According to Mehr’s reporter from Qatar, Iran’s national football team confirmed its promotion from Group C of the 2023 Asian Cup to the elimination stage by winning two games against Palestine and Hong Kong. This team, as one of the chances of the championship, made it to the elimination round very soon, while its rivals such as Japan and South Korea have not yet managed to confirm their presence in the round of 16.
Although the Iranian national team’s playing style, despite the 1-0 victory against Hong Kong, brought criticism, but the European experts present in these competitions, referring to the closeness of the teams present in these competitions, considered the wins of the Iranian national team important and promised them better days. The students of Amir Ghale Nooyi know during the tournament of the Asian Nations Cup.
“Myron Gaiman”, a famous German journalist who analyzes the Asian Nations Cup on the “Asian Championships” website, said in an interview with Mehr’s dispatch reporter to the Asian Nations Cup: Japan’s loss against Iraq was the first shock in these competitions. They could not appear powerful. Iraq’s motivation in these games was exemplary. Their superb running caused Japan to be fooled many times and caught by counter-attacks that were unpredictable.
Asia is developing
Referring to the draw between South Korea and Jordan in Group E, the world football analyst stated: When Jurgen Klinsmann is shocked against Jordan, there are many signs of pride and progress in Asian football. Asia does not have good players, but it respects team cohesion. This strategy shows that the necessary planning for progress has been made on grassroots football in friendly football countries that have had poor ability in the past. What happened 5 years ago in West Asia, Central Asia and even the Eastern part, until now the level of Asian football has become very close.
New philosophy brings different thinking
Gaiman compared Asian football with Europe and continued: “You can’t easily guess England’s win against Liechtenstein anymore.” In Asia, the predictable victory of Japan, Iran and South Korea is meaningless. In the same cup, Saudi Arabia could hardly win its first game against Oman.
He emphasized: World football is moving on some specific technical ideas. Now he knows almost all the coaches of these football philosophies. When a new technical strategy does not occur from big coaches like Klopp, Guardiola, etc., the same process continues until a new philosophy is introduced.
Iran is powerful
The Asian Champions analyst noted about the performance of the Iranian national team by winning against Palestine and Hong Kong: Iran is the only strong team that has appeared at its level. I heard the interview of the head coach of this team, Mr. Qala Nooyi, who believed that the path to the cup should be played game by game. Good thinking for the team claims that I think it will focus the minds of the players on the same issue.
History writes the result
He said about the expectation of winning the championship from teams like Iran and Japan: I am sure we will see many surprises from the Arab teams as well as the lesser known ones. Japan has become less popular than before, which is very strange. Regarding Iran, its results should be mentioned. History does not write how you became a champion, but what was the result of the games. Now Iran is statistically the best team in the cup, which gives them confidence.
Sardar is not the test of Messi and Ronaldo, but it is important
Gaiman, knowing the players of the Iranian national team about the influence of prominent players such as Tarami, Azmoun and Quddos on the level of expectations of Iranian fans from the students of Qala Novii, said: They used to say, give the ball to Mes or Ronaldo, they will do the work. No one can be compared to Messi and Ronaldo in today’s football. The same goes for Sardar Azmoun. Team work should be seen and measured.
Champion? it’s soon!
In the end, he refused to give any of the teams in the Nations Cup a chance to win. He noted: It is too early to talk about the chance of the championship until the end of the round of 16, and everything must be weighed to evaluate it.
