejecting a game on doha when we had a free camp there was always risky. Now canada camp fell through and that game would have lined up perfectly in our schedule to still include an algeria.

Uruguay rejection I can understand ultimately given the amount of days lost to travelling + jetlag.

1 friendly is really not enough in this window and 2 was the bare minimum requirement. IFF will really have to step it up in September if they want to avoid serious embarassment.

Out of Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Senegal, Qatar, Japan, Oman we should be aiming to play 3. The window is technically September 19-27, and most teams will be aiming for 2 friendlies. However, given our clusterfuck this time we should do everything to fit an additional game. Oman or Qatar can be a good option for this game, they consist solely of local players. You can even add uzbekistan to the group of potential options for this first match, in fact given the trouble they give our ACL sides recently they might be the best bet. On the 19th or 20th we should try to book one of these 2. TMs domestic players and whatever legionairres can get off earliest should start the camp 2-3 before hand, and PGPL if in session should accomodate this. Then rest of foreign based players join for the next 2 matches. This would mean a total of 11 days Camp with 3 matches.

Then in 10 days prior to WC we should aim for at least 1 major friendly, Euro opposition would be available here and everybody will be in qatar so we should try to get Croatia or Serbia if possible. Before start of WC 2014 we had one very last minute dress rehearsal style game vs Trinidad and Tobago, and before 2018 we played Lithuania, both behind closed doors. We should aim to also get one very low tier friendly like this.

In total that would give us 5-6 matches.

I agree with most of this, but that bit at the start is misrepresenting the timeline of what occurred. 1) It was believed that the Canada game could happen on June 5 (the date New Zealand also wanted), 2) it doesn't appear that IFF was making plans for potentially a "home" game in Qatar, but rather a second game in North America. Had we known in advance that Algeria would be confirmed for June 11th in Doha, then it would've been more likely Skocic accepted a match versus New Zealand on June 5th (although I know many members on this board opposed playing New Zealand anyhow and I suspect would've bashed him for accepting).