U23 Asian Championship; Quarter Final; Iran - Japan [22-01-2016]

[The Realist]

خاکپور در پایان گفت: از مسئولان برگزاری بازی ها تشکر می کنم و همینطور از کادرفنی و مدیریتی و تدارکاتی و بازیکنان و تمام کسانی که در مدت 15 ماهه تمام تلاش خود را برای این تیم کردند ممنونم، از مردم ایران عذرخواهی می کنم و می گویم که اگر این بازی را باختیم قطعا به خاطر دانش فنی پایین من بود.
According to this Khakpoor apologises to the nation and blames the loss on lack of his tactical or technical footballing knowledge.

Well that is Hinest and probably true- He is trying to take the blame off the players and the rest of the coaching team however it squarely points it to those that hired him in the first place given that they knew he lacked knowledge at this level! Furthermore it does not relive responsibility off a certain super-duper done it all at all level former national manger Mr Mayeli Kohan.

I guess he is also covering himself and by saying that he is telling the pundits, I said it myself don't attack me and write he was wrong for this job!

[webmaster]

Guys we all knew deep inside that we would loose this game but hoped that we might be lucky and get away with a win, but we saw that planing and hard work is way stronger and more consistent in results than luck.

We need to make our young players "more educated" and "to use their heads" as it is not just about how you play, but how smart you play and we had to confront this fact in a most heartbreaking way today.

[KC McElroy]

No, not really. They're the ones to enter the pitch at the end of the day and play. Most of them are money loving bacheh soosools. Only a select few deserve better.

I have never met anyone who goes to such lengths to demonstrate that he is incorset.

[rugs]

People say Iran plays with the most gheyrat in Asia, what does that even mean? What substantial value does it have? So like how do you know Japan or Korea doesn't play with more gheyrat? I feel like this is an excuse we use to forget about our painfully obvious mediocrity.

It means that these kids give their all for a country that gives nothing to them. They live in a sh!t society with a corrupt gov't and are used by a corrupt footballing system and are tossed out when they are done. Yet they still choose to represent the country that gives them nothing but headaches in return.

This doesn't apply to Japan or S. Korea. They don't have IR.

[rugs]

No, not really. They're the ones to enter the pitch at the end of the day and play. Most of them are money loving bacheh soosools. Only a select few deserve better.

Riiiight..... The Mohammadi brothers are straight up bache jigools from bala shahr.....

Get your nonsense out of here.

[arasradio]

IFF AND IRI WERE DESTINED TO ELIMINATE THIS TEAM!

When you see MK there, you should always know; there are conspiracies. I'm not complaining about the game. We were better than Japan and we lost. We understood how better than Asia we were and we didn't know!

Omid played very well and patriotic. But what can we expect from our OMID b team. My complaint is not for their beautiful style of play. These kids are all our future and damn they're good.

My point is the bitter reality that we could easily be there with JAHANBAKHSH & AZMOUN. Believe me. It's only IFF and mullahs that can't communicate with grade B and C EUROPEAN clubs to get their key players. Which country on earth doesn't use its A players in qualification games! ONLY IRAN! . Believe me if there was a coach like CQ in charge, b rated club teams couldn't dare not to release our players for Olympic Games !!! This is our damn luck. We don't have anybody in a decent league and now and at a vital time two of our future stars have to be in nakoujaaabaadd dolghoozabad and those teams don't even recognize IFF and that only shows how weak this federation is. Olympic qualification means billions of dollars for nation and we lost it to 500000 contract!!!

It's sad to see our team being eliminated while it could be the champion of these games. Now we should sit and watch Korea, Japan and most likely Qatar in the games. Now that Australia wasn't there we lost to ourselves and bad management. And also to our bad luck. How we always hit the bar, bar and bar!!!!! This team with he addition of JB AND AZ could go far in Olympics.

[babak_iran]

well on a day where we played better then Japan for the most part,specifically the 90 minutes we lost 3-0. Performance wise we cant be much happier then what we displayed today against Japan. Iran just has a knack of breaking down in crucial games at crucial times especially in extra time/penalties. Its more of a mental breakdown then anything because of the pressure thats on them, but as long as i remember, we have always had stamina and fitness problems in every age level we competed in. We always get scored on in the 70-90 minute or in extra time. Since CQ took over he kind of fixed that problem in our regular squad, but no magic can change this problem. our football will always be " Mariz".

I hope we get Japan in WCQ for 2018. I think we may be the biggest threat to them in Asia. Their players are short and quick, and our players are good physically. We match up way better against Japan then we do against the current S.Korea or even Australia.

[04041374]

I don't think it's fair to blame Khakpour for this match. he set the team up to play nice attacking football, without being too shaky in defence.

How is it his fault the players missed clear cut chances?

He set up his team for a positive display, but the players failed to live up to their own expectations.

In all honesty, the score line is quite deceiving. We had 3 open goal chances within the 90 minutes, whilst Japan had none. The players could not shoot on target when that was all they had to do to win the match.

I didn't blame Khakpour. I blamed the IFF for their strange coaching changes in the last years. They have hired four different coaches in the last four years. While the Japanese played with the same team in the last 4 years.

[littlepersia17]

U23 Asian Championship; Quarter Final; Iran - Japan [22-01-2016]

No team in this competition plays with so much Gheyrat than our players. I hardly recall any team in Asia that has the Iranian fighting spirit.

If there is someone to be blamed than it's the federation for taking unprofessional short-term decisions by replacing one coach after another.

I don't think it's fair to blame Khakpour for this match. he set the team up to play nice attacking football, without being too shaky in defence.

How is it his fault the players missed clear cut chances?

He set up his team for a positive display, but the players failed to live up to their own expectations.

In all honesty, the score line is quite deceiving. We had 3 open goal chances within the 90 minutes, whilst Japan had none. The players could not shoot on target when that was all they had to do to win the match.

[PersianLegion]

Well I'm about 100% Iranian and have no idea what it means. Maybe it's because I'm educated enough to be pragmatic and not let my judgement be clouded by pitiful emotions?

Born and raise in Iran?

[kami_kakashi]

No team in this competition plays with so much Gheyrat than our players. I hardly recall any team in Asia that has the Iranian fighting spirit.

If there is someone to be blamed than it's the federation for taking unprofessional short-term decisions by replacing one coach after another.

Oh please, just drop this Aryan nation agenda that we are the only ones who have pride. Read a book, travel to places like Japan and see the true "gheyrat"...

[04041374]

http://ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%87/134669/news.aspx

IFF appreciation letter for TM Omid


Without any doubt, the coaching and managerial staff has done a lot of work in this path to the Olympics. This was recognizable at both stages of the Olympic qualifiers, especially in the game against Japan.
Due to that, the Iranian Football Federation has supported the Iranian U23-national team like any other national team. The managers, coaches and players have shown their efforts the training sessions, as well on the field.
The efforts and the performance are a basis for the future of our football and the efforts of everyone will help our main national team on their way to Russia 2018.
The Iranian Football Federation appreciates the performance of the players, coaches and managers and is thankful for their efforts.

[teammelli91]

We need to accept it and move on.

I know it's hard and that it hurts.

But there's no point in living in the past.

They played with heart for 90 minutes but we're very exhausted in extra-time. After the first goal which was the outcome of a few errors (marking, giving away possession..), they came back into the game for a bit. Then they let the Japanese player to cut through (again because of exhaustion) and he scored. And then again. Because of poor marking (why? Because of fatigue). Had they prepared for 120 minutes, maybe somethings would have been prevented.

But that's the past and it has passed. Let's learn from our mistakes and move on.

We have many talented players who can have a brighter future. Many talented players who can help our national team.

I'm optimistic about our chances to qualify to Russia 2018.

Let's move on guys!

[Gotham]

Only Iranians can understand what that means.

Well I'm about 100% Iranian and have no idea what it means. Maybe it's because I'm educated enough to be pragmatic and not let my judgement be clouded by pitiful emotions?

[Z Joon]

Whatever happened it's the past now, time to move on. A quote which I found interesting for in particular us Team Melli fans.

We should stand united and support our team once again, because the WCQ 2018 will be an incredibly tough ride.

It's very true, and we will make it!