Iran vs Portugal - Post Match Discussion/Player Ratings

[Kian Persepolis]

If only Taremi had scored that chance.....

Takhsire to shod, you shouldn't have watched the game!

lol jk

[Doctor DOOM]

Man I forgive Taremi for both misses but will be stock in my head for a while.. It happens but dam it hurts! We were so close to making history. I wished he would have curved it to right few more inches. Oh well. Its over now.

he'd have scored that in domestic league, against iranian clubs.
thats why we need our lads to play big names and big teams, to maintain focus and not lose the head.

[Under Lahaf]

Why didn't we play with the red jersey as we did against Spain? CQ got some explaining to do! the Power of Red Jersey was the only missing ingredient

The game can be divided to two halves;

before the penalty, and after Beiranvand's save. The momentum changed entirely and for that reason I give him 8.5 points. 0.5 deduction for that push and argument, 1 point deduction since it's easy to criticize him for not saving that goal. frankly, I think he boosted the teams' confident a lot. My son looked at me as soon as penalty was called and we both knew it's over.... 1 goal is a lot but to score 3 goals to win was too much and he changed the game!

[Doctor DOOM]

guys, let this sink in.

Group of DEATH.
World Champions & twice Euro champions
Reigning Euro champions
Africa's top 3 team
... and we had a chance to TOP that group!!

I repeat, TOP a group with spain, portugal & morocco in it.


When the draw was made, we were all terrified (aside from whistling in the dark bravado).
Before the tourny, many didnt give us a chance to get more than 1 point.
I, myself, said I think getting TWO points from this group is an achievement.

And we ALMOST TOPPED the freaking group!

Kudos to CQ and the lads. You have to admire them no matter what

[iraniiii]

Man I forgive Taremi for both misses but will be stock in my head for a while.. It happens but dam it hurts! We were so close to making history. I wished he would have curved it to right few more inches. Oh well. Its over now.

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

Taremis message
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkfMec0j...=1rh5k6n7la48s

That Video :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[persianballer]

Taremis message

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkfMec0jXxy/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1rh5k6n7la48s

[Ararat Tehran]

Great analysis...especially at minute 12.25!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezg0b1Lsmg

[Tehranto]

Every single player deserves a 10.

That's it.

[rouzbahani]

Great World Cup, even if our best Forwards did not have a good World Cup but they are still Young. Hopefully the Iran based Players (and PAG) dont sign in the arab leagues now, come to europe damn it.

[theworldgamer]

I would give the team a 10 out of 10, considering all the BS that CQ and the whole team had to deal with.
The team played very disciplined and implemented the tactics of the coach very well. Everyone in the world is stunned how a team can be so tactically disciplined both on defence and attack.
The team is made of all the coaches and players on and off the bench and when a team plays so brilliantly disciplined (like a real team) then everyone gets 10 out of 10. They played three intense games and they stayed physically strong for all three games and their standard of running was in par with the best teams in the world.
And lastly please stop picking on Taremi. CQ brings the best out of a forward in a winger position and the player steps up and does a brilliant job in that position and runs up and down the line to defend and attack with his heart and this is how we thank him? He really deserves to be appreciated like everyone else in the team.
I cried when I read his interview after the game telling the fans to not insult his family, mother and sister in social media and only insult him personally.It really felt sick hearing him say that. How can a real fan not see how the whole team including Taremi and the coaches gave their 200% in this WC and they deserve 200% support.
And yes if their 200% is still less than 80% of Spain or Portugal, then they are not at fault because our football is not comparable with those countries.

[Swiss Persian]

i give each and every single one of them a 10/10. no discussion. i have never ever been so happy with TM Performance as in These three hard games. all i do hope and wish for now is a) carlos gets his contract prolonged for four years and b) that each and every single one of our Players gets a move to a good Club in europe.

bacheha mochakerim

[metallica69]

for me everyone was great. I feel we did our best on and off the field.

Obviously we are missing a play maker and the only negative i can get out of this game is the late substitutions. I think Ghodoos deserved more playing time and it was clear how quickly he effected both games when he came on. Hajsafei would have been more effective at CM in this game. and finally i think in the last 20 minutes we should have subbed azmoun, he was running on fumes.

[Keano]

i don't care for spain and portugal. my point is people here were upset after the morocco win because we didn't win in style. so now that we tied and loss "in style" people are happy. which is why i made that comment. I'm extremely proud of TM. maybe my comment on Taremi was a little harsh, but he had chances to make history for us. spain and portugal have advanced out of their group several times while we had not. I'm upset because this time i knew we could do it, as someone mentioned in another thread, they said we're upset that we tied the euro champs which shows how far we've come. if we were as bad as saudi and tied id be ecstatic, but we're not. as far as ronaldo miss goes, had Taremi scored, i promise you that ronaldo would be crucified worse than Taremi.
just look at what happened to Messi

Damet garm for the clarification. Now let's cherish our awesome display and keep it positive, as almost we all agree TM played beyond our pre-World Cup expectations!

[Sam van Dam]

Do you sometimes re-read your own comments? I am serious, do you do that once your anger/frustration has eased down? We got 1/6 point, how much the 2010 world champions got? how much the Euro 2016 champions got? Wait a second did we play 3 games in Asian Cup or World Cup against 2 of the biggest teams in the world? and African champions who BTW happened to be the best African team of the tournament by far (Performance wise)? We barely lost to Spain and drew Portugal. We actually could have beaten both of them had some luck and FIFA fairness been on our side.
You're crucifying Traemi for having missed a difficult angle shot. What do you call Ronaldo for having screwed up the penalty shot?
Cynicism at its finest with illogical logic!
Be happy that for the first time in our history we earned 4 points and almost qualified as the top team above Portugal and Spain...

i don't care for spain and portugal. my point is people here were upset after the morocco win because we didn't win in style. so now that we tied and loss "in style" people are happy. which is why i made that comment. I'm extremely proud of TM. maybe my comment on Taremi was a little harsh, but he had chances to make history for us. spain and portugal have advanced out of their group several times while we had not. I'm upset because this time i knew we could do it, as someone mentioned in another thread, they said we're upset that we tied the euro champs which shows how far we've come. if we were as bad as saudi and tied id be ecstatic, but we're not. as far as ronaldo miss goes, had Taremi scored, i promise you that ronaldo would be crucified worse than Taremi.
just look at what happened to Messi