World Cup 2014 Brazil - Asia (pre-WC, live update, post-WC, discussion etc) [R]

Worrying times indeed. It really started when Japan (Our number 1 hope) lost all 3 games in the Confed Cup.

 

I only see Japan progressing past the group stage. The rest will struggle.

 

Good article. Thanks for posting it.

 

Iran's lack of preparation really is ridiculous. What have they been doing? lol

They should book some friendly matches in South America, to understand the conditions they will be playing in the world cup.

 

Prediction for AFC teams :
Iran 3 points
South Korea 1 point [hmmm, or maybe 2]
Japan 1 point
Australia 0 points [or maybe 1]
Jordan (didnt quite make it)
0 teams getting out of their groups.
there will have to be some major form reversals to do much better than this.

 

I can't see us not getting at least one win with HMB in charge. That CKH mofo just f*cked shit up for us to make us look bad during qualifiers.

Prediction: Japan R16 (QF depending on who they face), Korea R16 (QF seems unlikely, unless we get a favorable draw), Aussies 1 draw (Possibly go home with one win, depends on group), Iran 1 draw (Absolutely no preparations. Arguably the weakest team ON PAPER)
I honestly want all Asian teams to do well to show the rest of the world we can play. Hopefully, every AFC team can win at least once.

 

Even though Iran is ranked 2nd in the AFC, behind only Japan, and while Iran finished on top of its qualifying group before South Korea, Iran is the only side among the AFC contingent in Brazil that has never advanced from the group stage at the World Cup. World Cup pedigree aside, while there was a time that Iran boasted the most famed players in Asia, in recent years teams like South Korea and Japan have seen a flood of players in top European leagues. And Australia has always boasted a large contingent of players in European leagues as well. Iran, on the other hand, has been forced to try to recruit duel nationals of Iranian decent to boost the ranks of its foreign based players. Otherwise, once Nekounam returned to Iran last year, so did our last legitimate top flight player still regularly playing in Europe. The rest of the players now in Europe are either plying their trade in second or third tier leagues, or in lower divisions, or in the case of those like Askhan Dejageh, aren't really the product of Iranian football even if he is the product of Iranian parents.

All that said, and recognizing the ridiculous lack of preparations by Iran so far, I think it is too early to write off any of the Asian teams. In fact, as unexciting as this Iranian team is, I would not be shocked if it ended up doing what much better Iranian sides failed to do: advance to the knock out rounds. On the other hand, I guess in the back of my mind, I also worry that this Iranian team might embarrass Iran in ways that we haven't been embarrassed in the World Cup before.

But good luck to all the Asian teams. I certainly mean it.

 

karimi was not really influential in the majority of 2006 WCQ games. but of course, if karimi was in full form in the world cup, things might have been different. we also have to remember that mahdavikia, hashemian, and zandi were not in full form either (just came back from injury). branko was a defensive coach and our offense was due to our individual talents, not his game plan. our world cup 2006 performance was marred by side issues such as the ali daie and ali karimi dispute and that retarded mistake against mexico which disqualified us with immediate effect. unfortunately, we did not display our full potential. it was a wasted world cup. hopefully, this world cup will be better. honestly, i only care about results at this point. i dont care if we play like crap. i just want a win, even if it means 90 minutes of defense and 1 goochanejad counterattack goal. and i know it will take a miracle but i just want to see us advance from group stages for once. it feels as if we are the only team on earth who didnt yet lol.

 

i dont know which is worse... Irans lack of preparation or australias back to back 6-0 games lol.

 

If I were you I would have loved CKH more than your 1996 coach. I am assuming that you still remember your
6-2 lose against Iran in 1996

Would not CKH have been a hero for you and many Koreans if Korea did not lose to Iran in Ulsan??

 

Japan and Korea only had a few European based players in 2010. The reason they started sending so many players abroad was their good performance at the WC. That's what we need to do. You do well, you get recognized, you send players abroad, and you become stronger. We just need to start the chain reaction by first of all being at the World Cup and second doing well in it.

 

no because he completely changed our style of football. even if we won 2-0 ppl would still want his ass out cause of his style

 

I was born in 97', so I don't remember that game.
And to answer your question, even if CKH won that match, winning against Iran and qualifying to the world cup doesn't make him a hero. There are some people in Korea that have no idea you have to go through qualification to get to the world cup.

 

I'm not sure this is the place to ask but why isn't Park Ji-Sung playing internationally anymore, is there any chance he will come back, and if he does, would SK be better?

 

He retire from international football because it was bad for his knee. Flying from England all the way to S. Korea wasn't good for his knee and it just made it worst. That is why he retired. There is absolutely no way he is coming back. I am pretty sure he can improve our squad, but the reason why PJS was so important to our team was because he had leadership. When we lost him, we did not have any leaders that could lead the team.

 

I bet Queiroz became your hero after beating us twice in the qualification. jk.
Winning that match would have made no difference.
CKH was about to resign regardless of the outcome.

 

You heard it here first: we'll get at least 4 points.

For the first time we don't have 2 coaches. None of that Karimi, Daie bull shit drama. CQ is a boss and he knows how to put his foot up people's asses. Just in time for the World Cup, Rahmati was preparing to take the title as this campaign's drama queen, but CQ quickly threw his ass out on the street. Now we have 2 other great candidates that play for the team.

Not even Nekounam has caused any drama so far (emphasis on so far). Branko was a weak human being and he let Daie and Karimi utterly rip the team apart both on the field and off the field. Daie and Karimi controlled the team, not Branko.

 

We're going to be ranked #1 in Asia in the next update

 

Congrats. I think Iran will lose by at least 2 or 3 goals if they face Netherlands and Belgium away though.