TM List for Asian Cup

The list for the Asian Cup games was given out by Ghalenoei today. There are 30 players picked but only 23 make it to the final squad. Each team has 7 players, incase a player gets injured during training and is not able to participate in any of the games. In my opinion, the players that need to be taken out of the list are shakouri, asadi, badamaki, E. sadeghi, Nouri, S. Zareh, K. Rahmati. There is no use in having these many midfielders when we all know that karimi, teymourina, nekounam, mahdavikia, zandi, kaebi, and nikbakht are going to be the only players that will get a chance to play. I persoanlly thinl we should play with 1 forward or play karimi as the second forward because our midfield is really strong but we only have one good striker, who is Hashemian. The players are going to all report to camp on monday to get tested and then the trainings start on tuesday. These three weeks leading up to the games are going to be very important. We dont want to pick up any injuries like the preparation for WC, but we want to play a lot and having team chemisty. These are the players that made it to the squad at this time:

Goalkeepers:Taleblou, Rahmati, Roudbarian

Defenders:Nosrati, Hosseini, Rezaei, Aghili, Sadeghi, Shakouri

Midfielders:Zandi, Morteza Asadi, Mahdavikia, Badamaki, E.Sadeghi, Mobali, Nekounam, Teymourian, Mohammad Nouri, Shojaei, Nikbakht, M. Zareh, S. Zareh, K. Rahmati, Kaebi, Karimi

Strikers:Hashemian, Enayati, Rajabzadeh, Kazemian, Khatibi

Mahdavikia To Frankfurt

After 211 matches and 26 goals Mehdi Mahdavikia has officially left HSV to Eintracht Frankfurt. Mahdavikia was said to have really wanted to say at HSV but the club did not agree. Offers from Spain and Germany has been said to be offered to him but he probably felt more comftrobale staying at Germany since he has been there since 1999. We all as Iranian fans support every move that Mahdavikia makes and hope him the best of luck.

Iran thrashed by mexico

What we had here was a waiting disaster. Almost none of our foreign players, 3 days of practice before the game and no certain strategy causes Iran a humiliating 4-0 lost in Mexico. No chemistry, no teamwork and no individuality at all from out players. Iran had a couple of good chances for example when Zandi shot from the right side and hit the post or when Enayati missed a 1v1 with the goalie. But overall the Mexican team used their opportunities unlike us and scored on most of them. Did Ghalenoie want to help our B-team out by sending them to play one the best teams in the world? We get one friendly and this is what we get? I don't know about you guys but for me this is stupid. I just wish this IFF could get there senses and make some better friendlies with the full AC squad next time!

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