Iran's coach Branko has said that he would like to see Japan, Uzbekistan and Kuwait in Iran's group for the final stage of the Asian WCQ. The source in Persian: http://www.isna.ir/news/NewsCont.asp?id=465063
I personally think Japan is a much stronger team than S. Korea so I don't understand what Branko means by "best option"
i'm kinda agree with branco. kuwait and Uzbekistan are easy i think s. korea is stronger than japan. we have to face one of them anyway.
"Much stronger?" I thinks Japan has a slight edge over Korea but not by much. Once Korea NT uses more youth players from its U23 team, Korea will be tougher to beat.
S. Korea is a very strong team but any observer would agree thaat Japan at the moment is a stronger team than S. Korea...
Even I agree to that but I think the difference is not much. Anyway, Korea NT will be a better team once Korean youth movement takes its place.