{"id":20365,"date":"2015-01-23T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=20365"},"modified":"2015-01-23T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:15:43","slug":"queiroz-praises-battling-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2015\/01\/23\/queiroz-praises-battling-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Queiroz praises battling Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sportal – CANBERRA, Carlos Queiroz hailed the performance of his Iran players, despite losing their Asian Cup quarter-final to Iraq on Friday.
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\nIran coach Carlos Queiroz hailed his side’s battling spirit after crashing out of the Asian Cup quarter-finals to Iraq on penalties on Friday. <\/p>\n

Ahmed Yasin equalised for Iraq after Sardar Azmoun had given Iran a first-half lead, and the sides were forced to a penalty shoot-out when a frantic additional 30 minutes saw the match end 3-3. <\/p>\n

Iran’s Vahid Amiri missed his spot-kick with the teams tied at 6-6 on penalties before Salam Shakir netted the winner. <\/p>\n

“The Iranian players did everything possible to turn the game our way,” said Queiroz. “I am very proud of the way they played the game and the way they fought. <\/p>\n

“We go home now and it hurts a lot because the players worked hard and committed themselves, they deserve something more and they deserve respect from the fans.<\/p>\n

“They have all my love and all my support because of the way they fought for the whole 120 minutes and penalties, and I feel very, very proud to be coach of this team and these players.”<\/p>\n

And Queiroz was quick to wish Iraq luck for the rest of the tournament, adding: “Congratulations to the Iraq team for qualifying for the semi-finals. <\/p>\n

“The Iraqi players deserve all respect and consideration from Iranian fans. <\/p>\n

“I wish Iraq the best of luck for the next game against South Korea, they played a good game and I hope they have success in their next match.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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