2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying V [R]

Don't you worry about me keeping my word, I always do. Just don't comeback under a new name, like the last time.

 

Put it in your Sig, To remind you of our bet..

 

Put it in your Sig, To remind you of our bet..and to let everyone know...

 

I can go back and dig up some posts from 2010 to prove my point if you like. Also, Remember 2002? People were already planning their trips to Japan/South Korea and then we lost to Bahrain 3-1 which resulted in our elimination. It's not just the World Cup qualification that Iranians have a habit of being overconfident, during the previous Asian Cups our fans talked the loudest (sometimes I was one of them) but time after time we failed to make any real impact and be successful. Even when we made the World Cup in 2006 do you remember how confident we were and how much trash we talked about trashing Mexico and not only did we lose to Mexico 3-1 but we barely beat Angola.

 

Mani i hope your right but at this point this is a foolish bid , this could be the begining of your end on Big Soccer.

 

Iran finished top of its group with 3 wins and 3 draws. Its group included two decent Asian sides, namely Bahrain and Qatar. Of our 3 draws, 2 were away from home. The last one was after Iran had already clinched its qualification to the next round.

Iran has flaws for sure, but you are grasping at straws mentioning these results. At most, we dropped the ball against Qatar at home, failing to win that game after a late equalizer by Qatar, in a game which didn't mean as much for us as it did for them.

 

You can put it in your signature if you want. I don't need reminding for something I proposed myself.

 

god, this philipino guy is so annoying. None of his arguements make any sense. Reminds of sahpactloser.

 

I agree with this. However, Mani also has a point. Japan and South Korea have also played poorly in this qualification round. However, they are as you traditional powers that consistently get to the WC and in the case of Japan and South Korea, both qualified to teh second round in the last WC...with South Korea nearly making it to the quarterfinals.

If we improve our defense, I think we are in the top tier of Asian football. But right now we are 4/5 behind the traditional 3 in terms of chances of qualifying.

 

We drew against Angola. 1-1.

 

Yea I know i meant to say we barely tied , either way we were one of the worse sides in the 2006 World Cup at a time when most if not Iranians were saying we were going to qualify to the round of 16 before the World Cup as we thought we had a strong team but in reality we didnt.

 

You had to remember that we beat Lebanon before 6-0 and then lost to them 2-1 due to some technicalities with the penalties in their home game.

 

Congrats Oman!!!

WTF Saudi Arabia you guys are minnows...

 

Yesterday was a great day in football for me personally... all "my teams" won. USA beat Italy, in Italy.. Uzbekistan, Oman, UAE and Qatar all win - well the latter didn't win but they got the required result... great day!

 

lol maybe he is him. he joined around the same time sahbekhampactloser left, and they both support saudi despite being non saudi. he was indian now he is pretending to be filipino. haha.

anyone that says Iran doesnt have at least 5th best chance of qualifying for world cup is high or has a secret agenda.

on paper we are 4rth best and should directly qualify by finishing in 2nd place. we are better than uzbekistan and will probably collect 4 points from them. however, they have closed the gap so its possible to slip up and pull a japan against them. thats why it will be a hard campaign. we also have to get 6 points from the likes of qatar/oman. in 2010 we didnt make it because we lost to saudi and drew against UAE. this could happen again vs uzbekistan and qatar/jordan/lebanon/oman so we have to be careful. i think next round japan, south korea, and australia will not slip up like they did in this round. we are the most likely to slip up out of these teams, but hopefully we wont.

 

RI coach lashes out at referee after 10-0 defeat



Indonesian coach Aji Santoso denounced the refereeing of Andre El Haddad on Thursday following his team’s humiliating 10-0 defeat against host Bahrain in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match, in which the Lebanese referee awarded Bahrain four penalties against the Indonesian national team.

“We were completely toyed with by the referee,” Aji told tribunnews.com after the match, referring to the fact that his team had to play with 10 men for most of the game following El Haddad’s decision to send off Indonesian goalkeeper Samsidar for a professional foul only three minutes after kick off.

This is not the first time for El Haddad to be mired in controversy for his officiating. The referee was also in the spotlight last year after he officiated the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification third round match between China and Singapore on Sept. 2 in which he was deemed as making several dubious calls in favor of the home side China, which later went on to win the game 2-1.

After the match, Singapore players uttered heavy criticisms against El Haddad, with goalkeeper Lionel Lewis labeling the referee as “robbing” points from the Singapore national team. Captain Shahril Ishak described his decisions in the game as “killing the Singaporean players”.

Despite the humiliating defeat, however, Aji did not point fingers at any single Indonesian player, defending the squad by arguing that the players did not actually deserve the 10-goal margin loss.

“I am proud with the lads’ performance; they have played very well,” Agus said. “I will keep this team. They will continue to train so that they can develop [into better players] in the future.” (sat)



http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/01/ri-coach-lashes-out-referee-after-10-0-defeat.html

 

Ministry blames PSSI for woeful Bahrain defeat


Andi Mallarangeng blames the prolonged internal dispute within the Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) for Indonesia’s hammering at the hands of Bahrain, when the host defeated the Garuda squad 10-0 in Manama on Wednesday evening.

“There you go. The result is because the PSSI management keeps on fighting each other,” Andi said on Thursday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Andi said that the association should have put the interests of national soccer above internal conflicts.

“With two domestic competitions, the national team won’t be supported by the best players because some of them play in the other competition [which is not approved by the association],” Andi said.

The chaotic domestic soccer situation has resulted in the formation of two top-tier leagues: the Indonesian Super League (ISL) and the PSSI-approved Indonesian Premier League (IPL). The association has issued a regulation, citing that players who play in the ISL competition cannot join the national squad.

Andi cited reconciliation as a solution to solve the ongoing drama. “The PSSI should recognize the ISL and vice versa,” he said.

“At the end of the year, we can hold a special competition between the winners of both leagues. I think that’s the best solution by far,” he said, “I hope last night’s result opens many people’s eyes.” (swd)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/01/ministry-blames-pssi-woeful-bahrain-defeat.html

 

LOL. wow. that is lower than minimum wage working in mcdonalds here. so we can say indonesian keeper accepted a bahraini bribe?

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120301/soc-fifa-bahrain-probe/

FIFA to investigate Bahrain's 10-0 World Cup win

ZURICH — FIFA says it will open a "routine" investigation into Bahrain's 10-0 victory over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifying match.

Bahrain's win raised suspicions because it needed to make up a nine-goal deficit on rival Qatar in the group standings to have a chance of advancing to the next round. It also needed Qatar to lose its last match, but the Qataris scored an 83rd-minute equalizer to get a 2-2 draw in Iran on Wednesday and advanced to the next stage of the Asian qualifying tournament ahead of Bahrain.

FIFA says its security department "will conduct a routine examination of this game and its result."

FIFA says the probe is justified by "the unusual outcome against results expectation and head-to-head history, and in the interests of maintaining unequivocal confidence in our game."

 

so we have groupings already?

 

You mean the pots or the final draw?

 

Highlights of Ahskan Dejagah's dream debut for Iran. What a player, what a hustler, he is a monster. I strongly believe that we have found our missing link, a talented winger/play-maker who is a ball-getter and has clinical finishing skills.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiU6KM9s0w"]Ashkan Dejagah vs. Qatar | Debut for Iran - Highlights ????? ????? - YouTube[/ame]

 

guess we haven't done final draw. sounds like Iran and ROK in the same pot?