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Its not that easy you think .
Asia has good teams .
Japan , South Korea , North Korea , Australia , Saudi Arabia ( that wasn't good this time ) , Iran and one or 2 surprises but only 4 teams can qualify .
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Carlos Queiroz: fans must judge players on reality of Iranian football
Carlos Queiroz said his Iran players deserve 'respect and civility' for reaching the World Cup finals.
When the final whistle went in the first 0-0 draw of the World Cup, Iran’s players gathered in the middle of the pitch in Curitiba and applauded their fans while boos rang out around the stadium. But the Iran coach, Carlos Queiroz, insisted he was satisfied with the team’s performance and gave a powerful defence of their achievements in reaching the finals, as he sought to remind World Cup supporters of the reality of Iranian football.
“We are not celebrating a great day, we are not celebrating the draw, we are just celebrating our work,” Queiroz said. “We are celebrating the effort that the team did on the pitch for 90 minutes. I know that the people in Iran are very happy this evening.”
Iran have won only one of the 10 games they have played in the World Cup and they have not qualified for the finals of the tournament since 2006 but they reached this stage by defeating South Korea, making them the best team in Asia. Of their starting XI, six play in the Iranian league, one in Kuwait, one in Qatar and two in the Premier League – at Fulham and Charlton Athletic. And their preparation has not been easy either, with the Iranian federation struggling to arrange friendlies and resources being limited. Players even discovered their kit was shrinking in the wash.
“Fans need to know what we did over three years to be here,” Queiroz said. “You have to judge the performance of our players based on the reality. You have to judge our players not as players from Liverpool, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, or Corinthians but as players that play in an amateur league. You need to understand that when you watch them on the pitch.
“I have the right to come here and tell you that, so that you know, otherwise you will not realise. I want you to judge what these players have done as a great achievement. In Asia, we qualified number one, with South Korea behind us. We’re ranked ahead of Iran and South Korea and this is a huge achievement. My players deserve civility and respect for what they have done.”
In the front row of the press room, Nigerian journalists were gathered and Queiroz told them: “If you want to play a friendly, you go to London and you play a friendly. For us, it does not work like that. We have problems [just] to arrange matches and that is why I am very happy with what we have done. I think football people understand what we have done. Most of our players play in an amateur league. Our players deserve respect, OK?”
There was respect for Iran from Nigeria. Both Mikel John Obi and the coach, Stephen Keshi, said they had been frustrated by Iran – describing them as a team that sat deep and never sought to attack – but admitted that doing so was legitimate, even if Keshi did notice a bit of “unexpected physicality”. “Fair play to them; they knew what they were doing,” Mikel said.
Like Queiroz, Keshi too was keen to bring a little realism to the evening. “Criticism is part of the game. We don’t always have patience, we don’t always understand football. In my country people want to win all the time and they don’t understand that it doesn’t always work that way,” he said.
And asked if he had the solution for Nigeria’s second game, Keshi replied: “I’m not God, I’m just the coach.”
Carlos Queiroz: fans must judge players on reality of Iranian football | Football | The Guardian
Carlos Queiroz said his Iran players deserve 'respect and civility' for reaching the World Cup finals.
When the final whistle went in the first 0-0 draw of the World Cup, Iran’s players gathered in the middle of the pitch in Curitiba and applauded their fans while boos rang out around the stadium. But the Iran coach, Carlos Queiroz, insisted he was satisfied with the team’s performance and gave a powerful defence of their achievements in reaching the finals, as he sought to remind World Cup supporters of the reality of Iranian football.
“We are not celebrating a great day, we are not celebrating the draw, we are just celebrating our work,” Queiroz said. “We are celebrating the effort that the team did on the pitch for 90 minutes. I know that the people in Iran are very happy this evening.”
Iran have won only one of the 10 games they have played in the World Cup and they have not qualified for the finals of the tournament since 2006 but they reached this stage by defeating South Korea, making them the best team in Asia. Of their starting XI, six play in the Iranian league, one in Kuwait, one in Qatar and two in the Premier League – at Fulham and Charlton Athletic. And their preparation has not been easy either, with the Iranian federation struggling to arrange friendlies and resources being limited. Players even discovered their kit was shrinking in the wash.
“Fans need to know what we did over three years to be here,” Queiroz said. “You have to judge the performance of our players based on the reality. You have to judge our players not as players from Liverpool, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, or Corinthians but as players that play in an amateur league. You need to understand that when you watch them on the pitch.
“I have the right to come here and tell you that, so that you know, otherwise you will not realise. I want you to judge what these players have done as a great achievement. In Asia, we qualified number one, with South Korea behind us. We’re ranked ahead of Iran and South Korea and this is a huge achievement. My players deserve civility and respect for what they have done.”
In the front row of the press room, Nigerian journalists were gathered and Queiroz told them: “If you want to play a friendly, you go to London and you play a friendly. For us, it does not work like that. We have problems [just] to arrange matches and that is why I am very happy with what we have done. I think football people understand what we have done. Most of our players play in an amateur league. Our players deserve respect, OK?”
There was respect for Iran from Nigeria. Both Mikel John Obi and the coach, Stephen Keshi, said they had been frustrated by Iran – describing them as a team that sat deep and never sought to attack – but admitted that doing so was legitimate, even if Keshi did notice a bit of “unexpected physicality”. “Fair play to them; they knew what they were doing,” Mikel said.
Like Queiroz, Keshi too was keen to bring a little realism to the evening. “Criticism is part of the game. We don’t always have patience, we don’t always understand football. In my country people want to win all the time and they don’t understand that it doesn’t always work that way,” he said.
And asked if he had the solution for Nigeria’s second game, Keshi replied: “I’m not God, I’m just the coach.”
Carlos Queiroz: fans must judge players on reality of Iranian football | Football | The Guardian
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Iran’s satisfaction is Nigeria’s disappointment
The first draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ came on Monday afternoon, in the 13th match of the tournament. While that number brought the well-organised Asians no misfortune, the same could not be said for their African opponents, who went away with less than they had hoped for.
Chances were few and far between in the Group F match at Curitiba’s Arena da Baixada. Though the Super Eagles went into the game as favourites, on account of the experience and quality of their players, it was Team Melli who created the clearest chance of the match.
Speaking to FIFA.com after the goalless draw, Iran’s Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz revealed how his players felt about their afternoon’s work: “We’re relieved to have got the point. We’re up against Argentina in our next game and if we’d lost this match, then we would have left ourselves in a very tricky situation. We are very happy, because Iran have got much less to work with than other sides.”
The former Real Madrid coach added that the key to his side’s performance lay in the sheer commitment and determination of his players: “They played a fantastic game in terms of their concentration, discipline and their willingness to work for each other. That was our biggest asset. The most important thing we can take from this game is that our morale is high. It’s shown that we can get results.”
Iran captain Javad Nekounam echoed his coach’s words: “We started the game well. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy at all and we also knew that we’d lose if we didn’t keep our focus. We are happier with the result than they are, but we can’t just settle for what we’ve got. We only have one point and we still have two very difficult games ahead of us.
“We did everything well,” continued the ex-Osasuna midfielder, who is optimistic about Iran’s immediate future. “We could have snatched a win in the last 20 minutes, but we lacked the finishing touch. I think that’s the area we need to improve in. When you consider that a lot of our players were making their World Cup debuts, it’s been a very good day for us.”
The other side of the coin
As for the Nigerians, who have now gone nine FIFA World Cup games without a win, the result was far from expected, as Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi explained: “We played very well in the first half. The forwards were very active and they had a couple of chances to score, though we couldn’t put them away. We lost our shape in the second half.”
He added: “I felt we could have won the game but we were lacking a bit of inspiration on the pitch. All credit to Iran. They stuck to their gameplan and were able to put it into practice from start to finish.”
For Budweiser Man of the Match John Obi Mikel, the result was not what he wanted: “Naturally we’re disappointed because we know what it means to win your opening match at the World Cup. We thought we had a good chance of winning. We created some openings in the first half and I think we deserved to score. Iran kept us at bay, though, and they were well organised at the back.
“We need to raise our game if we want to reach the next round,” said the Chelsea midfielder, offering a frank assessment of the task facing Nigeria. “We prepared very well for this World Cup and we can’t afford to drop another point in our remaining games.”
Iran’s satisfaction is Nigeria’s disappointment - FIFA.com
The first draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ came on Monday afternoon, in the 13th match of the tournament. While that number brought the well-organised Asians no misfortune, the same could not be said for their African opponents, who went away with less than they had hoped for.
Chances were few and far between in the Group F match at Curitiba’s Arena da Baixada. Though the Super Eagles went into the game as favourites, on account of the experience and quality of their players, it was Team Melli who created the clearest chance of the match.
Speaking to FIFA.com after the goalless draw, Iran’s Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz revealed how his players felt about their afternoon’s work: “We’re relieved to have got the point. We’re up against Argentina in our next game and if we’d lost this match, then we would have left ourselves in a very tricky situation. We are very happy, because Iran have got much less to work with than other sides.”
The former Real Madrid coach added that the key to his side’s performance lay in the sheer commitment and determination of his players: “They played a fantastic game in terms of their concentration, discipline and their willingness to work for each other. That was our biggest asset. The most important thing we can take from this game is that our morale is high. It’s shown that we can get results.”
Iran captain Javad Nekounam echoed his coach’s words: “We started the game well. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy at all and we also knew that we’d lose if we didn’t keep our focus. We are happier with the result than they are, but we can’t just settle for what we’ve got. We only have one point and we still have two very difficult games ahead of us.
“We did everything well,” continued the ex-Osasuna midfielder, who is optimistic about Iran’s immediate future. “We could have snatched a win in the last 20 minutes, but we lacked the finishing touch. I think that’s the area we need to improve in. When you consider that a lot of our players were making their World Cup debuts, it’s been a very good day for us.”
The other side of the coin
As for the Nigerians, who have now gone nine FIFA World Cup games without a win, the result was far from expected, as Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi explained: “We played very well in the first half. The forwards were very active and they had a couple of chances to score, though we couldn’t put them away. We lost our shape in the second half.”
He added: “I felt we could have won the game but we were lacking a bit of inspiration on the pitch. All credit to Iran. They stuck to their gameplan and were able to put it into practice from start to finish.”
For Budweiser Man of the Match John Obi Mikel, the result was not what he wanted: “Naturally we’re disappointed because we know what it means to win your opening match at the World Cup. We thought we had a good chance of winning. We created some openings in the first half and I think we deserved to score. Iran kept us at bay, though, and they were well organised at the back.
“We need to raise our game if we want to reach the next round,” said the Chelsea midfielder, offering a frank assessment of the task facing Nigeria. “We prepared very well for this World Cup and we can’t afford to drop another point in our remaining games.”
Iran’s satisfaction is Nigeria’s disappointment - FIFA.com
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I was supporting Iran against Nigeria!
But the real teams I support are Netherlands and Germany!
But the real teams I support are Netherlands and Germany!
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Muller sets early pace, Pooladi on his shoulder
Thomas Muller has already attracted plenty of back-page headlines in this FIFA World Cup™ so it is no surprise to see the Germany forward at the head of the Castrol Edge Statistical Index at the end of the first set of group-stage matches.
Muller’s treble against Portugal in Germany’s comprehensive opening Group G win on Monday meant he ranked higher than any other player in the opening round of 16 games, although the make-up of the top ten-ranked players shows it is not just the forwards who earned recognition.
Naturally, Muller got plenty of that in Salvador where his precision brought the tournament’s first hat-trick from four attempts on goal and a 9.75 index score. After his immaculate penalty conversion, his sharpness was notably evident in his second strike when he reacted in a flash as the ball dropped his way off Bruno Alves. The Bayern Munich man was then in the right place to tap in the third and the fact they were all close-range efforts worked in his favour as these shots are more likely to end in the net. Indeed the only players to have had more goal attempts inside the area so far are France’s Karim Benzema and Australia’s Tim Cahill.
Muller provided an impressive focal point for German’s fluid attack with Joachim Low praising the Bayern Munich man’s “magnificent” efforts on behalf of his team – “he ran around a lot and created a lot of pressure,” said the coach – and additionally, his passing accuracy of 61% is worthy of mention. For a player in his position, at the top end of the pitch, it is normal to lose the ball on occasions but he did not give it away cheaply.
Overall the first round of fixtures produced 49 goals at an average of 3.06 per game and there are four other goal-scoring forwards in the top ten, with Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben sixth and seventh respectively after scoring twice each in the Netherlands’ stunning 5-1 defeat of holders Spain. Alexis Sanchez and Cahill also feature after finding the net in the same Chile-Australia game – in Cahill’s case, it is the third successive World Cup in which he has scored.
If the football world was already quite familiar with that list of front men, Iran’s Mehrdad Pooladi is rather less well known outside of his home country but the Persepolis full-back sits second in the ranking with a score of 9.7 after helping Team Melli earn a point in the tournament’s first goalless match against Nigeria. A measure of Iran’s defensive effort against Nigeria is that have posted more completed clearances than any other team aside from Mexico – and Pooladi’s performance included six tackles, a header off the line from Shola Ameobi and, when the opportunity allowed, some steady work in the final third of the pitch where he completed five of six attempted passes.
Defenders actually occupy four of five places in the top five. USA central defender Geoff Cameron had an integral role in the success of an impressively organised American side against Ghana and sits third with a score of 9.64. Besides shadowing Asamoah Gyan, he made several noteworthy blocks – getting in the way of a Jordan Ayew effort on the stroke of half-time, and then diverting a Gyan shot over the crossbar before thwarting Andre Ayew. John Boye’s display from a left-back position for Ghana in the same game earned him eighth place in this initial ranking.
David Luiz is the highest-ranked player for the host country in fourth – having made his presence felt in both penalty boxes against Croatia, whom Brazil allowed just four attempts on target. Meanwhile, England’s Phil Jagielka, sits fifth and his fine display against Italy was summed up when he got back to his goalline to head the ball clear after Mario Balotelli had lobbed Joe Hart.
The full list of the top ten is as follows:
Thomas Muller, Germany (9.75); Mehrdad Pooladi, Iran (9.7); Geoff Cameron, USA (9.64); David Luiz, Brazil (9.6); Phil Jagielka, England (9.56); Robin van Persie, Netherlands (9.52); Arjen Robben, Netherlands (9.48); John Boye, Ghana (9.45); Alexis Sanchez, Chile (9.42); Tim Cahill, Australia (9.39).
FIFA.com will be publishing the latest Castrol Index after every round of matches at this FIFA World Cup and in the meantime you can read more statistical analysis and delve deeper into this unique ranking system by following the relevant links.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=...r-2375655.html
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i dunno why turkey doesn't join AFC? i mean turkey will be appearing on every world cup from then, this is what australia did, shifted from oceania to AFC
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That's simple. Because being among morons, would make you dumb, while being amongst powerful and strong nations, make you stronger.
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come on man, why you guys need to be so much of a nationalist to start name calling other nations just because they are not good in football? does not being good in football makes them morons?
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Argentina should change their tactics against Iran
The Albiceleste struggled in their first game against Bosnia Herzegovina as the world cup favourites couldn’t dominate the underdogs in their World Cup opener in the Maracana.
Alejandro Sabella could not make Argentina work for the opening 45 minutes of the game against the Bosnians. The former Albiceleste player used a surprising formation 3-5-2: three center halves and both Messi and Aguero as strikers. But for the much of the first half, there was a lack of switch of play between the defenders and the attackers of the sky blue and whites. Bosnia easily won the midfield battle and Argentina were seemingly happy to sit back and wait for their chances. But the chances never came as their striking duo looked isolated. The Bosnians were clearly better side in the first half despite being a goal down in the process.
Surprisingly one of their main culprits in the first half was their captain Lionel Messi as the Barcelona forward tried to do too much on his own. The skipper lost possession more than eight times in the first half only! His passes were neatly anticipated by the Bosnian defenders and his short sharp runs were ineffective. It seemed Messi tried to change the game with every pass he got in the game. The players are to play whole game not just a moment or a two.
Another thing Argentina were lacking was their creative midfield in the first half. It seemed that they were playing without midfielders. Di Maria was expected to be the creative force but his role was not prominent. And with Messi playing forward, Argentina were short of creative players and the game was not so good both tactically and aesthetically.
In the second half Sabella changed his formation to a more flexible 4-3-3 and then the Argentines started to thrive in the iconic stadium. The introduction of Gonzalo Higuain and Fernando Gago uplifted the two times World Cup winners. Zabaleta moved to his usual position to right-back and Messi moved to center behind two strikers Aguero and Higuain. With this familiar formation, Argentina got their aura back and showed why they are the tournament favourites in this World Cup.
If Argentina wish to go far in the tournament, they should stick with the 4-3-3 formation that has made them quite successful in the past couple of years. Return to the 3-5-2 formation against Iran might be disastrous.
Argentina should change their tactics against Iran - Football News, Live Stream, Transfer Updates, Match Preview and Reports
what do you guys think? what do you think Iran is gonna do this Saturday?
The Albiceleste struggled in their first game against Bosnia Herzegovina as the world cup favourites couldn’t dominate the underdogs in their World Cup opener in the Maracana.
Alejandro Sabella could not make Argentina work for the opening 45 minutes of the game against the Bosnians. The former Albiceleste player used a surprising formation 3-5-2: three center halves and both Messi and Aguero as strikers. But for the much of the first half, there was a lack of switch of play between the defenders and the attackers of the sky blue and whites. Bosnia easily won the midfield battle and Argentina were seemingly happy to sit back and wait for their chances. But the chances never came as their striking duo looked isolated. The Bosnians were clearly better side in the first half despite being a goal down in the process.
Surprisingly one of their main culprits in the first half was their captain Lionel Messi as the Barcelona forward tried to do too much on his own. The skipper lost possession more than eight times in the first half only! His passes were neatly anticipated by the Bosnian defenders and his short sharp runs were ineffective. It seemed Messi tried to change the game with every pass he got in the game. The players are to play whole game not just a moment or a two.
Another thing Argentina were lacking was their creative midfield in the first half. It seemed that they were playing without midfielders. Di Maria was expected to be the creative force but his role was not prominent. And with Messi playing forward, Argentina were short of creative players and the game was not so good both tactically and aesthetically.
In the second half Sabella changed his formation to a more flexible 4-3-3 and then the Argentines started to thrive in the iconic stadium. The introduction of Gonzalo Higuain and Fernando Gago uplifted the two times World Cup winners. Zabaleta moved to his usual position to right-back and Messi moved to center behind two strikers Aguero and Higuain. With this familiar formation, Argentina got their aura back and showed why they are the tournament favourites in this World Cup.
If Argentina wish to go far in the tournament, they should stick with the 4-3-3 formation that has made them quite successful in the past couple of years. Return to the 3-5-2 formation against Iran might be disastrous.
Argentina should change their tactics against Iran - Football News, Live Stream, Transfer Updates, Match Preview and Reports
what do you guys think? what do you think Iran is gonna do this Saturday?
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The most exciting moment of #IRN - #NGA game. They already have a facebook fan page called "those two who kissed"!!
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vs #NGA, waiting for someone to score like pic.twitter.com/lQx7TXwNAe
The most exciting moment of #IRN - #NGA game. They already have a facebook fan page called "those two who kissed"!!
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