AFC Asian Cup 2019 Quarter Final: China-Iran; Info, Updates & Live Updates (24.01.19)

[Gholi]

I prefer Ahmad+Omid over Rouzbeh+Omid when the team goes to defensive fold. Ahmad is a pretty good sharpshooter if he is given the chance. He had a very nice shot in last ACL quarterfinal match.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVLM97-eqM

[Leicester City]

What's your guys' lineup predicition? Here's mine:

---Beiro---
Ramin--PAG--Hosseini--Milad
---Ashkan--Omid--Ehsan
--JB------Sardar-----Taremi

I don't think there's a huge gap in quality between our bench players and our starters, and the only real untouchable players are Beiro and Sardar. Considering we just played a few days ago, and if we win, inshallah, we will play again on Monday, perhaps CQ will use a rotation for this match, such as:

Vouria for Ramin
Kanani for Hosseini
Torabi for JB
Saman for Taremi

I have been constantly thinking about the Kanani vs Hosseini dilemma and who CQ will go with. I estimate CQ will go with Majid since he's the better player. However, Kanani might give our team the best chance to win right now as each game is a final for us, we need to field our best team. Majid has had some errors that could have cost us dearly in two of his three starts, I think that counts for something.

As for JB vs Torabi, I still think Torabi can contribute more to our team currently than JB can, and I hope JB doesnt play so he isn't rushed back from his long injury. Starting 3 matches in a row in such a short timeframe isn't easy on a recovering body.

Nice try Marcello Lippi!

[OSTAD POOYA]

The first link is the history of all games Iran has played against China. The first time I ever watched a Iran national game football match was the game listed on there in 1988 where Iran defeated China in a PK shootout 3-0 to become 3rd in the Asian Cup. The next 2 matches that I remember as a kid are when Iran played China again for a WC qualifier in the following year where Iran at firs lost 2-0 on the road and had to have a must win. What's crazy is that Iran took a 3-0 lead in Azadi and then gave a stupid PK where a guy stopped the ball with both hands on top of his head and got a red card I believe and then another goal scored by China 2 minutes later. It was a very sad day for me as Iran got kicked out and did not go to the next round.


Now that I am looking at that game after 30 years which I have put the link to Wiki to those 1990 qualifiers you can see that China still had a game at hand against Thailand and and any margin of Victory had them passing Iran. They scored twice in minutes 2 and 4 which seems fishy to me. What I don't get is why DIDNT the teams play their last group game at the same time? That does not make sense at all. Anyways a long time has passed and I still hold a grudge against China. For that and also 2004 Asian cup for eliminating us with cheating. We really need to hand their asses to them tomorrow.

https://www.11v11.com/teams/iran/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/China%20PR/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_-_AFC_First_Round#Iran_v_China

[Martin-Reza]

^ they still aren't playing the final qualifiers at the same time in AFC, so what to expect back then?

[perspolis#1]

The Chinese have 16x our population and have been able to find very good players.

We are definitely the underdogs.

[BacheLot]

if CQ & TM live by their claimed mantra of taking it "1 game @ a time " & " treating each game as a final" and focus their pre-game preparations solely on the immediate opponent @ hand, then i really dont see too difficult of a task seeing off China tomorrow and narrowly winning the likely Japan clash in the semi's..!

i think CQ can be Somewhat experimental with our starting line-up tomorrow too, due to the Yellow card situation, but not nearly as much as he was vs Iraq, which nearly back-fired ...!

This would be my suggested starting line up and subs if things on the pitch develop as expected (which hardly ever does..!! )
we can ill-afford not to start Ashkan, but hopefully with game under control for most part Massoud/More likely Samman can come off the bench in 2nd half much sooner than last game to give him a much needed rest in anticipation of the ?next game?..!
Ansarifard probably needs to be given a start down a wing and possibly full 90 in place of Taremi? to find his feet and get going full speed as well, but a lot of running and pressing will be expected of him in absence of Amiri too..! or a less risky option will be to start Torabi in place of Taremi, which is a more likely gamble by CQ, if he even risks not starting Taremi due to his yellowCard situation..??

------------Bey---------
Vouria--PAG--Kanani--Milad
-Omid----HajSafi/nourolahi/cheshmi
ARJ---Dejagha--Ansarifard
---------Azmoun-------

subs; Samaan for Dejagha
Torabi for ARJ
Cheshmi for HajSafi to seat in front of the back 4 and sure up the back-line against Areal threats of a hopefully desperate to come back from behind chinese in dying minutes of the game..!

[shahabGAOL]

I expect a 2:0 WIN easy from Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun.

I hope we not make the some mistake as in Asian Cup 2004 against China:

https://youtu.be/RGGsdeJ6N2Y

[BacheLot]

^ they still aren't playing the final qualifiers at the same time in AFC, so what to expect back then?

that is a total bs and fairly certain calculated move by AFC to cater to their favoritisms..!!
im surprised CQ/IFF havent yet lodged a formal complaint against it..!!

[OSTAD POOYA]

https://www.smartbets.com/football/china-iran/

Iran China Odds..... As you see all bookies have Iran as a strong favorite in the game. I hope our boys deliver a big blow to China

[BacheLot]

https://www.smartbets.com/football/china-iran/



Iran China Odds..... As you see all bookies have Iran as a strong favorite in the game. I hope our boys deliver a big blow to China

actually that is a scary sign for me ..! it dramatically increases the chances of Bookies corrupting the refs etc. in anticipation of a huge pay-day..!!
betting on Football/sports is a HUGE business in China especially..!! about a 100 times more popular than the game itself..!

[OSTAD POOYA]

If corruption can land you a (8-9 to 1) winning rate its a huge amount to be made. Its crazy. I hope there is no corruption and things go as planned.

[persian_pooya]

I parked at Dusit Thani Hotel Valet which is 50AED or $15 and the hotel is right in front of the stadium. Very easy to get to the stadium. 2 min walk

I really appreciate it thanks!

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[Bagg10]

We're gonna make Genghis Khan look like Mr. Rogers.

[diz]

Any links tomorrow to any HD broadcasts would be highly appreciated. All for TM!

[OSTAD POOYA]

Any links tomorrow to any HD broadcasts would be highly appreciated. All for TM!

http://bringmethanos.com/

when you click on Iran game tomorrow just scroll down slightly. There will be two screens on top of each other and with the lower one having a (Play) symbol on there. It will also have the name of the game listed below it. Just click that once and wait for the game to start. No pop-ops or anything.