Iran vs Portugal - Post Match Discussion/Player Ratings

[Ando Teymourian]

I must also say I am upset about two incidents.
one was the altercation between Beiranvand & Ezzatollahi. Now I know it was a highly stressful situation and you just cant afford such mix ups and lapses in communication against such teams. But still … come on lads. The whole world is watching.
clearly they made up (as they shd) by halftime or even before that. And carried on with te game.

But another instance was when the penalty was called and I saw Rezaeian actually pull the ball out of another player's hands and fight to take it. To have 2-3 players fight for the ball was simply embarrassing. Now from what I could see, of all those involved he was acting the worst. A major embarrassment.
But then again, throughout the tournament he looked stressed and angry at something or someone. always on the edge! which clouds his good performances.


we certainly could have done without these two incidents.

Great analysis overall, but i felt the need to step in on this one... simply because Ramin has been getting a lot of heat from members for the last month. (regarding Ezzat and Beira, arguments happen on the pitch, we are just so used to not seeing it under CQ, I feel like we forgot it is something that happens occasionally.

Regarding Ramin:

1. I also thought he wanted to take the penalty, but watched it again a bit closer with slo mo, rewinding, etc... Taremi has the ball first and looks like he wants to shoot (probably bad idea with full respect I have for Mehdi). Ramin does take it away, but just before the scene ends, you can see him give the ball to Karim - it happens a microsecond before the scene shifts, so you have to watch closely. I think he was simply saying Mehdi don't take it, Karim will take it. Don't think he wanted to shoot for himself.

2. I also want to add, just because people think he isn't the best teammate. Look who is the only one to immediately console Beira after the Quaresma goal. Ramin goes right up to Beira and tells him let's keep going, its not over yet. He might seem intense sometimes, but I think he brings a lot of motivation on the pitch.

**Side note just to show how much of a great team we are. After Mehdi's miss in the dying seconds, Sardar goes straight to him and encourages him to keep going, there is still time, we can get another chance.

Love these lads

[Keano]

we got 1/6 points. while we played like ass vs morocco and got 3/3 points

although the ref and VAR were ass, we should have never let the game be in their hands and we should have capitalized on our chances. Taremi, Mr. Qatari league had a quality chance to tie spain, misses the net. has a chance to beat portugal, misses the net. its inexcusable

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...

[Piroozi]

Everyone played their hearts out. Proud of all the boys and staff...

If I had to criticize, I was disappointed with Amiri, Ezatolahi, and Taremi. Amiri was not as sharp as the last two games and seemed to be gassed out. Ezatolahi has a bright future but he lacks the experience and coolness, a lot of tackles that resulted in free kicks/penalty and that fiasco with Beiranvand. Taremi fought hard but had a few good chances including a golden opportunity that he didn't utilize...he is just not a good finisher. Also someone like Mohammadi could have done a better job at handling Quaresma over Hajsafi.

I would have kept the same lineup but started Mohammadi over Hajsafi, Dejagah over Amiri, Cheshmi if not injured over Ezatolahi. Then in 2nd half sub in Ghoddos for Dejagah, Gucci for Taremi, Ansarifard for Ezatolahi/Cheshmi.

Anyway, its easy to criticize and provide suggestions after the game is over. What I know for sure is that we have a bright future, good job TM.

[Sam van Dam]

i think its cute that we won the hearts of many by the way we played vs portugal and spain, but we got 1/6 points. while we played like ass vs morocco and got 3/3 points

although the ref and VAR were ass, we should have never let the game be in their hands and we should have capitalized on our chances. Taremi, Mr. Qatari league had a quality chance to tie spain, misses the net. has a chance to beat portugal, misses the net. its inexcusable. but my goodness how were those two fouls on azmoun in the 18 not called, but ronaldos which was the same shit was reviewed without hesitation

after these past 3 games, Ramin, MiMo, Eza, maybe Amiri and Omid b/c of age, PAG, Hosseini, AJB, Ghoddos, and BEIRO all deserve to play in a big 4 league. they were marvelous

our future is looking good as long as CQ is in charge. we also have a few youngsters choosing to play in Begium rather than playing in iran qatar or uae. its a step in the right direction.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

what he said:

[Mr.Click]

absolutely!!!! After the messi goal, I thought that I will never ever forget this moment. To be honest, two or three weeks later, everything was ok again.
But I am sitting alone in the office 1:30 am german time and am dreaming about a late goal of Taremi.....

I have good news for you. Somewhere in Iran, there is a little boy who watched this game and decides right now, that he will be better than any of our players we had. In the near future we will have an Iranian Salah, where Nike and all the other f******ing companies are begging to wear their brands. And this is because Teame Melli played with so much passion. Thank YOU!!!!!

Post of the year

[OFFSIDE_1]

Ramin, Ebrahimi, Amiri, Beiranvand and Ezatollahi and even Sardar were amazing. 2nd Tier of players were JB, Pouraliganji, Taremi, Ghoddos, Hosseini and Hajsafi.

Shojaei because of his injury underperformed. Maybe it's time he retired.

[_Navid_]

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

[Keano]

Today once again money and corruption spoke and beat justice. Ronaldo purposely elbowing PAG’s face with sole intention of hitting and injuring the player warranted nothing but a juicy and immediate red card. That shouldn’t have even needed a VAR call. Then came the second suspicious penalty scene which absolutely required VAR, for never happened either. Hell even TV coverage refrained from replaying the scene closely. Too much BS happened to call it just a coincidence.

Nonetheless I urge you guys not to kiss this beautiful post-match analysis:

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[loveandpeace]

Wonderful performance by our boys! Nothing but admiration for everyone involved.
People complaining that we were unlucky (Taremi last shot, penalties, etc.), we were also lucky to get 3 points from Morocco. The truth is that our first game could have easily been a lost, tie, or a win, but we won and got 3 points from it, mostly by luck. Let us control what we can and enjoy the unpredictablity that is inherent in football.

[mahestan]

He normally takes them for him club and scored a few.

But I agree about him, he seemed on the edge and confrontational, needs to chill for his own good.

I did not know that he normally takes the free kicks for his club. Thank you for pointing that out.

[Mr Pouya]

It was also somewhat random to see Ramin take the free kick in the 2nd half. It seemed that Hajsafi was going to take it and looked like Ramin argued and wanted the ball.

He normally takes them for his club and scored a few.
But I agree about him, he seemed on the edge and confrontational, needs to chill for his own good.

[mahestan]

I must also say I am upset about two incidents.
one was the altercation between Beiranvand & Ezzatollahi. Now I know it was a highly stressful situation and you just cant afford such mix ups and lapses in communication against such teams. But still … come on lads. The whole world is watching.
clearly they made up (as they shd) by halftime or even before that. And carried on with te game.

But another instance was when the penalty was called and I saw Rezaeian actually pull the ball out of another player's hands and fight to take it. To have 2-3 players fight for the ball was simply embarrassing. Now from what I could see, of all those involved he was acting the worst. A major embarrassment.
But then again, throughout the tournament he looked stressed and angry at something or someone. always on the edge! which clouds his good performances.


we certainly could have done without these two incidents.

It was also somewhat random to see Ramin take the free kick in the 2nd half. It seemed that Hajsafi was going to take it and looked like Ramin argued and wanted the ball.

[Doctor DOOM]

I must also say I am upset about two incidents.
one was the altercation between Beiranvand & Ezzatollahi. Now I know it was a highly stressful situation and you just cant afford such mix ups and lapses in communication against such teams. But still … come on lads. The whole world is watching.
clearly they made up (as they shd) by halftime or even before that. And carried on with te game.

But another instance was when the penalty was called and I saw Rezaeian actually pull the ball out of another player's hands and fight to take it. To have 2-3 players fight for the ball was simply embarrassing. Now from what I could see, of all those involved he was acting the worst. A major embarrassment.
But then again, throughout the tournament he looked stressed and angry at something or someone. always on the edge! which clouds his good performances.


we certainly could have done without these two incidents.

[mahestan]

and last time i checked "fozolo bordan jehanam goft hizomesh tare"

A true Sharif uni students knows every single thing in this planet !

They better get their $hit together and get better firewood.