Iran’s Journey to Russia Starts at the “Door to Hell”

[AminGP]

Behrou Jan, you article was translated and posted to Isna but it doesn't say it was written by you

http://www.isna.ir/fa/news/94032514001/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B5%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1

I also saw the translated piece was posted on footballitarin http://footballitarin.com/link_page.php?id=229057

did they ask you for permission? even if they did they should include your name

[xerexes]

^ Oh so that was the language this was written in? Because I'm still having a hard time understanding how in the name of Rostam scoring five goals against a team that just lost to Guam(!) would classify our boys as "mythological legends"... you know, especially when we were told repeatedly that defending at the World Cup or losing with ten men in PKs to a country that has actually won the Asian Cup is way below our standards

[ilovefootball]

Best article I have ever read in the English language.

[teammelli91]

Hands down, this is one of my favorite articles to be posted on PFDC. Beautifully written. Makes me more excited for the match as well

[PersianLegion]

^ I saw that too, but please let us once not nag about referee please.

[Kiarash]

AFC has put an extremely inexperienced Bahraini referee for this game.

Look at how many games he has officiated throughout his career which started in 2010:

http://www.football-lineups.com/referee/3929/

Only 4 games which only one was an ACL game, the rest were pretty meaningless.

I expect a lot of calls in favor of Turkmenistan with such a suspicious referee.

[ali alipour]

Cmon guys I'm surprised there are some people here saying this might be a tough game for us.

ITS TURKMENISTAN FOR GODS SAKES. How do we expect to do well at the World Cup stage if we don't beat these teams by 4 or 5 goals? I mean seriously! Lol

In asia it's not always all about football. This will be an away match on a most likely terrible field in an unknown town. The hotel will probably be 2 stars and the ref is Bahraini. Also i would hope Queiroz plays some young players to give them experience in an official match. So Iran is obviously capable of a 4-5 goal win, but these types of away games are tougher.

[sooskmar]

Cmon guys I'm surprised there are some people here saying this might be a tough game for us.

ITS TURKMENISTAN FOR GODS SAKES. How do we expect to do well at the World Cup stage if we don't beat these teams by 4 or 5 goals? I mean seriously! Lol

[persianpopinjay]

Wow I thought you guys were trolling about Guam asking to play their home match in Iran.

Lol maybe they are too emberassed to invite us over to Guam and have us witness their crappy field / cameras?
After all it's Iran! The #1 ranked team of Asia!!
Little do they know how emberassed we are ourselves about our own federation's management.

My sentiments exactly. I forgot to mention this.

[Abtin]

what's shocking is that we have a losing record against them. 4 GP, 2 ties and 2 losses.

that's gonna change on tuesday.

[OFFSIDE_1]

what's shocking is that we have a losing record against them. 4 GP, 2 ties and 2 losses.

[Doctor DOOM]

Hmmm ... door to ''HELL''? I hardly think they are much of a threat , let alone being ''hell''.

Yes, they have had a few draws against us. But to make them sound threatening may be a bit too much, bro.

I predict a very COMFORTABLE win for us actually

[OFFSIDE_1]

Anyway the former name of a club can be simply a coincidence because that stadium is the newly built Turkmen arena and it shows they want to take full host advantage by getting a draw from us. They know if the match was in Eshgh Abad, many Iranians could go there since it is not far from Iranian border. India did the same thing they only moved Iran and Oman match to Bangalore because of humidity and hoping for rain fill the pitch so we can not control the ball while they are used to this type of game.

and we should be doing the same. I have never understood why we do not hold in games in other venues except for Azadi when we play the arab countries. We insist on providing them the best playing environment and many times a half empty stadium when we could easily make their lives miserable playing in a cold city like Tabriz with fans that will fill up stadiums.

[Bessos]

Wow I thought you guys were trolling about Guam asking to play their home match in Iran.

Lol maybe they are too emberassed to invite us over to Guam and have us witness their crappy field / cameras?
After all it's Iran! The #1 ranked team of Asia!!
Little do they know how emberassed we are ourselves about our own federation's management.

[persianpopinjay]

International source please. Why in Iran and only against Iran, would be a logical question.

I could be wrong, but maybe Guam reckons it'd be a good way to gain exposure in two high-profile matches against Iran. At least our cameras are decent enough for TV broadcast.
Other sources haven't yet confirmed the venue, and as to whether it's only Iran, is unclear. The venue for the home leg of Oman v Guam also hasn't been confirmed yet.