I didnt think I knew a single thing about the Iranian
football team. So i thought ill do some research............most of the players
either play for really small teams or they play in IRAN (for small teams). This
blog is going to be short and sweet.
I know 4 players and 1 of them well. ill start with the ones
ive seen a little of. Javad Nekounam the Iran captain. He is a central Midfield
player. has a wicked shot, Decent passer of the ball. He played in Spain for a
while I cant remember what team but I want to say Osasuna. He has a lot of caps to
his name and at 34 he seems to old but Stevie Gerrard is 34 and he is playing
really well. Giggs just retired at 41 so I guess as long as he is fit he should
be ok. Then we have Andranik Teymourian who had a spell in England with Bolton.
I remember being impress by him and I wandered (i know thats spelt wrong but i linked
it to Bolton Wanderers...........see what I did? no oh you see they are called
Wanderers and i put the word Wonder but i spelt it with.......forget it). obviously nobody agreed that he should get
more playing time because he is no 31 and back playing in Iran. From what I
remember of him he reminded me of Beneyoun.
The other 2 currently play in England. I don’t think
Charlton fans have seen the best of Reza Ghoochannejhad and i doubt many can
say his name (if he gets a chant i want to hear it). in his 12 games for
Charlton he has 1 goals not that impressive but for Iran he has 9 goals in 12
games. Thats impressive even if you are playing Jordan and Qatar........ oh
wait no its not. The fact that Iran mainly play against teams where their main
job is not football they don’t do well enough. if you a professional playing
against nothing but amateurs all the time you should score a load of goals.
The other player I know is likely to be the star of this
team and could actually cause some problems. Ashjkan Dejagah and be the bright
light for a poor season for Fulham. If nobody picks this guy up after Fulham’s
relegation id be shocked. I think he is class. He is direct Quick and dangerous.
Has a German league title with Wolfsburg. I think he is class this may be
because he was raised In Germany from the Age of 1 and played for the German
national side all the way through youth levels.
The last thing i wanna touch on is something ive not written
about yet and thats the manager. As a Manchester United fan I think Carlos Queiroz
is a brilliant manager.... well brilliant football man and great assistant. Hasnt
really showing the same ability at manager level yet. I don’t think he will do
much for Iran in this world cup but if anybody can get their tactics right its
him.
The group is Argentina, Nigeria and Bosnia. The team that finishes 2nd
in this group will go out in the 2nd knockout stage im sure. I don’t
think they would have got out of any other group. I think it will be Nigeria. Its
shocking really that Spain, Holland and Chile are in one group and this is
another. Messi should score a bunch in the group stage. This could actually be
the most interesting group. Bosnia, Nigeria and Iran are all at the same kind
of level. Argentina should go through top with 9 points. But the other 3 may
get a win on any given day. Its hard to pick a runner up in this group. In some
of the other groups they have to be careful not to lose but these 3 will know the
importance of a win.
Star man: Dejagah
One to watch: Dejagah
Preditction: group stage
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