Iran - Japan Player Ratings...

[babak_iran]

Ebrahimi and Hajsafi are our best penalty takers. For GK i would try out R.Mazaheri and see how he does. Other then that its between Beiranvand and Haghighi. Haghighi seems to be less risky then Beiranvand but if he makes mistakes like he did vs. Japan consistently then we should give it up to Beiranvand. The thing with Beiranvand is he is a solid keeper but he makes some childish mistakes at times too.

[Damavand]

For those of you old timers, doesn't Amiri somehow remind you of how Hasan Rowshan used to play. I know Rowshan was head and shoulder above Amiri, but there are moments where I see the young Rowshan in Amiri.

Very good observation. Rowshan was certainly one of the all time greatest in Iranian Football. Had he been injury free, what a WC we could have had in 78. Amiri played extremely well yesterday and with a lot of hard work may reach Rowshan's level one day.