Iranian Chill Thread
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Iranian football team has been very well received in Mexico
BigMela2onin
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2-2 draw against New Zealand, Iran needs to work on its defensive play. New Zealand scored those goals with minimal effort.
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اگه مملکت بی در و پیکر و بیصاحب نبود قلعهنویی باید ۲-۳ سال پیش عوض میشد. همون جام ملتهای آسیا هم از سرش زیاد بود
Persian Gulf
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the good news is that the crowd ultimately rallied heavily behind the Iranian team
the bad news is that the team is old and the manager is shit
ShapurII
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Shit is an understatement. He needs to be sent to a gulag.
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as usual Iran lets the other side hit first then responds to a stalemate
our team is too old they have no legs. just terrible all over the pitch. New Zealand are the lowest ranked team in the World Cup, so this was a horrible result. but who knows, maybe we will have a miracle win against Egypt.
ShapurII
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I don't think age is the real issue here. We played physically, we ran well, our players fought bravely and never seemed out of breath for most of the match.
Ghalenoi had no plan for either defense or offense. The space between our lines was huge, our center backs were a mess, leading to both goals by New Zealand. We mostly had just a single plan in the second half, trying to cross the ball from the left side all the time. Nearly every ball from Iran came from the left side by Ghaedi, except for our 2nd goal. New Zealand knew it was our plan and neutralized it easily. Ghaedi failed to penetrate deep into New Zealand defense from the left side, not once but multiple times one after another. It was clear that it was a futile plan.
We will most likely say goodbye to WC 2026 with just this point against New Zealand. I don't see Iran winning against Belgium or Egypt, or even getting another draw, unless Belgium plays as absurdly as it did tonight and Egypt decides to be kind to us.
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we have the oldest team in the competition, Ghoddos was dead and we sat back for most of the match and pressed in moments only. Even Taremi now plays more like a number 10 and tried to sprint once and gave himself cramp. athleticism of our team is very bad. not to mention zero composure where they clear the ball as far away as possible (usually straight out of play) under the slightest bit of pressure.
Shoja and Ghoddos were both a disaster. Shoja all over the place and Ghoddos no legs to run anywhere losing his man. And no one marking Chris Wood (though we dealt with him better in the second half).
Ghayedi did quite well when he came on in the second half, brought some energy. Rezaein was our best player.
Belgium is a very strong team but if we defend with our lives we can steal a win against Egypt, like we did against Morocco in 2018. it's not likely, but I will watch with hope while there is still a chance.
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Yes, but I don't think it's the age of the players that causes that. Our players were overcompensating for the lack of good coaching by running as hard as they could to cover the holes in our defense. I think if we can find the stats of the match to see how much they ran, our players fought really hard and ran far too much to fill the holes. They won most of the balls in the air, against New Zealand which was a tall, physical team.
Ghoddos was responsible for the second goal of Iran. He passed the ball to Ramin and caused the New Zealand defense to expand. Shoja was terrible though.
I watched Belgium vs Egypt today. Belgium played really bad. If Belgium plays like this in front of us, we might be able to get lucky and not lose by a landslide. Egypt should've won the match had they used their chances a little better and the refereeing was kinder to them.
I think Egypt can top the group. Belgium might end up second and Iran will be third or fourth. Even if we end up third, I doubt we would go to the next round.
