Asian Cup 2011: Iran v Jordan
By: Afshin Afshar | November 21st, 2009 | 1 Comments
On Sunday Iran will face Jordan for the return leg of their Asian Cup qualifier in Amman. Iran won the first leg and is sitting pretty on top of the Qualifying Group E, while Jordan is on the opposite end, all the way at the bottom. But, do not let that fool you; Iran did not have a convincing victory over the Jordanians in Tehran. It took them 70 minutes to score the single winning goal. Playing in the Jordanian capital of Amman should not prove to be any easier.
Iran has won two of its last three games and tied the third one,
Team Melli and FYR Macedonia played a 1-1 draw in Tehran on Wednesday. This was Iran’s last friendly before the crucial November 22 Asian Cup Qualifier with Jordan in Amman.
What was a puzzle for me was the fact the Coach Afshin Ghotbi decided to play Javad Nekounam and ... 
Team Melli will not have the services of its players based abroad for its crucial Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan.
This is due to AFC’s insistence to schedule matches on non-FIFA days, and the clubs’ refusal to release the players. This will hurt Iran more than Jordan because Jordan ... 
The Macedonians are in the Iranian capital. No, this is not Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army we are talking about; these guys are not even related to those Macedonians, well not if you listen to the Greeks, but we won't go into that! We are talking about the ... 
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Coach Afshin Ghotbi and Jordan Coach Adnan Hamad spoke to reporters after the match and shared their thoughts.
I copied and pasted the post match report on the AFC website in the comments section of this post on my blog. Coach Ghotbi was not very happy with the first ... 
Iran defeated Jordan in their third Group E match of the Asian Cup qualifiers. The match’s only goal was scored in 72nd minute by none other than Captain and midfielder Javad Nekounm who plays his club football in Spanish La Liga for Osasuna.
Click here to read the match report ... 
Team Melli’s third workout, in advance of Iceland friendly tomorrow (Tuesday), took place with 25 players. Three players, namely Iman Mobali, Amir Mohebi, and Khosrow Heydari, did not participate due to various injuries. Mifielder Iman Mobali suffered a minor back injury and may not play against Iceland.
Ok, here is the funny; apparently ... 
Our boys finally met their match in the round of 16.
The Blue-Shirt boys of Uruguay played a very gritty and determined match and at the end it was them that got their tickets to go through.
But, let’s remember that our boys made history. No other Iranian football team, of any age ... 
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