POST-MATCH Discussion + rating | Iran Vs. Turkmenistan

[inarsenewetrust]

dejagah scored and assisted and created tons of chances for TM today. Idk why he deserves such a low rating for you guys

[Nariman]

I can't remember the last time TM created so many chances. What held us back was our inexperience due to the generation change we are going through, as well as the Turkmenistan keeper, who probably will never perform as good as today again. We should have scored at least 4-5 more goals. 2 times we hit the post & Rezaei + Torabi missing the empty goal are just on top of my mind. I think we mainly missed a Azmoun or Gucci up front. The 3rd option looks to be Taremi, while likes of Rezaei, Ansarifard and Sharifi have to fight for the 4th spot.

Overall we performed well - decent moves, skills and passing game - considering this was a pretty experimental squad with some new fresh players. You can go and blindly bash the team, but once you get a feeling for our current situation, you will understand that the team is actually doing good and will only improve thanks to CQ having the guts to start a new TM era.

Some other points:

- Ezzatollahi's goal was damn fine. One splendid dribble and a clean finish at the right time after we conceded the equalizer. Watch how many players are surrounding him, something that we usually only experienced from Karimi in the past.



- JB again unlucky not to score. Hit the post like he did for Alkmaar, also a header was saved. Gucci also had a positive impact, earned a PK and another shot got saved.

- Haghighi's lack of praxis is hurting him a lot. It's not about quality; he is just out of form these days. Beiranvand is not playing either for Naft, so maybe Akhbari is the only option for now as Makani is not trustable either. The goal we conceded however can’t be fully blamed on Haghighi though, we simply defended poorly. But I don’t know if the goal was legitimate anyway! Watch the replay, that kick from Turkmenistan player was extremely dangerous, could have smashed Hajsafi's head!

- Hajsafi continues to be wasted as a LB. This is getting criminal; his true quality is being thrown easily away each damn match. We need to find a new LB, this is really going to hurt us in the future, just wait & see...I can't blame him whenever he makes his mistake, this is not his true postion.

- It was shameful to see Dejagah being given the captain armband, not because of his performance. This is the national team FFS, you have to earn it throughout the years! Hajsafi deserved it the most from the squad today, yes I would even give it to Jahanbakhsh then Dejagah for his classy attitude. Overall he was not a catastrophe and had couple of good scenes as well, but he is FAR away from the Dejagah we know and I seriously doubt he can improve as he obviously only cares about money these days, nobody can deny that. Time for JB to slowly fully replace him...

- CQ wearing a tie was just GOLD. Maybe the first TM coach ever doing something like that! Before the game he brought all his GK's to the press conference to boost their spirit and indirectly show he doesn’t need Rahmati lol.

You can hate him for his tactics, player selection or whatever...but this MAN is a master in playing mind games! Once you try to mess with him...good luck....



All that aside, there is something that worries me the most...someone please tell me where the hell is Torabi's neck?

[04041374]

That tie

[04041374]

Haghighi: 2
Rezaeian: 6
Pouraliganji: 7
Pourghaz: 6
Hajsafi: 4
Ezzatollahi: 8
Ebrahimi: 8
Torabi: 7
Dejagah: 4
Amiri: 5
Kaveh: 5

Ghoochannejhad: 6
Jahanbakhsh: 7
Kamyabinia: -

We should've scored at least another goal in the first half. Those huge blow ups almost costed the entire game. Thanks god we scored immidiately right after we got scored on. Turkmenistan has never been an easy opponent. They turn out much stronger than they have always been, when they play against us - history has shown that.

[AminGP]

Why would you trust the times a member posts here when it will take 10 seconds to check varzesh3's front page the day of the game!!!!

The game started 6.30 AM EST which I was asleep and couldn't have checked it on the day. If I had known I would have woken up earlier. Again why post a thread about an important game when all the infos about the times of the game were incorrect. Rugs mentioned that some of the members later corrected the game but the OP never corrected the first page.

[babak_iran]

Ebrahimi and Ezzatollahi were our best players today. Torabi is decent, he is good physical player but I don't like his style of running,i dont know if its him or his neck that makes him look so slow. People should stop being so harsh on Dejagah, when we play against weaker opposition he sometimes tries to do too much, and rushes on some of his passes but overall he didn't play that bad IMO. Let's not forget that he is the one that links up almost all of our attacks, without him we would look much more mediocre going forward. Haghighi has had back to back blunders and is looking out of form. I would put Akhbari in net for the game vs. Guam. Jahanbakhsh was ok but he can play much better, i like the fact that he tries to cut in from the wing and take shots,haven't seen a TM player do that for as long as i can remember but he was too selfish today and his passes weren't on point. Gucci doesn't look completely fit yet, he didn't look to sharp but he always seems to be in the right spot at the right time, I expected him to play more minutes today though.


Haghighi 2
Rezaeian 6
Pouraligangi 7
Pourghaz 6
Hajsafi 5
Ezzatolahi 8
Ebrahimi 8
Dejagah 6
Amiri 5
Torabi 6
K.Rezaei 5

Subs:
Jahanbakhsh 6
Gucci 6
Kamyabinia(not enough playing time to be judged)

[_Navid_]

So many people missed the entire game because the times were incorrect and the OP never updated the first page.

Why would you trust the times a member posts here when it will take 10 seconds to check varzesh3's front page the day of the game!!!!

[_Navid_]

Good: Ezzatollahi, Dejagah, Jahanbakhsh, Torabi, Kamyabinia, PAG, Rezaeian, Gucci

Bad: Hajsafi

Ugly: Haghighi

[Sly]

Haghighi - 6
Rezaian - 7
Pourghaz - 6
Pouraliganji - 7
Hajsafi - 5
Ezzatolahi - 8
Ebrahimi - 6
Amiri - 5
Dejagah - 2
Torabi - 6
Rezaei - 5
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Subs :
Kamyabinia - 6
Jahanbakhsh - 4
Gucci - 7

[Omids]

i was also impressed how the young players and the team overall keep the ball on the ground and completed a lot of passes. I cant remember at any time players just aimlessly kicking the ball forward. The back line passed to the midfield and the midfield fed the forward link players. This is a massive change to the way we used to play 10 years ago. Sure our last pass and finishing could have been better but this was a young team and that will hopefully come.