U23 Asian Championship; Quarter Final; Iran - Japan [22-01-2016]

[TheBoss]

so much stress

[Bi-honar]

Line up is out

محمدرضا اخباری، محمد دانشگر، روزبه چشمی، وحید حیدریه، علی عبدالله زاده، علی کریمی، علیرضا نقی زاده، شاهین ثاقبی، مهدی ترابی، میلاد محمدی و ارسلان مطهری به میدان می روند.

Akhbari, Daneshgar, Cheshmi, Heydariyeh, Abdollahzadeh, Karimi, Naghizadeh, Saghebi, Torabi, Milad Mohamadi, Motahari

I'm VERY encouraged by the line up, especially if he's going for the 4-2-3-1 instead of 4-1-4-1. His only change from my expected line-up is Saghebi in place of Kamandani

As far as line-up and formation for this match, it's a bit encouraging that Khakpour hasn't stuck with a 4-1-4-1 throughout this competition and WAFF and we have switched to 4-2-3-1 in mid match several times.

That suggests to me (and I'm HOPING this is true) that Khakpour may have been experiencing with the 4-2-3-1 for this match and given our perceived weakness in defense, that second defensive midfielder could be crucial against Japan.

On that note, I'm going with the majority of the squad that lined-up against Syria in WAFF final and again put on a good performance against Syria in the 1st match, with minor changes and switch to a 4-2-3-1 instead of 4-1-4-1 (minutes played in brackets)

------------------------------------------------Mohammadreza Akhbari (270)

Ali Abdollahzadeh (180)--Roozbeh Cheshmi (270)--Mohammad Daneshgar (180)---Vahid Heidarieh (180)

-------------------------------------Ali Karimi (201) ---------------------- Alireza Naghizadeh (180)

Mehdi Torabi (188)------------------------ Milad Kamandani (152)---------------------- Milad Mohammadi (152)

-------------------------------------------------Arsalan Motahhari (241)

[_Navid_]

I am so pumped.

[TheBoss]

I hope Akhbari has a good day. Be like Abedzadeh was in the match against Australia, Akhbari.

[_Navid_]

Kamandani is placed as the super sub. It is good to have an ace on the bench!

[Camran khan]

Anyone got a HD stream?

[TheBoss]

15 minutes left

[Zamboor]

HD STEREAM ALLAH MUTTAKHABIL AL IRANI

[TheBoss]

Kamandani is placed as the super sub. It is good to have an ace on the bench!

True we got couple aces on bench. Kamandani, Pahlevan, Mehrdad

[teammelli91]

Anyone got a HD stream?

Watch from the al kass link. It's on the first page of the thread.

It'll be annoying cause it's not in Farsi, but it's an HD stream.

[teammelli91]

HD STEREAM ALLAH MUTTAKHABIL AL IRANI

Alllllllah Al doodool al Iraniya!

Boodoollah doodoollah!!

[04041374]

Everyone on IRIB 3 is praising Khakpour's english

[TheBoss]

His accent is horrendous, come on.

[_Navid_]

Alkass link is showing handball !!!

[teammelli91]

Boodoola