“Iran’s win over South Korea valuable”: Carlos Queiroz
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Loading...Tasnim – TEHRAN, Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz said that Team Melli has earned a valuable win over South Korea as one of the best Asian football teams.
Iran edged past South Korea 1-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium thanks to a goal from Sardar Azmoun.
“We earned a win against one of the best teams in Asia,” said Queiroz. “We are so happy to earn all three points as this win against a team like Korea Republic is worth so much.”
“We analyzed the Korean team well so their playing strategy during the opening stages did not surprise our players. We proved that games are decided on the field,” the Portuguese coach added.
“We have earned two good wins against Korea and Uzbekistan and this is part of the road to the World Cup. But there are six more games left and there could be wins and losses ahead.
“It is now important to continue this run and try even harder to prepare for the next matches as these players deserve to qualify for the World Cup,” Queiroz went on to say.
Meanwhile, South Korea national football team coach Uli Stielike said Iran deserved to win the match between the two teams on Tuesday.
“The team that deserved it won the match,” said Stielike. “We were really bad during the opening 30 minutes and played disastrously and that was why we were defeated.”
“We had good scoring chances in the match and missed one-on-one opportunities. We had to exert more pressure on the Iranian goal but this did not happen,” the German coach added.
“I have said many times that we must emerge victorious in our home matches in order to qualify for the World Cup. It doesn’t matter against which team we play, we must find solutions to our problems,” Stielike stated.
