Iran will advance!

[Keano]

Both team equally sooraakh and content with a draw

[persiangodfather]

Oldest trick in the book
they already agreed to tie

[Keano]

Yes Austria scores

[Karimi 8]

Nah I guess Algeria was only going to attack when they were down, I got overly excited. With Austria not attacking it’s not looking good

[Karimi 8]

The commentator just said any side winning means Iran will advance to the next round. Austria 1 Algeria 0
Looks like Austria may score more goals

lol it looks like the Austrian guy was trying to miss when he scored and Algeria pushed them back and looked threatening. I think the game will have a winner and Algeria will go for it

[Karimi 8]

I think Algeria will go for the win

[Keano]

The commentator just said any side winning means Iran will advance to the next round. Austria 1 Algeria 0
Looks like Austria may score more goals

[armen]

I’m confused are we eliminated if this last game is a draw?

Yes, but if either Algeria or Austria wins, TM will advance to the knockout round - Iran would play Switzerland in Vancouver in the Round of 32.

[Karimi 8]

I’m confused are we eliminated if this last game is a draw?

[Karimi 8]

Dooodooodoo Uzbekistan !

[Shahin K]

lol at everyone who got their hopes up that this senior home team coached by a nimrod will make it. This thread is hilarious seeing the optimism of team mullah fans turning to despair. These guys suck, and we’re lucky to have the weakest first seed and 4th seed to steal 2 points from. Tonight is the end of the line. All aboard the loser train to IR city. Been losing since 1979!

weakest first seed are Canada, USA and even Mexico trust me

[Omid177]

This looks like the only remaining realistic path for Iran to be eliminated.

Iran need this exact combination of results to go against them:

• Algeria vs Austria: Draw
• DR Congo vs Uzbekistan: DR Congo win
• Croatia vs Ghana: Croatia or Draw

The combined bookmaker odds are 4.36, which implies around 23% before margin.

So Iran are still more likely to qualify than not, but this is a surprisingly realistic elimination scenario.

Austria and Algeria will draw 100%. I have no doubt about that. Austria won't take any risks because a draw is the same as a win and gives them the 2nd place. And Algeria is more satisfied with the 3rd place because they rather play against Switzerland than Spain. This is one of the reasons why I hate this format. A 3rd place team should never qualify to the next round.

CQs Ghana is too defensive. The best result they can achieve is a 0-0.

The only chance I see is Uzbeks not losing to Congo but I wonder how much motivation is left after the 5-0 beating from Portugal.

[persian-eagle-13]

Next step for IRI team is Imam Khomani Airport lol

[Ehsan 22]

[Ehsan 22]

This looks like the only remaining realistic path for Iran to be eliminated.

Iran need this exact combination of results to go against them:

• Algeria vs Austria: Draw
• DR Congo vs Uzbekistan: DR Congo win
• Croatia vs Ghana: Croatia or Draw

The combined bookmaker odds are 4.36, which implies around 23% before margin.

So Iran are still more likely to qualify than not, but this is a surprisingly realistic elimination scenario.