Friendly: Iran - Algeria; Info, Updates and Live Reports (12.06.2022)

[Afat11]

Skocic has shown me what I thought early on. He’s a mid-table coach. He can beat the bottom feeders in a league, but he’s shown he loses or ties second tier teams and we haven’t even played a first tier team yet. There’s a reason his resume was what it was before joining TM. No Diamond in the rough, just a guy who can beat on weaker teams, out of his depth against any team not substantially less talented than us. I personally have no issue at this point with IFF saving some cash and relieving Skocic of his duties and bringing in a Khatibi or other vatani coach at this point, they will do as bad, but we’re going to be embarrassed either way.

No clear tactic, every game I’ve watched in the Skocic era has been ugly, even the wins. Not enjoyable to watch in my opinion. If we were in Group B with Saudis and Australia, we would have finished 3rd or 4th being completely honest with ourselves. The players are hustling, but aimless, signs of a weak tactical setup.

[Taz]

The minute his laughable CV was hosted onto Wiki should have been the wake up call.

[persiangodfather]

When Algeria scored the 1 0 and said F this went and washed my car cut the grass and did the BBQ so glad i didn't waste my Sunday on this

[Medzdidz]

Is this the end of the camp now? Or do we have a friendly set up against the local u9 team.

[PEJ]

Is this the end of the camp now? Or do we have a friendly set up against the local u9 team.

Yes, I think they leave for Iran tomorrow.

[KasraKhan]

The more time he has to work with them the worse they get.

This is actually a good point. As CQ's influence wanes, and Skocic's imprint becomes more apparent, the team has played much worse over the last few matches.

[DR Strangemoosh]

Is anyone listening to Gol Bezan space right now?

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNGaYQROlNGj

[Team Melli Fan]

Omid Ebrahimi post-match interview at 3:44:50:

[NYCTeamMelli]

Whether we like it or not, we have to live with Skocic as head coach until after the World Cup (WC).

I actually see the friendly loss to Algeria as a plus. If you recall, in the last world cup, many successful teams in the tournament lost several of their friendlies prior to the WC. Friendlies are a time to adjust, adapt and make changes.

Skocic and his assistants should try to keep the same defensive shape of Iran during Carlos Queiroz's reign, then work on more counterattacks. If I am not mistaken, all three of Iran's 2022 W.C. opponents (England, Wales & USA) have more speed than Iran on the wings and overall speed. Iran has to maintain its defensive shape in order to have any chance at getting some points and possibly pull out an upset and come up second in the group. Skocic and his three assistants (Tot, Bagheri & Hashemian) must do their utmost best to maintain the defensive shape.

Anything less than three September friendlies (not sure how many FIFA days are available in September) has an ominous ending for Iran.

Also, remember that Iran is missing its main central defenders and its main attacking midfielder, Ghoddos and one of its most diligent midfieders in Vahid Amiri. If you're going to call this Algeria's B team, then you can argue that this was Iran's B+ team when you're missing Morteza, Kaanizadeh, Shoja, Ghoddos, V. Amiri, ect.

We must live and die with Beiranvand in goal since he is still our best option. 6'4-6'5 (~193-195 cms) and has proven World Cup experience. For months we have seen that Abedzadeh is not W.C. material (even before the Korea Republic game). He is a decent back up goalie like Niazmand and Hosseini are.

We should lower our expectations because these players are dealt a very poor hand by the IFF (poor planning, lack of friendlies, ect). I think if Iran can even finish third in a very tough Group B, then we should commend them. I would put it at somewhere between the 2nd to 4th toughest of all W.C. groups.

[teammelli91]

I missed the first 60 minutes of the match. Then watched Jahanbakhsh’s goal and my link stopped working. I didn’t watch the rest of the match.

Could someone give me an honest take on how the first 60 minutes went? How we played.

[Omids]

We are doomed.

Not because we lost the game but by the way we played and the tactics we showed.

And nothing will change till the WC.

[DR Strangemoosh]

Whether we like it or not, we have to live with Skocic as head coach until after the World Cup (WC).
.

Can I stop you right there?

Why do we have to...?

We got rid of one of the best coaches in football history much closer to the world cup than we are now - Tomislav Ivic.

There is time.

[Team Melli Fan]

I missed the first 60 minutes of the match. Then watched Jahanbakhsh’s goal and my link stopped working. I didn’t watch the rest of the match.

Could someone give me an honest take on how the first 60 minutes went? How we played.

Like ass. Second half was a bit better than the first

Full match & highlights are uploaded here:
http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...=1#post2823244

[Siavash]

Abedzadeh is not trustabe, he plays like a headless high-school kid. What is wrong with TM coach? With Abedzadeh as TM goali we will have very low chance of winning any of our games in th WC2022. CQ will never use this fool as TM goali. Addition of Stilli as TM boss is another disaster that hit TM. We need a disciplined coach like CQ to guide our TM. Unless, Scocic wakes up before it's too late. He must stop choosing child minded players for TM. And Stilli should be kicked out of his TM responsibilities immediately.

[Abtin]

So 2 possible games for September, let's see how IFF can F this up. They already gave away 2 games this month.... ridam be hamashun.