{"id":11182,"date":"2010-04-24T05:32:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/04\/24\/preparations-key-to-iran-says-ghotbi\/"},"modified":"2010-04-24T05:32:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T12:32:10","slug":"preparations-key-to-iran-says-ghotbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/04\/24\/preparations-key-to-iran-says-ghotbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations key to Iran, says Ghotbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"ghotbi_press_conference\" src=\"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ghotbi_press_conference.jpg\" height=\"295\" width=\"428\" \/>AFC &#8211; DOHA, <strong>Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi said his team will have to be at the top of  their game to make a mark at the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011\u2122 Finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran were drawn into a tough Group D, which  consists also of World Cup-bound DPR Korea, defending champions Iraq and  former Gulf champions the UAE, and Ghotbi said preparations are the key  to their success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsian football is on the rise and the difference  in standards of teams is getting thinner. There are no clear favourites  in our group. I believe, the success of Iran in the competition will  depend on our preparation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said an extensive training programme has been  chalked out for the team ahead of the tournament, which begins in the  Qatari capital on January 7, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re giving shape to an extensive training  programme and want to make steady progress,\u201d said the coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve a few talented youngsters in the squad and  they need more experience and exposure. We\u2019re confident of doing well,  but again we need to make the right kind of build-up,\u201d said Ghotbi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; DOHA, Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi said his team will have to be at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":11181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":2904,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}