Hats off this was the most united and the best national team i have ever seen in the last 30 years following our TM match by match, not the most talented but definitely one of the most united and more as A TEAM.
You need character , unity, beside talents to achieve things and the team chemistry and spirit was at best and this is %100 thanks to CQ, Making such a united team despite having kids of new generation was a very very hard task, but he managed to do it, i am not always the fan of his defensive system but the guy doing a great job with this team, Our best ever record in WC(4 points) despite failing to advance, only Hajsafi and Ansarifard were starters in this WC compare to 2014 team, and only Gucci, Dejagah, Ansarifard, Hajsafi and Montazeri were part of 23 squad in 2014, that is about %20.
7 years a go when he took over, we had the most mediocre TM of last 30 years maybe. No player in Europe, not even in Persian Gulf leagues, now 2/3 of squad play outside(not in top league yet but it is just the matter of the time).
In 2014 He still managed to qualify our less-talented squad ever to WC(with the addition of Gucci, Dejagah, and few others) and still got a reasonable results base on the potential of players. Now look at the players that he introduced in last few years: Azmoun(23), Jahanbakhsh(24), Pouraliganji(26), Cheshmi(24), Majid Hosseini(21), Ezzatolahi(21), Taremi(25), Torabi(23), Milad Mohammadi(23),Ghoddos(24), Beiranvand(26), add to that the one who were in standby list: Kaveh Rezaei(26), Gholizadeh(22), or Omid Norafkan(21), In fact Ebrahimi ,Amiri(30) were the oldest players of TM in all 3 matches, following by Ansarifard, Hajsafi(28).
This team can be around for at least another WC. We just need to work on offensive side of the game , now that we got the respect of many other opponents.
Future of this team is bright.
You need character , unity, beside talents to achieve things and the team chemistry and spirit was at best and this is %100 thanks to CQ, Making such a united team despite having kids of new generation was a very very hard task, but he managed to do it, i am not always the fan of his defensive system but the guy doing a great job with this team, Our best ever record in WC(4 points) despite failing to advance, only Hajsafi and Ansarifard were starters in this WC compare to 2014 team, and only Gucci, Dejagah, Ansarifard, Hajsafi and Montazeri were part of 23 squad in 2014, that is about %20.
7 years a go when he took over, we had the most mediocre TM of last 30 years maybe. No player in Europe, not even in Persian Gulf leagues, now 2/3 of squad play outside(not in top league yet but it is just the matter of the time).
In 2014 He still managed to qualify our less-talented squad ever to WC(with the addition of Gucci, Dejagah, and few others) and still got a reasonable results base on the potential of players. Now look at the players that he introduced in last few years: Azmoun(23), Jahanbakhsh(24), Pouraliganji(26), Cheshmi(24), Majid Hosseini(21), Ezzatolahi(21), Taremi(25), Torabi(23), Milad Mohammadi(23),Ghoddos(24), Beiranvand(26), add to that the one who were in standby list: Kaveh Rezaei(26), Gholizadeh(22), or Omid Norafkan(21), In fact Ebrahimi ,Amiri(30) were the oldest players of TM in all 3 matches, following by Ansarifard, Hajsafi(28).
This team can be around for at least another WC. We just need to work on offensive side of the game , now that we got the respect of many other opponents.
Future of this team is bright.
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