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FIFA World Cup™ Group Stage: Iran - Portugal; Info, Updates & Live Reports (25.06.18)

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    Taremi is the king of missing chances but has the highest ceiling than any Iranian player. If he gets his head straight and moves over to Europe rather than carrying Sneijders bags then he will become Iran’s best player.

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      Taremi is so under-rated. Aside from being a very hard worker and constantly being one of the players that runs the most in a match, he was also our best offensive player in the WC. He's not afraid to take on any player 1v1.

      Could he have done better with those two chances? Maybe, although they weren't sitters. But getting in position to have those chances also deserves praise, and Taremi has an innate knack of being in the right place, at the right time. Cannot be taught.

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        Originally posted by PSGman#19 View Post
        Nothing says we would have topped the group if we were allowed the goal against Spain, or CR7 got a red card. Yeah it would have be easier for us but nothing says Spain and/or portugal would have not score a goal after the equalizer/CR7 red card.
        However what is sure is that Taremi miss was in the final second of the game. If Taremi scored Portugal couldn't come back

        well if we tie Spain that would have given us 4 points to Spains 2.

        Morocco should have been awarded a PK vs Portugal, say they convert then Morocco would have 1 point to portugals 2 after match day 2

        Spain should have lost to morocco because their equalizer in the 91st minute was taken from the wrong corner and shouldn't have counted. Morocco should have won that game, giving them 4 points or atleast 3 and spain fishing with 2 (given that the ref didn't fuck us vs spain)

        so even without the ref not giving us 3 penalties vs portugal match day 3 should have ended like this

        Iran 5 points
        Morocco 4 points
        Portugal 3 points
        Spain 2 points

        although one can't spectacle so much, this could have been the real scenario had we not got fucked and could have possibly finished with 7 points

        as kiarash said, we always get fucked in major tournaments and i see that trend continuing until Iran is allies with the west. sad but true
        SHOW TIME!

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          This day last year we drew the European and Nations League champions 1-1

          This day 21 years ago we also played well against the European champions and lost 2-0 in France.





          A late penalty earned a draw for Iran against Portugal in a bad-tempered group decider in Saransk that was dominated by VAR decisions and saw Portugal go through to the last 16 despite a tense final few minutes.

          Iran’s Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz, ranted at Fifa and the VAR system afterwards, suggesting Cristiano Ronaldo should have been sent off for a late elbow on Morteza Pouraliganji. The Paraguayan referee, Enrique Cáceres, reviewed footage of the incident for what seemed like an age before eventually showing a yellow card.


          “Elbow is a red card in the rules, the rules doesn’t say if it’s Messi or Ronaldo,” said Queiroz.

          VAR featured in two other key moments in the match, with a penalty awarded for each side after video review. Ronaldo’s penalty, early in the second half, was saved, while Iran’s late, controversial penalty was converted with aplomb by Karim Ansarifard. The goal cancelled out Ricardo Quaresma’s opener but was not enough for Iran, serving only to send Portugal into the harder section of the draw and pushing Spain top of the group on goal difference.

          The equaliser did lead to a frantic last few minutes, in which Iran pushed for a second goal that would have taken them through. For a brief moment half the stadium thought Iran had found an unlikely winner but Mehdi Taremi’s shot had hit the side-netting; and then it was all over.

          The decisive moment of skill in the match came not from Ronaldo but from Quaresma, who just before half-time curled a superb shot with the outside of his boot across the keeper, Alireza Beiranvand, and into the top corner from the corner of the area. Beiranvand, whose diving arm was just shy of the ball, looked sickened, but in reality there was little he could have done to stop the shot.

          The first half-hour include many crunching tackles and few clear-cut chances, with the Iranians in particular looking tense due to the importance of the game. This was most visible on the 10-minute mark, after a mix-up between Beiranvand and Saeid Ezatolahi, with the player sliding in to clear just as his goalkeeper was approaching to scoop up the ball. Instead the loose ball fell to João Mário. He shot over but Beiranvand shoved Ezatolahi in the chest and yelled some choice words at him. Soon afterwards Beiranvand spilled what should have been a routine cross and was lucky the ball broke to his own player.

          Iran tackled hard and, for the most part in the first half, fairly. Alireza Jahanbakhsh caused Portugal problems down the right on Iran’s occasional forays forward and Raphaël Guerreiro got a booking for bringing him down just outside the box.

          The goal, just before half-time, led Iranian heads to droop and briefly quelled the endless din of vuvuzelas inside the stadium, where Iran fans predominated. However, they were buoyed soon after the restart. Ronaldo had a leg clipped by Ezatolahi just inside the penalty area. The referee was having none of it and in a pre-VAR world Ronaldo’s reputation for falling easily would have meant that was the end of the matter.

          But the men in the VAR room soon signalled to the referee that he ought to have a look again. On seeing the replay he had no choice but to award Portugal the penalty, the protests of the Iranians leading to nothing but a booking for Ehsan Hajsafi. Beiranvand, who had looked dodgy all night, made amends with a brilliant save, starting off in a position behind his goal-line and bouncing forward.

          The saved penalty drew tremendous cheers from the Iranian fans and spurred the team on to a period of attacking. Saman Ghoddos, on for Jahanbakhsh, who had faded out of the game in the second half, scuffed a low shot just wide of a post but for the most part Portugal were in control and the great roars that accompanied every Iran attack became less frequent.

          They resorted to looking for unlikely penalties: three times in the second half Iranian players went down optimistically in the area. Queiroz was warned by the referee for furiously making VAR gestures on the touchline.

          The game became more vicious as it went on, with crunching tackles, diving and impassioned harassment of the referee coming from both sides. It seemed Portugal would hold out for the win but there was still drama to come. First was the VAR decision on the red card for Ronaldo. The contact was there but weak and in the end the referee went for a compromise yellow.

          Then came Iran’s fourth penalty appeal, for a handball that Cédric Soares knew little about. It hardly looked more promising than the previous three shouts but was referred to VAR and eventually given. The substitute Ansarifard fired a perfect penalty into the top corner but it was already deep into stoppage time. Taremi was off target in the final seconds and, as the whistle went, the Iranians fell to the ground dejected.

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              Originally posted by Sarbaze-Vatan View Post
              The opportunity he missed against Spain (I meant the one Amiri created for him) was not less heartbreaking than this one for me. I was never Taremi fan and always believed there are many better players than him.
              Do you still believe this?

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                Dream:

                https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DuBjCWAb0oA

                Reality:

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlPIrEKFCeo

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                  Originally posted by naderb94 View Post
                  Taremi is the king of missing chances but has the highest ceiling than any Iranian player. If he gets his head straight and moves over to Europe rather than carrying Sneijders bags then he will become Iran’s best player.
                  Agha damet garm, this aged well.
                  Esteghlal 💙💙

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                    Originally posted by naderb94 View Post
                    Taremi is the king of missing chances but has the highest ceiling than any Iranian player. If he gets his head straight and moves over to Europe rather than carrying Sneijders bags then he will become Iran’s best player.
                    now it shows, you were spot on. 😉😃
                    .....
                    .....
                    Supporting Team Melli

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                      This day 4 years ago we drew the European and Nations League champions 1-1

                      This day 24 years ago we also played well against the European champions and lost 2-0 in France.

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                        Originally posted by peiman92 View Post
                        Agha damet garm, this aged well.
                        Originally posted by Keshwardoost View Post
                        now it shows, you were spot on. 😉😃
                        Merci dadash. His physical attributes is something he has that's head and shoulders above our other players.
                        Hosseinzadeh is the next guy I can see make a big jump if he goes to Europe.

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                          Originally posted by KasraKhan View Post
                          Some of you members are so irrational, it's embarrassing. Questioning CQ, his tactics, his player selection, and questioning this team. Like playing FIFA on PlayStation makes you an expert lolz.

                          We had an AMAZING World Cup. Beyond anyone's imagination. Most pundits have given us international acclaim and respect. We were supposed to be doormats in this group. ESPN 'experts' had us losing 6-0 to Spain and 4-1 to Portugal.

                          We are going home with 4 points, our best record in the WC, and we were two feet away from topping the group, in a very, very tough group.

                          We just drew the European champions, the best result in our footballing history.

                          Spain got a lucky deflection goal against us, we had a goal barely disallowed, and we had them on the back foot for segments of the match.

                          I am absolutely proud of CQ and our boys, it makes me proud to be an Iranian. Period.

                          And as for the Taremi miss, it wasn't a sitter by any means, he was pushed wide and took it with his left. Should he have done better? Yes. But let's not crucify him. He was sobbing after the match, let's thank him for the great match he played and 100% effort he gave.

                          Anyone questioning TM, CQ, or our WC campaign is either trolling, ignorant or delusional.
                          Word.

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