{"id":34163,"date":"2018-11-15T06:32:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=34163"},"modified":"2018-11-15T06:32:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:32:58","slug":"warriors-look-for-positive-show-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/11\/15\/warriors-look-for-positive-show-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors look for positive show against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian – TEHRAN, T&T\u2019s So\u00adca War\u00adriors will square off with hosts Iran in an in\u00adter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal friend\u00adly at the Aza\u00addi Sta\u00addi\u00adum in Tehran from 6 pm lo\u00adcal time (10:30 am TT Time) to\u00adday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Den\u00adnis Lawrence will be look\u00ading to pro\u00adduce a busi\u00adness-like per\u00adfor\u00admance as his team at\u00adtempts to fin\u00adish the year on a high. Lawrence’s men suf\u00adfered two de\u00adfeats in five in\u00adter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal match\u00ades this year, scor\u00ading three wins.<\/p>\n

Speak\u00ading at a me\u00addia brief\u00ading at the Iran Foot\u00adball Fed\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion head\u00adquar\u00adters on the eve of the match, Lawrence said he ex\u00adpects a fierce chal\u00adlenge from the hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here to take part in a com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive in\u00adter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal friend\u00adly. We ex\u00adpect it to be a very, very tough game be\u00adcause the Iran\u00adian foot\u00adball team is a fan\u00adtas\u00adtic team at the mo\u00adment. They\u2019ve done very well at the last World Cup so we\u2019re ex\u00adpect\u00ading it to be very dif\u00adfi\u00adcult. But we\u2019re men\u00adtal\u00adly fo\u00adcused and we are go\u00ading to give it our best to get a per\u00adfor\u00admance in first and fore\u00admost, and hope\u00adful\u00adly the per\u00adfor\u00admance gives us a re\u00adsult,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play\u00aders are here to take the op\u00adpor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty. Our tar\u00adget and our aim is to com\u00adpete. We\u2019re prepar\u00ading for the Gold Cup in June and this is part of our prepa\u00adra\u00adtion, so the op\u00adpor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty is there for these play\u00aders to stake their claim and put in a per\u00adfor\u00admance against a team that has a very ex\u00adpe\u00adri\u00adenced man\u00adag\u00ader in Queiros who has put to\u00adgeth\u00ader a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy and play\u00ading style for Irani foot\u00adball that I think suits their foot\u00adball.”<\/p>\n

“I think we all un\u00adder\u00adstand what this guy of\u00adfers the Iran foot\u00adball team,\u201d Lawrence added. \u201cWe had a good look at them in the World Cup, they are very com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive and very ag\u00adgres\u00adsive in a pos\u00adi\u00adtive way,” Lawrence not\u00aded.<\/p>\n

Quizzed on whether the T&T team had any play\u00aders in the mould of Dwight Yorke, Lawrence said, \u201cI don\u2019t think we have a play\u00ader at that lev\u00adel. Yorke played in the Cham\u00adpi\u00adons League, won the Cham\u00adpi\u00adons League and played in the Pre\u00admier League for a num\u00adber of years. And that\u2019s the tar\u00adget we need to get back too. We need to have play\u00aders play\u00ading in the more com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive lev\u00adels be\u00adcause then it helps the foot\u00adball and helps the play\u00aders around. The idea now is for us to put to\u00adgeth\u00ader as a group and de\u00advel\u00adop our younger tal\u00adent to get them back to that lev\u00adel. We are go\u00ading to cre\u00adate the Yorkes, the Stern Johns, the Rus\u00adsell Lat\u00adapys and the Mar\u00advin An\u00addrews over a num\u00adber of years, but for now, it\u2019s all about ba\u00adby steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Iran\u00adian Foot\u00adball Fed\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion has agreed to have a minute si\u00adlence be\u00adfore kick-off in re\u00admem\u00adbrance of for\u00admer T&T de\u00adfend\u00ader Jl\u00adloyd Samuel who played in Iran for three years and his team Es\u00adtegh\u00adlal was based at the venue for to\u00adday’s en\u00adcounter.<\/p>\n

Samuel died trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly in a car crash in May this year. His wife He\u00adlia Sahi\u00admi met with the team at the Par\u00adsian Es\u00adtegh\u00adlal ho\u00adtel yes\u00adter\u00adday and will be a guest at the match. Ira\u00adni\u00adans women will not be al\u00adlowed to at\u00adtend the match but spe\u00adcial per\u00admis\u00adsion has been grant\u00aded for her to at\u00adtend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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