{"id":35209,"date":"2019-01-25T19:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T03:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=35209"},"modified":"2019-01-25T19:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T03:05:49","slug":"asias-big-guns-are-coming-for-us-carlos-queiroz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/01\/25\/asias-big-guns-are-coming-for-us-carlos-queiroz\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia\u2019s big guns are coming for us: Carlos Queiroz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AFC &#8211; ABU DHABI, <strong>Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz has been quick to dismiss the notion that his side are favourites to win the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 after Thursday\u2019s impressive 3-0 win over China PR saw Team Melli book their place in the semi-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran shone brightly throughout the victory, with goals from Mehdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun and substitute Karim Ansarifard ultimately making the difference as Queiroz\u2019s charges reached the last four of Asia\u2019s premier event for the first time since 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite their impressive form \u2013 Iran <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">have<\/g> now racked up four wins and five successive clean sheets \u2013 Queiroz remains adamant that the three-time champions of Asia are still not one of the tournament\u2019s leading contenders ahead of next Monday\u2019s semi-final showdown with Japan in Al Ain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe win against China is a very important one for both me and my players,\u201d declared the former Manchester United assistant coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur dream has always been to be in the middle of the top teams in the final four, something which we have now done and are very happy about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, there are only three <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">favourites<\/g> to win this competition and they are Japan, Korea Republic <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">and<\/g> Australia. For us to be <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">labelled<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">favourites<\/g> is not correct, it is an ill-fitting tag.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn front of us we have just another game. Of course, the game has added significance in terms of enthusiasm and excitement, but when the whistle goes you simply have to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is especially true as now we know the big sharks will come for us \u2013 the <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">favourites<\/g> of Asian football \u2013 Japan and <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">Korea<\/g> Republic are coming for us, so we need to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Japan waiting in the wings, Queiroz believes Iran must improve even further if they are to overcome one of the best sides in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must always progress with the same humble attitude and strive to be better every game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always say to my team that after a match the Iranian shirt must always be in a higher place. What we did against China will not work [in the match against Japan], so we need to ensure that we improve game after game.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; ABU DHABI, Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz has been quick to dismiss the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":35210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,175,84,92,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-asian-cup","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":1165,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35209","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=35209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35211,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35209\/revisions\/35211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}