{"id":26404,"date":"2016-10-29T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T22:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=26404"},"modified":"2016-10-29T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T22:03:48","slug":"captain-dejagah-wants-iran-colleagues-to-focus-on-next-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2016\/10\/29\/captain-dejagah-wants-iran-colleagues-to-focus-on-next-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Dejagah wants Iran colleagues to focus on next game"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran captain Ashkan Dejagah has warned his Team Melli colleagues to focus on one game at a time despite holding top spot in Group A of Asia\u2019s qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after their impressive win over Korea Republic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sardar Azmoun scored the only goal of the game despite a dominant showing by the three-time Asian champions, who now stand one point clear of second-placed Uzbekistan with 10 points from their first four games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have had two difficult games, two tough games against Uzbekistan and Korea but we have to think step-by-step and the next game is a hard game, it\u2019s in front of us against Syria,\u201d the Qatar-based forward, who missed the 1-0 win over Uzbekistan in Tashkent last week due to a calf injury, told the-AFC.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re also not an easy team to play and we have to focus on the next game and hopefully we can play the same way as we did against Korea. I think we\u2019re in a good position but there are still a lot of games and a lot of points. We have to think step-by-step and the next game is against Syria and it will be difficult too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Syria have picked up just one win \u2013 against bottom-of-the-table China on Matchday Three \u2013 in their first four matches and the game will be played in Malaysia on November 15.<\/p>\n

Should Carlos Queiroz\u2019s side show form similar to that on display in their performance against the Koreans, who they stifled throughout the game and denied a single shot on target throughout the entire 90 minutes, then Iran will be difficult to defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we played well from the first minute to the last minute,\u201d said Dejagah of the win at the Azadi Stadium. \u201cI think it\u2019s always difficult for Korea against us because we always play as a team and are compact and we did that again. We\u2019re happy with the three points.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a team with a lot of young players and they need a little bit more experience but we are trying our best and I think since the first game we have improved a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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