Vs.
Kick off Times:
4AM - LA
7AM - NY/Toronto
12:00 - UK
13:00 - Berlin
15:00 - Dubai
15:30 Tehran
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Vs.
Kick off Times:
4AM - LA
7AM - NY/Toronto
12:00 - UK
13:00 - Berlin
15:00 - Dubai
15:30 Tehran
Iran 2 South Korea 2
June 11th, 04:00 AM PST (Los Angeles); 07:00 AM EST (New York)...set your alarm clocks!
South Korea beat Australia 1-0 today in Korea
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Uzbek brothers route NK 4-0
Iran the Broken shall be king of Korea AGAIN!! All Hail the King
For goodness sake, is it possible that we play Aussies or Japan in a friendly game instead of Korea for once...
Off to South Korea!
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im worried about our High Press vs SK...!! we left a ton of space behind our defenders often vs Syria..!!
i fear a more composed and quick countering side in mold of SK could expose us badly with balls over the top or though balls..!!
WM apparently has said that he is going to be playing Korea away with the same formation and overall game tactics..!!?
hopefully there was a bit of mind-games involved in such statement....!!? if not... i expect a high scoring, but relatively close encounter...!
I'm predicting a 3-1 win for Iran :)
In other fun news: Turkey beat France 2-0 in Euro qualifiers! TM players plying their trade in the Turkish league chose well!
I am almost confident that should we play the same high-pressured football as how we did against Syria, it will backfire against the super fast south Korean side.
I hope our new coach has familiarized himself with our football and our Asian counterparts. I truly hope you he will not deploy and employ the same tactics as our previous friendly.
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F*ck sakes, got meetings at work all throughout the game.. -_-
Iran will wear White kit, South Korea will wear Red kit.
Turks are lucky to had such an intelligent leader like Ataturk who stick Turkey to Europe and progress (compared to other middle eastern countries). They playing Teams like France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands where we have to "kale bezanim" with Syria, Uzbekistan, Iraq and co.
Just wished we could learn from them and invest in our relations with Europe, not just from a sportive perspective but in general.
^ that's why you block your calendar off with a special "customer meeting" before they can send you an invite for a meeting
Ryuji Sato will referee the friendly between 🇰🇷 South Korea and #Iran 🇮🇷 Assistant referees: Hiroshi Yamauchi & Isao Nishihashi
I predict an easy 4-0 victory for Iran.
When was the last time that the Koreana won against us? I remember in AC 2011 they won after extra time and not during 90 min. During Brancos time we had a friendly with them in 2006 that we lost 2-0. So it has been 13 years since they won against us?
I alway felt that CQ never saw Iranian players capable of sustaining a high tempo open game, hence he opted for a more defensive combined with counter option. Indeed, we were certainly exposed a couple of times behind PAG in the Syria’s game.
Hopefully Ws magic wand can install a different approach with no leakage at the back.
That may be true but he soon learned that there are some fundamental gaps in Iran football and he was realistic in the system he designed and the decipline he brought to the team. In fact on a few occasions he changed the system to attacking style and was very successful. The possession in the game with turkey was amazing despite the loss.
We have to keep in mind how little time Wilmots has had to understand the players and to get them on wavelength he wants them to be at.
This game more than anything else will just show the style of tactics he employs against stronger opposition. Will he take risks or go conservative?
TM looked fit enough to sustain such vs Syria, however it was a Friendly with [B]6+ subs, and it was somewhat weakened Syria @ Azadi, officiated by an irani ref..!!
so not quiet the same ordeal if you take into account the BOLDs above...!
besides, I suppose you could drill and whip TM players into Shape and Fitness to sustain such a high energy all out pressing and attacking formation and tactics in an official match too....but If and When TM faces a Quality Opponent then they probably wont be rushed into making silly errant passes, left N right all too easily a la Syria and if you over-commit they hit you back on a dangerous counter swiftly..... remember what happened vs Japan in the AC Semi's...??
Lets see how WM's all-out attacking and high pressing tactics pan out vs SK on Tuesday...? then we get a better idea if TM player possess the composure and fitness to run up on koreans relentlessly like they did vs Syria ...? lets not be oblivious to the fact that even the Syrian's held their own well, until they conceded the opening goal and then failed misrably to respond and got progressively sloppier as the game went by...!
i observed same ...!! especially MFders and Attackers seemed to have been given the go-ahead to switch places as they see fit and support each other on attack..!! but when we lost the ball and we had to track back and press the opponent in wave or as a whole the CQ Influence and Defensive and Pressing Organization was unmistakably Evident and the combination of the two made for very exciting and fun to watch overall performance from our boys vs Syria..!!:cool:
odds makers have made SK the favorite to win tomorrow....I'll be putting some cash on TM
Our defense is going to be the main concern. Even in the game with Syria there were so many lapses. On the right side Ramin has actually become a total deficit. He looks nervous, his positioning is off, passing is poor and in general tries to do everything the hard way ... he is going to be owned by koreans. Amiri should also sit on the bench and let Torabi start.
A lot of people in here severely underestimating South Korea.
I wouldnt go as far as calling him a deficit. Agreed that Ramin looks a bit nervous and shaky, but he sure does hustle, probably why it seems that his positioning is off. He plays deep in offense for a RB, similar to the likes of Alexander-Arnold. Im sure with a bit more training under MWs new strategy he will find his positioning.
For a while now I’ve felt that Ramin is probably our biggest weakness. He is absolutely horrible at handling pressure and we’ve seen that exploited so many times. His positives are decent delivery and a willingness to make runs forward but he is horrid in buildup play and defensive positioning