ASIAN CUP 2023 ERR 2024 dates, draw,DISCUSSION

[peiman92]

Ghalenoei needs to give us the title, not playing time to younger players lol.

After AC we will use the first round of WCQ to rebuild for WC2026.

[perspolis#1]

People are optimistic because of the brackets.

if the semi is possible (which I think it is. comes down to a one off game vs SK who our record against is quite good), then final itself is possible surely since the Semi (if everything goes as expected) would be between the winner of Qatar and Uzbekistan...

This is the trap of the classic optimistic Iranian fan who assumes we win the R16 against bogey Arab team by playing hojoomi football until its 1-0 Hezbollah in the 15th minute. I know you know better my friend having watched us for so long.

If we take every opponent seriously and beat them into submission like a good team does to a smaller team then yes we will get to QF easily and then have to decide vs Korea. It never ends up that simple

[peiman92]

This is the trap of the classic optimistic Iranian fan who assumes we win the R16 against bogey Arab team by playing hojoomi football until its 1-0 Hezbollah in the 15th minute. I know you know better my friend having watched us for so long.

If we take every opponent seriously and beat them into submission like a good team does to a smaller team then yes we will get to QF easily and then have to decide vs Korea. It never ends up that simple

There is a chance Korea slips up vs one of Bahrain, Jordan (GS) or Iraq (R16).

[peiman92]

Prepare yourselves for Syria or Uzbekistan in R16.
If the 3rd placed team of Group B qualifies for R16, we will play that team in 9 out of 10 scenarios.

This is assuming we finish first in our group 😁

[peiman92]

My predicted pathway to the title.

Palestine, Hong Kong, UAE, Syria, S.Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi.

[Rooyintan]

I don’t agree with you on your first paragraph Go look at the roster for the 2 games we played Russia and Kenya
how many minutes did

Milad zakipour play or aref aghasi or Amin Hazbavi there are the new inexperience you talking about , etc

it was the same old lineup, don’t fool yourself GN is not going to give young inexperienced players a chance to play …..

Saudi Arabia started fielding Under-23 as of 1994 Asian Games, they also at times did the same with Gulf Cup and later on WAFF Championship, or fielded their reserves and bench players. Japan and South Korea have been doing that with EAFF Cup as well. This is how you give game time to untested, few caps and bench players.

Friendlies with Nicaragua and Kenya, the players on the field were not Team Melli's best, some were but not all 11 on the field

CAFA Nations Cup best opportunity for the following players:

Payam Niazmand, Hossein Hosseini, Hossein Pour Hamidi, Armin Sohrabian, Sadegh Moharrami, Milad Zakipour, Aref Aghasi, Mohammad Amin Hazbavi, Mohammad Karimi, Reza Shekari, Reza Asadi, Mohammad Mohebbi, Milad Sarlak, Omid Nourafkan, Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Eslami, Shahriyar Moghanlou, Abolfazl Jalali, Saman Fallah, Aria Barzegar, Mehdi Ghayedi, Yasin Salmani, Ehsan Pahlevan, Saeed Vasei and many others.

Perhaps good opportunity to give Shoja-Kanaani center defence a revival since we did not see that at the 2022 World Cup.

[diz]

What a clown lol. Did ChatGPT write this presser for him. "I have now a big learning curve ahead of me" with regards to the new SK culture (no shit sherlock, especially given your cultural awareness of Iranians during WC2022).

[diz]

Before most of us were born...

[a_m]

Saudi Arabia started fielding Under-23 as of 1994 Asian Games, they also at times did the same with Gulf Cup and later on WAFF Championship, or fielded their reserves and bench players. Japan and South Korea have been doing that with EAFF Cup as well. This is how you give game time to untested, few caps and bench players.

Friendlies with Nicaragua and Kenya, the players on the field were not Team Melli's best, some were but not all 11 on the field

CAFA Nations Cup best opportunity for the following players:

Payam Niazmand, Hossein Hosseini, Hossein Pour Hamidi, Armin Sohrabian, Sadegh Moharrami, Milad Zakipour, Aref Aghasi, Mohammad Amin Hazbavi, Mohammad Karimi, Reza Shekari, Reza Asadi, Mohammad Mohebbi, Milad Sarlak, Omid Nourafkan, Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Eslami, Shahriyar Moghanlou, Abolfazl Jalali, Saman Fallah, Aria Barzegar, Mehdi Ghayedi, Yasin Salmani, Ehsan Pahlevan, Saeed Vasei and many others.

Perhaps good opportunity to give Shoja-Kanaani center defence a revival since we did not see that at the 2022 World Cup.

I hope that GN sees it like this and understands , how important it is to get all these young inexperienced players involved and give them a chance …

but I doubt it , he is going to take the strongest team with the best players to play against Afghanistan and krgystan

I doubt GN has that kind of mindset ,,, he is the typical ali asghari he don’t care he just in it for the perks , ,

[Hosseini]

Where is Kateb aka the Oracle? Is he alive?

[perspolis#1]

Prepare yourselves for Syria or Uzbekistan in R16.
If the 3rd placed team of Group B qualifies for R16, we will play that team in 9 out of 10 scenarios.

This is assuming we finish first in our group 😁

I dont mind playing Uzbekistan ever. They play fairly and usually are a good litmus test if we are good enough at Asian level. We've been dominated a couple times over the years and got out lucky.

Playing Syria is the football equivalent to the CIA locking you in a room and playing Eminems 'Slim Shady' for 2 hours straight"

[peiman92]

I dont mind playing Uzbekistan ever. They play fairly and usually are a good litmus test if we are good enough at Asian level. We've been dominated a couple times over the years and got out lucky.

Playing Syria is the football equivalent to the CIA locking you in a room and playing Eminems 'Slim Shady' for 2 hours straight"

We’ve only been dominated once, during the away game in 2014WCQ. Both teams will be considered easy R16 opponents.

[diz]

CQ doing his thing

[diz]

Maestro (and the Sheikh)

[diz]

Lol, GN says "we are Iran" and AFC prints "we are IR Iran" in the tweet. The AFC/IR propaganda is not even hidden any more.