Japanese NT coach is concerned about his team:
“Our opponents in the final round of qualifiers will be at a whole different level than the ones we have faced in the second round, teams like Iran, South Korea and Australia. Even China are improving,” said the former Algeria coach.
“A lot of people think Japan are at an advantage but if you compare player for player there are better teams than Japan. The finals are still way off in the distance.”
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I hope CQ has a plan for next round as well and start training camps soon. Next round won't be easy this time specially with worrying FIFA ranking next month.
Iran A Safe Country: IFF Head Kaffashian
January, 10, 2016 - 18:53
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian said Saudi Arabia football officials must prove their allegations of Iran is not a safe country.
The Saudi football association has officially announced that it would not participate in international matches in Iran.
Saudi football clubs Al-Ahli FC, Al-Hilal FC, Al-Ittiyad FC and Al-Nasr FC issued statements demanding that they play Asian Championship League matches against Iranian clubs in neutral venues.
“The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has not officially requested the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to move the games away from Iran. Also, we’ve not heard anything from the AFC,” Kaffashian said.
“Iran is a safe country. We have already hosted Syria and Afghanistan matches in our country. The Saudi Arabia officials must prove that Iran is not a safe country,” he added.
“FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation rules are clear that politics has no place in football,” Kaffashian said.
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Bolton has a game coming against Doncaster Rovers and they published this pictures with Ando in it. if you guys remember he scored twice against them back in January of 2007 in an important FA cup match.
When Bayern came to Tehran and Ali Karimi played for them
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A very young Mehdi Taremi
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