{"id":20193,"date":"2015-01-14T07:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=20193"},"modified":"2015-01-14T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T17:58:07","slug":"qatar-out-to-right-some-wrongs-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2015\/01\/14\/qatar-out-to-right-some-wrongs-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar out to right some wrongs against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AFC.com<\/a> – Sydney, Djamel Belmadi is hoping his Qatar team can put their disappointing 4-1 loss at the hands of the United Arab Emirates behind them as they prepare to take on three-time AFC Asian Cup winners Iran at Stadium Australia on Thursday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Algerian coach was still at a loss to explain the Group C defeat in Canberra on Sunday as the Persian Gulf Cup champions prepared for the crucial meeting with Team Melli off the back of their first defeat in 11 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost the opening game because we played (it) like a friendly game,\u201d said Belmadi. \u201cIt was not our day or our real level, especially after the good competition in the Persian Gulf Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected something different. But now it\u2019s the past and we have to make a reaction. Of course we are all disappointed. They have got the ambition to make a different game tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main job was to work more psychologically than something else. Of course, we had to analyse what happened in this game and to correct it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I know this group that I have. I have chosen them and I know that we are able to change things and we can do much, much better even when things look difficult, even for some people impossible. But for us, it\u2019s not impossible and we\u2019ll try to show it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Qataris face an Iran side that won their first game 2-0 against Bahrain and for whom victory in Sydneyon Thursday evening would mean securing a place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

With Carlos Queiroz\u2019s side having impressed at the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil in June, Belmadi knows his team face a tough challenge to pick up their first win of the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a decisive game against a big team that qualified for the World Cup and who played against strong teams at the World Cup. We are prepared and we know it\u2019s going to be a tough game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re also used to playing against teams that are stronger on paper than us, like Morocco and Australia. The team is relatively young and the average age is 23 years old and even though we\u2019re here for the competition we\u2019re here to learn and to learn fast. The same team played at the Persian Gulf Cup and we ended up winning the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a plan and like always we will try to find the solution because it\u2019s a good team, well organised, really aggressive and they don\u2019t give you too much space, so we will have to find a solution. Every team has some weakness, like the others. We will try to find this weakness and try to find the way to score and to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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