From an ex pro footballer and knowing the game at the highest level, let me tell you guys one thing, I am not just proud, but fucking shocked by TM, a lot of you guys don't play football and even though you watch it fanatically you don't get the game play, do you have any FUCKING CLUE how hard it is to play the formation and tactics that TM played against Spain? They fucking FULLY neutralized the best team in the world and 11 potentially HALL OF FAME players, this was basically Barcelona + Real Madrid + Bayern, in fact the entire middle is Barca so not only are they a powerful team but these players play together every day, not just for the national team - Iran tactic was to defend yes, but they did it by neutralizing their front line, that isn't easy to do and they did it extremely well, the mere fact that the second they got scored on they were able to change tactics and attack, and when they DID ATTACK they were the MORE DANGEROUS team is mind blowing, I cannot believe how good this team is, we can easily beat Portugal, as much as you might laugh, Iran has the potential at this point if they work off of this platform and continue on, to become one of the best teams in the world, literally another Athletico Madrid, not a lot of big names bit amazing cohesion as a team, I think we can easily smash Portugal and qualify to next round - Iran has to be the best team in the world cup right now when it comes to strategy deployment - you have any fucking clue how hard it is to stop players like Iniesta, Isco, Busquets? lmao oh god if you guys only knew, I've played against Olympiacos and their level was ridiculous, let alone these players today.....amazing game by Iran, this is the beginning of world wide respect and possibly becoming top 10 in the world if we continue development and CQ stays.