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It is not like Iran doesn't have technical finess players is more like because of CQ system, we are playing a direct game so technically he doesn't need many finess players, that is why Khalatbari was excluded 4 years a go. Soroush Rafiei, Dariush Shojaeian this time around. Gholizadeh didnt make the list of 23(24th player) and Torabi didn't play a single minute.
I don't think they are good enough to do their fancy stuff in a world cup stage ,to be honest I have not seen any exceptionally gifted player who can go past players since Ali Karimi ,this Mehdi Ghaedi showed some sparks and raw talent but he has a lot to learn and develop his game .
In 1978 team we had the likes of Roshan ,Danayeefar ,Qasempour ,Sadeghi ,Parvin ,Nazari who were exceptionally gifted ,years later we had the likes of Azizi ,Bagheri ,Karimi but since them we have not seen any ,if we don't have the tools we can't do it .
Even that Khalatbari although he had good technique but mentally he was not smart enough and not team melli material for world cup games , in my opinion.
We have been a bit poor in that department ,maybe one of those guys like Delfi or his team mates or Ghaedi can become one.