Day 4 [AFC Asian Cup 2019] - Date, Time, & Live Updates

[tooleh khers]

We played against Spain, who are probably one of the fastest in terms of offensive buildup play and offensive players, and they were able to handle them.

Slow and big?

Quite the opposite, I disagree respectfully. Spain's build up is quite slow and like watching paint dry. Also against Spain we had 11 men behind the ball playing defense. Also Spanish players were just passing the ball around not going for too many dribbles in and around the box.

[sarbaz]

I am very shocked that Vietnam could not defend thier 2-2 draw and gives up a goal froma free kick at the 88 th min.
We will destroy Vietnam and beat Iraq 2-0

So far I have been wrong in every match score prediction including this Saudi-Korea game.
damn this is the weakest North Korean team ever and I will not predict another match in this tournament again.

[scuderia]

Our defenders are big and slow and not so good on the ground on top of being tackle prone. Saudi has fast technical players with good ground play and very dangerous in and around the box.

PAG, Hosseini and Rezaeian are by no means slow. Not to mention that if MiMo plays he's probably our fastest player! So I disagree with you! Ground ability is fairly decent as well. They practically blanked Portugal and Spain, I doubt Saudi will be that much more difficult !

[Tehranto]

Our defenders are big and slow and not so good on the ground on top of being tackle prone. Saudi has fast technical players with good ground play and very dangerous in and around the box. I think our defense will have a hard day against Vietnam as well.

We played against Spain, who are probably one of the fastest in terms of offensive buildup play and offensive players, and they were able to handle them.

Slow and big?

[TM4LIFE]

Saudi keeper pulling off some great saves

[tooleh khers]

Our defenders are big and slow and not so good on the ground on top of being tackle prone. Saudi has fast technical players with good ground play and very dangerous in and around the box. I think our defense will have a hard day against Vietnam as well.

[Tehranto]

Saudi's strength seems to be our weakness. Hope to avoid this team.

Which is?

[tooleh khers]

Saudi's strength seems to be our weakness. Hope to avoid this team.

[Tehranto]

Average tactical positioning of Iraq and Vietnam shows that both teams aren't afraid of attacking. Both number tens are above centerbacks.

[TM4LIFE]

North Korea a man down but creating many dangerous chances

[perspolis#1]

I understand where this argument comes from but it's still a poor attitude from fans. More than ever before, we have fans saying that we MUST win the tournament and yet they themselves are unwilling to go to the game because Yemen is below us? If everyone wants to wait until the final to show up, then they're just plastic fans. Anyway, let's wait and see what happens against Vietnam but overall, I hope the attendance in the entire tournament improves.

Absolutely. I don't agree with it. If I wasn't working I'd take the vacation and see the group games. The tickets are dirt cheap for people in Europe/US.

[K. Nader]

I'm going to give our fans the benefit of the doubt and say that its possible they bought a lot of tickets for later matches(esp knockout rounds). Iran-Yemen wouldn't draw a crowd of more than a handful thousand in Azadi.

I understand where this argument comes from but it's still a poor attitude from fans. More than ever before, we have fans saying that we MUST win the tournament and yet they themselves are unwilling to go to the game because Yemen is below us? If everyone wants to wait until the final to show up, then they're just plastic fans. Anyway, let's wait and see what happens against Vietnam but overall, I hope the attendance in the entire tournament improves.

[teammelli91]

Nice goals by Saudi Arabia. That second goal was a thing of beauty. Nice curve on the ball (first goal).

Their goalie is not good though. North Korea is also playing poorly.

[GoIran]

From a fan perspective, this tournament has been a complete turn-off due to the poor attendance (average is around 7,800 a game and that's mainly due to the first match). So far, this has been the worst attended Asian Cup and it's made even worse considering that the UAE - a country with a large international crowd - is the host. More so, I'm disappointed in our own fans. I thought we'd see crowds similar to those in Australia 4 years earlier but the attendance for yesterday's match was incredibly poor.

Even Qatar did better than this in 2011. The average attendance of the group stage in 2011 was 1,1185.

[perspolis#1]

From a fan perspective, this tournament has been a complete turn-off due to the poor attendance (average is around 7,800 a game and that's mainly due to the first match). So far, this has been the worst attended Asian Cup and it's made even worse considering that the UAE - a country with a large international crowd - is the host. More so, I'm disappointed in our own fans. I thought we'd see crowds similar to those in Australia 4 years earlier but the attendance for yesterday's match was incredibly poor.

I'm going to give our fans the benefit of the doubt and say that its possible they bought a lot of tickets for later matches(esp knockout rounds). Iran-Yemen wouldn't draw a crowd of more than a handful thousand in Azadi.