Iran Friendly (November)

[shahname]

If you want to plan your friendlies up to a major tournament perfectly then you always start playing against weaker sides in the first friendlies and then go on to play stronger opponents as you get closer to the tournament and finally the last friendly is usually also always aganist an easy opponent where you just want to go through your strategies and at the same time want to prevent a big loss or injuries.
So far, our friendlies are ok, including the ones in november against Panama and Venezuela. But as we go ahead in our preparation and get closer to the WC, we better play against stronger teams as well to be prepared perfectly. And then there is also the issue of playing against different countries with different style of play depending on their geography and continents. I guess CQ knows this way better than any of us.

[greenguy4life]

Agha, Ghafouri is out indefinitely. Although I don't think he will, and it's an unpopular opinion, I do believe beitashour deserves another call up.

As much as I love Steven, his national team days are over. If Ghafouri can't play, we have Danial Mahini who I think is very talented and offers a lot more to the table than Beitashour.

[Karimi 8]

We should be looking to call up Beitashour for the Panama match, if anyone it would be him who'd have some background knowledge on how they play esp with the form that he's in!

no doubt, he has been playing continuously very well the past couple of seasons, especially this one. With Ghafouri out for now, we need another back up RB, I think Steven could fit the tactics pretty well, he has done better at pushing to move up the pitch more, which I think was a big barrier before in terms of Carlos' tactics.

[Omids]

In addition playing stronger nations requires the knowledge of knowing who we are paired against in the WC. Then we can decide which type of stronger team we should play against in friendlies. Conversely the stronger teams in other groups will know by then who they are facing and might be willing to play us as they might want to play us as we repesent a type of team that they might have in their group. So the real strategic friendlies will be decided once the group draws have been made.

[sarbaz]

Ghaffouri and Moslem are both ok to play today

[saeed_noro]

For March 2018 Iran should try to organize a tournament with 3 more teams. 4 teams in one group and 3 match days.

Till March 2018 we will have Foolad Arena (good wheater in march), Isfahan Arena and also mashed and tabriz as good venues for this matches, but we can also play all 6 matches in Azadi....

But I think Azadi and Foolad Arena should be fine, and 3 national teams will have the chance of 3 matches.

For March, Germany and Brazil have both two matches planned. Not available.

[saeed_noro]

Friendlies listet (date probably not finally confirmed, for example Iran friendly with Panama seems wrong
https://www.scorespro.com/soccer/fri...2018/fixtures/

other
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...xtures/2017-11

[PSGman#19]

We shouldn't set our march and may friendlies according to our draw. Why? because IFF has lot of difficulties to organize decent friendlies (money, politics, etc..)

The november friendlies should have been organized way before as we qualified in june.

IFF went to the easiest route for october/november as the only decent friendlies we had are Russia and Venezuala, that is to say two of Iran's allies. The rest of Iran's allies don't have good football team so IFF is going to struggle more for next year.
Togo is a weak african team now (eliminated before the final stage of african qualifiers) and came without two of their best players (that are far from being exceptionnal now).

About countries that will be grouped with KSA or arab countries asking for friendlies with iran? I don't believe it. See what happened last WCs.

[Iran Doost]

Iran to play Venezuela in international friendly [Confirmed]

http://www.persianfootball.com/news/...dly-confirmed/

Um... this country may default on its loans shortly. Will they have the money to show up in Holland?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...under-48-hours

[sarbaz]

Iran is probably paying thier airfare , room and board.

[ehsan singapore]

Iran is probably paying thier airfare , room and board.

venezuala can pay for thier trip

[teammelli91]

Ghaffouri and Moslem are both ok to play today

Chi shod, yehoei Ozma beheshoon ejaze dad toop bezanan lol.

[aenima_8]

Based on this source, Algeria FA and Team Melli had an offer to play a friendly in November. Nothing materialized:

"It should be pointed out that the FAF has been offered to play Iran (a concrete offer has been sent to it), but no action has been taken on this proposal. The selection led by Carlos Queiroz, ranked 26th in the world and qualified for the next 2018 World Cup, will be in training in Austria at that time and was ready to move, at his own expense, to Algeria. According to information from a relative of the record, Madjer would not have considered this opportunity interesting and the FAF did not explore this track preferring to wait for the confirmation of an African opponent."

http://lagazettedufennec.com/equipe-...puUMVECTS6b.99

[inarsenewetrust]

We shouldn't set our march and may friendlies according to our draw. Why? because IFF has lot of difficulties to organize decent friendlies (money, politics, etc..)

The november friendlies should have been organized way before as we qualified in june.

IFF went to the easiest route for october/november as the only decent friendlies we had are Russia and Venezuala, that is to say two of Iran's allies. The rest of Iran's allies don't have good football team so IFF is going to struggle more for next year.
Togo is a weak african team now (eliminated before the final stage of african qualifiers) and came without two of their best players (that are far from being exceptionnal now).

About countries that will be grouped with KSA or arab countries asking for friendlies with iran? I don't believe it. See what happened last WCs.

not really lol. Serbia are good friends with IR, would be a great friendly. Our relations with turkey are getting quite good, also would be a great friendly. I dont think this really has to do with Irans government ( maybe to an extent), but mainly just with IFF's incompetence/lack of funds. ITs difficult / impossible to schedule friendlies 2-3 weeks in advance, we need to be scheduling the next round of friendlies RIGHT NOW. And just go with doable nations. Serbia, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, Peru for example

[PSGman#19]

Based on this source, Algeria FA and Team Melli had an offer to play a friendly in November. Nothing materialized:

"It should be pointed out that the FAF has been offered to play Iran (a concrete offer has been sent to it), but no action has been taken on this proposal. The selection led by Carlos Queiroz, ranked 26th in the world and qualified for the next 2018 World Cup, will be in training in Austria at that time and was ready to move, at his own expense, to Algeria. According to information from a relative of the record, Madjer would not have considered this opportunity interesting and the FAF did not explore this track preferring to wait for the confirmation of an African opponent."

http://lagazettedufennec.com/equipe-...puUMVECTS6b.99

So shiity countries like algeria snub us!