Syria - The "Strength in Asia "

Syria is in developing progress. A Draw with Iran in Tehran is a good step in the qualifications, well Iran has their own problems, but we can't underrate Syria. You have good players like Firas Al-Khatib, Mahmoud Amna, Jihad Al-Hussain, Reja Rafe, Abdul-Qader Dakka..etc and so on.

btw, you were so close to qualify to the 1986 world cup. and also when I was editing the Arab Nations Cup (link) in Wikipeda, I realized that Syria was one of the favorites in the tournament.

I wish you the best. Good luck in the WC200 Qualifications

 

I think Syria at this moment are the best nation in what i would call a second bracket for Asian Nations.

After the likes of Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc (you know the others) who have year after year been reprsented in Asia Cup and World Cup, i would stick Syria, as the nation that could break the mould.

Although not qualified for Asian Cup since 1996, i think they were unlucky not to go to 2007 Nations cup, and i feel all teams that qualify for 4th round of world cup qualifiers will want to miss playing Syria (assuming they qualify) in a group of death.

Certainly gaining momentum, and hope they continue to do well, both as a nation and Al Karama in Champions League.

I hope they can keep it going and have more young players come throught the ranks, rather than see this as a bit of a fluke (which i doubt) and fall by the wayside within a few years.

 

As an Iranian, I will be the first to say that Syria has definitely made a great deal of progress over the past couple of years. Congrats to you, and I hope you continue to improve.

I hate to bring up a point that has probably been argued countless times already, but I'm afraid many Syrian fans are looking at the recent match against Iran as an indicator of their "strength in Asia." I'm sorry to say, but I watched that entire match very closely and I was not especially impressed by the Syrian squad. As an avid Iranian fan, I can tell you that our team is in shambles right now, and we were completely lost during the Syria match. While Syria played to their potential and displayed a solid performance, they still failed to beat an Iranian team that displayed a performance that embarrassed Iranian fans around the world. If Iran had played one of Asia's strongest sides (you know the names), we would have been destroyed.

That having been said, it is my true and honest opinion (as someone who knows the Iranian team very well and has watched selective Syrian matches over the past couple of years) that at full strength and under normal circumstances Syria is still far from Iran's level (or that of S. Korea, Japan, KSA, and Australia).

Once again, I'd like to congratulate Syria for continuing to improve, but I really think it's too early in their development to speak of their "strength in Asia."

Just my honest opinion...

 

Don't know much about Syria but if they are progressing, then that's good news for you guys.

Anyways, interms of my Asian football knowledge i would rate North Korea better than Syria. North Korea is the top team in my lists in the 2nd rated bracket teams in Asia.

 

In my opinion you are not very good at all.

 

I was very surprised when i saw the syria-iran match this is one of the best results they could hope for. Maybe they will top this group no one knows.
But i know one thing, syria will become an force in asia until the world cup
May allah be with you guys and me and my family will keep chearing for you guys.

 

Syria's results against the top Asian teams in their last meetings have been impressive.
0-0 against Iran in Iran (WCQ)
1-1 against South Korea in South Korea (ACQ)
1-1 against Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia (Friendly)

*I don't think they've ever met Australia and haven't played Japan recently.

Also a Syrian club finished runners up in the ACL 2 years ago. Syrian football is definetly on the rise. Not too long ago Iran beat Syria 7-1 (2004 I think) I never thought that in the near future Syria could give us much trouble but now Syria could very well finish atop of this group. One thing I'v noticed about Syria tho is that they play better away than at home. For example they tied Iran and Korea away in the last Asian Cup qualifires but lost 2-0 to Iran and 2-1 to Korea at home so they didn't qualify.
Anyways I think they will make it to the next round along Iran, as Kuwait and UAE haven't been impressive lately, and who knows they might even finish as Asia's 5th team in the next round (the best ideal scenario they could hope for) and after beating Oceania's rep (I'm pretty confident they are better than NZ) make the WC in Africa!
GL

 

Drawing Iran in Azadi,very impressive and it gives Syria an advantage over Kuwait and UAE.
Go Syria!!

 

I hope Syria can build on this. I remember 4 years ago, the last WC... everyone was talking about Jordan. They almost knocked out Japan in the quarterfinals of the Asian cup and then I think they even beat Iran in Tehran at this same stage of the tournament but faded badly later on and have declined badly since then. I hope the same thing doesn't happen to Syria. Hopefully they can build on the success of their clubs in the champions league and not wind up like another Jordan.

 

Back to the Syria national team subject.

Your dream may come true if you take the advantage of your home matches and use it well, I mean in the legal way of course.

 

North Korea has surely improved a lot since 2006. The hottest young prospect of Asian forward right now IMO is a North Korean whose name is Jong Te Se. He recently shined at the East Asian Championship that invovled teams like Korea Republic, China and Japan. He scored two goals against Korea Republic and Japan respectively. He has only played like 5 times for the North Korea NT but scored 10 goals already! He's now playing for J-league's Kawasaki Frontale and he scored 15 goals last season.

North Korea NT also have some good players playing abroad in K-league, J-league and Russian league. Their young prospects also look good. The current U20 Asian Champion is actually North Korea. They won over Japan. So they have good up and coming players ready to play for the NT as well.

 

This is good news to hear, But what do you think of Syria?

 

I think Syria is currently sitting at 7th after Australia, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China.

 

And pigs fly to...

 

Whoops. I left out Iraq. Actually, Iraq is top 6. If they have more depths in their squad, they can easily compete against top 5. I highly rate this team. It's just that they haven't set up proper infrastructure like the strong Asian powerhouses. Once they start building on league structure, bringing in proper coaching staffs and setting up a proper youth system, they will be really good, trust me.

 

This is not acceptable.

Next off topic post and anyone else who responds or carries on, will get an infarction, followed by a card/ban.

 

Please only praise him when our MODS have created the following:

• Sticky for AFC Champions League 2008
• Sticky for AFC Cup 2008
• Sticky for World Cup Qualifiers

 

Once Syrian players start playing in Europe and they can at least qualify for the Asian Cup and pose a threat in qualifying for the World Cup, then they can be a good team, but they're improving.