Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

[TheBoss]

what an amazing match. I'm so happy that we have such a good bench.

Go Sardar. (btw, is it just me or Rezaian looks like Farhad Majidi?)

[Sharkie]

CQ knows what he'll get from our starters so it was important to see the performance of our bench players and what they can contribute to TM. I thought this was a great friendly. Iraq is no pushover team. We've ALWAYS struggled against them. They too play with gheyrat.

[Abtin]

Everything is here, don't worry, amo Abtin to the rescue :


Highlights: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=842497635813470 og http://footballitarin.com/video_page.php?id=13092

Goals: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=842460695817164

Full match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjYMdogzWw

[St_Mark]

Rafiei was great in my opinion.

He defended as well as attacked.

He must have been great since Martin said Not.
He hate Khuzestani teams and players
Check out his comments regarding Foulad, Bakhtiar, Rafeiei.
He repeatedly question their qualifications for TM. He "kind " of gave up when his idol CQ invited them and showed interest in them.

I suspect if they both go Ziarat in Mashahad , he will change his mind about them.

محصص: رفيعي و اميري فراتر از تصور بودند
عضو کميته فني فدراسيون فوتبال تأکيد کرد،
وحيد اميري و سروش رفيعي بازي بسيار خوبي را مقابل عراق به نمايش گذاشتند.

[PSGman#19]

Happy to see new faces, it is refreshing. All wasn't perfect but that's a promising start.

Btw, i hate how asian side made fouls on our players when we start to develop a good attack. I don't think it is nastly but it goes to fast for them.
We do the same sometimes too

[_Navid_]

I am happy for Azmoun. For the first time in 20 years we actually have 4 good strikers to choose from. Amiri was disappointing.

[Ali.Karimi79]

Anyone else noticed Jahanbakhshs contributions and almost zero errors?
This guy will be world class one day!!!!!

[sorkh]

Iran played using a counter attack approach and Iraq missed a penalty.

[Karimi 8]

- Amiri never stopped running, even in 90th minute, he seems very fit and aggressive, 2 poor misses really made his performance look poor.
- Ansarifard should start taking lessons from his younger partner Azmoun, Ansarifard was not impressive at all, just a few good dribbles
- I didn't see much from Jahanbakhsh after he came in
- Rafeiei was good needs to work on his freekicks if he is taking them, useful playmaker in him is emerging
- Pouladi wasn't his usual self, Pouraliganji and Beikzadeh were decent as CB's but they wont be playing Hosseini and Sadeghi a lot better.
- and everyone is praising Rezayan but to be honest I for some reason jsut didn't notice him, i must have missed his actions so cant comment on him
- Ghafouri was weak today
- Ebrahimi impressed me, good to know we have a solid DMF incase something goes wrong with Ando and nekounam (on these two, saw a good pass from nekounam and didnt see him again, and Ando is seeming to get back into form slowly but still not his usual self)
- Reza was great since he came on he is alert and seems to have kept his form despite playing in a horrible league
- Dejagah always a threat, had some nice dribbles here and there, liked his gheyrat at the end
- Azmoun with the great goal, such a classic striker he is, and like his aggression (but calm down on the fouls!)
- Both keepers weren't tested too much and Haghighi will obviouslly be starting

- Dont think anyone else played. Seems like CQ knows htat everyone is aware what our lineup is, and he really is throwing people off with the defense that he played (and he has kept in mind our defense is our foundation wants it to be less predictable and have back ups ready) Lots of potential even in our new younger players, would be interesting to see if they get playing time or we go with our classic formation with like 1 change or so. Regardless we have lots of good subs!

- Overall A definite improvement from our game with Korea, and the two halves were fairly different but the main thing i took away from this match is our team looks really really fit! No one looked gassed and everyone was pressuring and attacking, and we showed good offensive ability in counter attack (even while playing attacking football which must be scary for hte Arab teams to watch, they know if they attack they will most likely concede) I am sure CQ took exactly waht he needed from this match, always nice to win a friendly, especially against an Arab team this near the Asia cup definite moral booster! Thanks boys and see you against Bahrain soon!

- Decent performance overall, somewhat hopeful

[ParthianDE]

The 2nd best part about this friendly was that it was used for what a friendly is for: experimentation; the result doesn't matter.

The best part about this friendly: the continued rise of AZMOUN!

[littlepersia17]

Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

Rafiei was great in my opinion.

He defended as well as attacked.

[Abtin]

Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

I certainly agree that we have a deep bench.

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Iran be like Bayern Munich..

[KeonKish]

Re: Iran vs Iraq post match discussion

I certainly agree that we have a deep bench.

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[onebloodfool]

Rafiei = Shojaei II, up to you if you like that or not

Ie, you think he is amazing and best thing ever since slice bread lol jk

[Martin-Reza]

Azmoun = brilliant
Amiri was involved in every big chance we had. Definitely promising.
Beikzadeh in central defense =
Rafiei = Shojaei II, up to you if you like that or not