India vs. Iran Match Thread | 2025 CAFA Nations Cup

[Team Melli Fan]

India vs. Iran | 2025 CAFA Nations Cup

Time zones:

5 am PT; 2 pm CET; 3:30 pm Iran; 5 pm local Tajikistan

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Team Melli group stage games are at:

- 5 am PT (2 pm CET) vs. Afghanistan (29 August)
- 5 am PT (2 pm CET) vs. India (1 September)
- 8:30 am PT (5:30 pm CET) vs. Tajikistan (4 September)

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Broadcast:

IRIB3 (Iran); FanCode (India); TV Futbol (Tajikistan); UzNTRC Sport (Uzbekistan); Kyrgyz Sport TV (Kyrgyzstan)

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Tournament info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_CAFA_Nations_Cup

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FlashScore:

https://www.flashscore.com/match/foo.../match-summary

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Discussions:

https://www.persianfootball.com/forums/forum/football-forums/persian-football-discussion-community/88068-central-asian-football-federation-caff/page7

https://www.persianfootball.com/foru...fa-nations-cup

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Squad:

https://www.reddit.com/r/teammelli/comments/1n1nczk/iran_squad_for_2025_cafa_nations_cup/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_C...squads#Iran

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[Team Melli Fan]

Taremi is in Athens signing with Olympiacos, so we likely won't see him vs. India (unless he flies back to Tajikistan asap)

[perspolis#1]

No more Sunnil Chhetri.....


Our defense needs to be tested without him whats the point

[Pluto2000]

No more Sunnil Chhetri.....


Our defense needs to be tested without him whats the point

I mean....our defense has been getting tested for two years now. If after conceding so many tokhmi goals they haven't made an adjustment to shape and tactics then they never will

[a_m]

Kooshki left the team Melli Urdu supposedly he got injured …

[persiangodfather]

This game is a joke right ?

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

1-0 iran, finally after 59 mins

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

2-0, TAREMI IS ALSO PLAYING , CAME ON IN TEH 73 MIN

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

another goal in stoppage time, 3-0

[perspolis#1]

Our World Cup final is December 5th when the draw happens.

Kanaani looks like he is spent as though he was defending Mbappe all game instead of a 2nd choice Indian forward.

Rezaian got caught on the counter twice

Cheshmi has to be at 30 sprint speed in FIFA or less.

Meanwhile African teams will have players like Iwobi, Osimhen, Salah, Marmoush, Mane, Semenyo, Inaki Williams who will torch our slow team.

I know GN will glaze the team but the wakeup call will come

[Pluto2000]

The score doesn't reflect the game, we are so bad... typical Ghalenoei game similar to Hong Kong in the Asian Cup.

Awful shape, players doing solo selfish runs and bezan ziresh crosses, awful defensive work.

Reliant on natural talent with moments of brilliance and the opponent being bad instead of any team goal.

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

Why did Taremi go to Greece sign contract and come back to play these pointless games?

shouldnt he stay in Greece and train with the players that havent gone on international duty, familiarise himself with the club, staff ground etc rather than playing against India?!

[Pluto2000]

Crying... Ghalenoei needed a jetlagged Taremi who just flew back from Greece like 5 hours ago to bail him out of a 1-0 vs India

[a_m]

This game clearly show that we going to avidly go with CQ line up from 2 world cups ago minus hajsafi and ansarfarid

- please India was really weak team ,

- pace of this game was soo slow , Iran was the team that slowed down the pace a lot with their back passes

- players seemed very slow too

- it was very very very concerning that we basically do not shot the ball at all , we had alot of possession with zero threats


- hazbavi and the defense line were not tested at all all game

- hazbavi was cooked absolutely cooked in the game against Al duhali, please watch the game highlights

- the opposition was extremely weak today, that is why it is hard to watch these games , cause we are not getting tested at all in these games at all , playing 3 or 4 weak team and getting results, isn’t not better than playing 1 very strong team and getting beat ….

- we learn nothing from this game that , the player are old and slow , even against a weak Indian team .


- my main concern is how will GN address the defensive issues of the team ..

[perspolis#1]

This game clearly show that we going to avidly go with CQ line up from 2 world cups ago minus hajsafi and ansarfarid

- please India was really weak team ,

- pace of this game was soo slow , Iran was the team that slowed down the pace a lot with their back passes

- players seemed very slow too

- it was very very very concerning that we basically do not shot the ball at all , we had alot of possession with zero threats


- hazbavi and the defense line were not tested at all all game

- hazbavi was cooked absolutely cooked in the game against Al duhali, please watch the game highlights

- the opposition was extremely weak today, that is why it is hard to watch these games , cause we are not getting tested at all in these games at all , playing 3 or 4 weak team and getting results, isn’t not better than playing 1 very strong team and getting beat ….

- we learn nothing from this game that , the player are old and slow , even against a weak Indian team .


- my main concern is how will GN address the defensive issues of the team ..

He is trying to rack up as many easy Ws as possible to stay in Pot 2 and pray that we get the lucky combo of teams.

I am incredibly certain that no one has told him that some Pot 4 teams will be European runner up teams like Serbia or Sweden who will cook us anyway.

Ghalenoei's mentality is a manifestation of the lack of responsibility and accountability that exists in Iran today.

Just like the government:

"Oh there is no water?, dont shower everyday"

"Oh there is no AC? I dont use AC below 30degree Celsius -Pezeshkian"