World Cup qualifiers 2022/ Final Round/ Iran vs Syria(02-09-2021) & Iraq-Iran(06-09-2022)

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So you guys consider this an easy, moderate, or a difficult group ?
 
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This is 22 local players. I just hope the coaching staffs really evaluate them and not inviting them for sake of it like previous times and then go with legionnaires list.
Good to see 19 years old Yasin Salmani and the young RB Saleh Hardani.
Good job of Nekounam with foolad, got them 4 invitation to TM.
Also good to see Abdi.
 
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22 Local players base on their clubs and position, the highlights are 25 years old or under:

Keeper: Hossein Hosseini(Estghlal), Reza Akhbari(Tractor)

Right backs: Saleh Hardani(Foolad), Mehdi Tiktdari(Tractor/Gol Gohar)

Left backs: Saeid Aghaei(Persepolis), Omid Nourafkan(Sepahan)

Central Defenders: Mohammad Moradmand(Esteghlal), SiavashYazdani(Esteghlal), Armin Sohrabian(Gol Gohar), Aref Aghasi(Foolad)

Central Midfielders: Yasin Salmani(Sepahan), Ahmad Zendehroh(Gol Gohar), Milad Sarlak(Persepolis), Zobeir Niknafs(Foolad), Mohammad Karimi(Sepahan)

Wingers: Mehdi Torabi(Persepolis), Farshid Esmaili(Esteghlal), Vahid Amiri(Persepolis), Farshad Ahmadzadeh(Foolad),

Forwards: Mehdi Abdi(Persepolis), Arsalan Motahhari(Esteghlal), Shahriar Moghanloo(Persepolis/Sepahan)
 
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That Hosseini goalie is not team melli material..physically good technicaly not bad but character and attitude he is second division level.
We never had this much depth in keeper position. 3 of our keepers playing in Europe. Then Akhbari playing his best football and was probably IPL best keeper last year and also was named the Keeper of the tournament in ACL group stage with Tractor, then there is this promising keeper, Hossein Pourhamidi of Aluminum Arak(who is on loan from Esteghlal).
 
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We never had this much depth in keeper position. 3 of our keepers playing in Europe. Then Akhbari playing his best football and was probably IPL best keeper last year and also was named the Keeper of the tournament in ACL group stage with Tractor, then there is this promising keeper, Hossein Pourhamidi of Aluminum Arak(who is on loan from Esteghlal).
True ...not since the 1970s...
Thanks to Carlos Q for giving them a chance and starting a healthy competition among players and goalies in particular benefited.
 
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no group is easy but for iran this group is a piece of pie.
i can not see any of these teams be able to compete with
iran under the 6 subs rule,iran's depth is just too much for them :p
Hope players, coaching staffs, don't think like you do lol

Your football knowledge is no better than other things apparently lol