{"id":11889,"date":"2011-01-22T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T19:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/22\/meet-the-coaches\/"},"modified":"2011-01-22T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T19:41:29","slug":"meet-the-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/22\/meet-the-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.the-afc.com\/afc\/comps\/asian_cup\/2011\/finals\/300x200\/qf2_coaches_combo_210111_3x2.jpg\" alt=\"qf2_coaches_combo_210111_3x2\" style=\"float: right;\" height=\"184\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>Doha: Australia clash with Iraq while Korea Republic take on Iran on Saturday in the AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afcasiancup.com\/\">www.afcasiancup.com<\/a> takes a look at the coaches ahead of the crucial contests.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Australia v Iraq<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holger Osieck<\/p>\n<p>An AFC Champions League winner with Japan\u2019s Urtawa Reds back in 2007,  Germany\u2019s Holger Osieck is no stranger to success within Asian  football. Osieck worked as an assistant to Franz Beckenbauer in West  Germany\u2019s win at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and has tasted continental  success himself as he guided Canada to the Gold Cup. Although he is  still learning about the squad he inherited from Pim Verbeek, Osieck\u2019s  credentials speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfgang Sidka<\/p>\n<p>In six short months in charge of the Iraq national team, Wolfgang  Sidka has worked tirelessly to further develop the national team,  building on the squad that won the title back in 2007. After guiding the  Iraqis to the semifinals of the West Asian Championships and the Persian Gulf  Cup, he has now negotiated the group stages of the AFC Asian Cup and he  will be hoping his players can repeat their win over the Australians  from four years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Korea Republic v Iran <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Afshin Ghotbi<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Jordan\u2019s Iraqi coach Adnan Hamed is the only coach from an  opposing team who knows a squad other than his own better than Afshin  Ghotbi will know the players his Iran side will face when they meet  Korea Republic. Ghotbi previously worked in Korea as a video analyst  during Guus Hiddink\u2019s time in charge while he also was assistant coach  to both Dick Advocaat and Pim Verbeek. Despite to leave Iran after the  tournament to join Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse, Ghotbi is hoping to go  out on a high.<\/p>\n<p>Cho Kwang Rae<\/p>\n<p>Cho Kwang Rae stepped in to fill the shoes left empty by the  departure of FIFA World Cup 2010 coach Huh Jung Moo and the former  Gyeongnam FC coach has made it his mission to not only improve the  team\u2019s style of play but to build towards the next finals of the FIFA  World Cup in Brazil in 2014. He has started in impressive fashion,  creating a team that plays dynamic and entertaining football and  featuring a wonderful blend of youth and experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doha: Australia clash with Iraq while Korea Republic take on Iran on Saturday in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22617,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":2582,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889","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\/22617"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}