Iran friendly with Ecaudor

[koorosh]

Ecuador is as physical as it gets. They are big and heavy. Not tall...more like rugby players. Not a strong tactical team but they can play and play dirty too.

Have to watch out for injuries playing against them.

Nothing like the teams we will face at WC, at least in the first round, :-)

[Nokhodi]

How is this a good friendly?!!! Ranked 43 in the world with a poor defense ! We should be playing European teams not this junk

They qualified third in South America. Don’t be fooled by rankings. South America’s qualification is the toughest of all. Even their worst team is competitive.

[Farzadfarhangni]

i guess most all the european teams schedule is pretty full due to this BS Nations League tournament..!!

what about Croatia..? Eskoocher has no hook-ups with his homies..?

I think your first sentence answers your question!!!!

[Hosseini]

How is this a good friendly?!!! Ranked 43 in the world with a poor defense ! We should be playing European teams not this junk

Ecuador is far better than their rank. They gave Brazil a run for their money! Tied them twice in the past 2 years.

[allan123]

How is this a good friendly?!!! Ranked 43 in the world with a poor defense ! We should be playing European teams not this junk

Lol ECUADOR IS VERY STRONG TEAM IN SOUTH AMERICA
MAYBE SAME LEVEL TO SWEDEN

[BacheLot]

How is this a good friendly?!!! Ranked 43 in the world with a poor defense ! We should be playing European teams not this junk

i guess most all the european teams schedule is pretty full due to this BS Nations League tournament..!!

what about Croatia..? Eskoocher has no hook-ups with his homies..?

[MR.ESTESNAII]

How is this a good friendly?!!! Ranked 43 in the world with a poor defense ! We should be playing European teams not this junk

[BacheLot]

very good friendly games.

Good Job IFF

i'll give em props when i see the teams on the pitch ..!!
there is still a lot shitt that can go down till then which would fk the whole trip up ..! :/

do we know yet where is the likely venue going to be..?
hope its not in freaking connecticut..? :/ if they can enter US soil i can think of dozens of more suitable venues for both teams..!

[allan123]

very good friendly games.

Good Job IFF

[The]

a game or eaven 2 games vs qatar in qatar and possibility to start players never given a chance would be welcomed (ghaedi, zahedi and so on)

It would have to happen on the 14th in Canada. Playing 2-3 days after flying back from Canada with the jet-lag would be too hard on the boys.

[Keshwardoost]

A third friendly even if it's against Mes Rafsanjan is worth it considering the lack cohesion in our squad. Plus a weaker friendly would give the coach a chance to experiment (alternative tactic, give players with little international experience some playing time,etc...). USA has 4 matches this FIFA day, so does England (granted they are Nations League, it's still WC prep), and Wales have 5.
The two friendlies we have lined up are decent, but they don't match the quality of prep we had last world cup. We're playing a team who hasn't been to the world cup since Reagan was in office and another even lower FIFA ranked pot 4 team.
I guess on the plus side it's better than play just one friendly?
So in layman's terms, My pickachu has a semi.
As for our relationship with Ecuador, I don't actually think things have been good since Correa left office, their gov is pretty American aligned at the moment.

a game or eaven 2 games vs qatar in qatar and possibility to start players never given a chance would be welcomed (ghaedi, zahedi and so on)

[Nokhodi]

I mean it's acceptable, but they kind of licked their way into it (Mali thing fell through) otherwise we'd be playing El salvador.
Assuming the trip doesn't get cancelled because of political reasons, and If they can muster up one more friendly, I'll be happy.

As for where they would play, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa all have unoccupied stadiums that day.

Speed of reaction was good for once. Yes we got lucky that the friendly got cancelled but plenty of teams would have taken up Ecuador on a friendly if IFF hadn’t acted fast. Maybe they bought someone competent in for these friendlies.

[The]

Not so sure about that. I think ecuador FA preferred to play us over Mali as st mark mentioned. Quietly they are doing an Ok job...how much of it is luck and how much of it is things like actually the diplomatic arms available to them (our relationship with ecuador is very good) is up for debate, but as far as the june window goes I dont really see how it could be better than this. Looking at options for a 3rd friendly since Sko decided to CX new Zealand in Doha idea we are pretty limited, and not so sure playing some concacaf crap as you mention is worth it just to get an extra game in.
I mean look at Canada themselves. 1/2 major friendlies window to prepare for probably the hardest WC group with Belgium, Croatia, and Morocco and they will play Iran, Honduras, and Curacao...

A third friendly even if it's against Mes Rafsanjan is worth it considering the lack of cohesion in our squad. Plus a weaker friendly would give the coach a chance to experiment (alternative tactic, give players with little international experience some playing time,etc...). USA has 4 matches this FIFA day, so does England (granted they are Nations League, it's still WC prep), and Wales have 5.

The two friendlies we have lined up are decent, but they don't match the quality of prep we had last world cup. We're playing a team who hasn't been to the world cup since Reagan was in office and another even lower FIFA ranked pot 4 team.

I guess on the plus side it's better than play just one friendly? And the opponents could have been weaker (Uzbekistan + Venezuela special)

So in layman's terms, My pickachu has a semi.

As for our relationship with Ecuador, I don't actually think things have been good since Correa left office, their gov is pretty American aligned at the moment.

[Farzadfarhangni]

i hear the NZ friendly got denied by Eskoocher due to Logistics..? how so if it were to be played in nearby Gutter ..? short trip to test try a likely WC Venue against pretty decent, physical side .... coulda well been a semi-decent prep for the england/wales game..?

why can't we play Russia ...? they be even a better prep match and they got dumped outa every football tourney and aint got shitt to do ??

It would be very difficult and somewhat useless if we play on the 11th in Canada and play on the 14th (Last fifa day) in Qatar against New Zealand. Better to stay in Canada and practice. I am not going to either of the friendlies in Canada, but for this same reason I would rather both of Iran's game be in Vancouver, so we get less traveling and more practicing...

[diz]

why can't we play Russia ...? they be even a better prep match and they got dumped outa every football tourney and aint got shitt to do ??

Not sure their FA can even schedule friendlies within FIFA schedule or oversight. They have been totally (and unfairly) blacklisted.