{"id":34740,"date":"2018-12-30T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=34740"},"modified":"2018-12-30T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T18:19:17","slug":"carlos-queiroz-needs-asian-cup-victory-to-secure-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/12\/30\/carlos-queiroz-needs-asian-cup-victory-to-secure-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Queiroz needs Asian Cup victory to secure renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tasnim &#8211; TEHRAN, <b>Carlos Queiroz\u2019s contract runs out at the end of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and nothing but victory at the competition will boost his chances of securing a renewal.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the most high-profile coaches in the tournament, all eyes will be on Queiroz when Team Melli begins&nbsp;its bid to end a 43-year trophy drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queiroz\u2019s contract runs out at the end of the Asian Cup and nothing but victory will boost his chances of securing a renewal. To make matters worse, Iran will also be without a few key players, with star midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi chief among the absentees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Iran still possesses one of the most talented squads in the competition. After narrowly missing out on a knockout berth in the 2018 World Cup, the onus will be on Queiroz to fulfill the expectations of the fans and the team by overseeing a historic run by Team Melli.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Melli has been pitted against Iraq, Vietnam and Yemen in Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates from January 5 to February 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz\u2019s contract runs out at the end of the 2019 AFC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":24907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,175,84,89,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-asian-cup","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":1119,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34740","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\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34742,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34740\/revisions\/34742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}