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Carlos Queiroz quits as Iran coach 29 Jan 2019

Carlos Queiroz quits as Iran coach

Carlos Queiroz announced his resignation as head coach of Iran national football team after Team Melli failed to reach the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 65-year-old decided to call time on his eight-year stint with the Iranians at the news conference in Al Ain. Iran suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat against Japan in the competition’s […]

My players must trust themselves against Japan: Carlos Queiroz 28 Jan 2019

My players must trust themselves against Japan: Carlos Queiroz

Carlos Queiroz has told his players to trust themselves and in his methods as Iran prepare to face Japan in the first semi-final of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 on Monday at Al Ain’s Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The Iranians are appearing in the last four of the AFC Asian Cup for the first […]

Iran’s Beiranvand Reveals Inspiration behind Penalty Heroics 22 Jan 2019

Iran’s Beiranvand Reveals Inspiration behind Penalty Heroics

Iran iconic goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand says he has saved Oman’s penalty while he was only thinking about the people of his country. The 26-year-old goalie saved Al Mahaijri’s penalty in the third minutes of the match. Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ashkan Dejagah were on target for Team Melli in the first half to send Iran to […]

Playing with motivated Oman to be tough: Team Melli captain 20 Jan 2019

Playing with motivated Oman to be tough: Team Melli captain

Team Melli midfielder and captain Ashkan Dejagah believes that the match against Oman on Sunday will be tough because the Reds are ‘highly motivated’. The two team will lock horns AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Round of 16 clash at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 9:00 PM local time. “I think […]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh unhappy with Iraqis players’ performance 17 Jan 2019

Alireza Jahanbakhsh unhappy with Iraqis players’ performance

Iran star Alireza Jahanbakhsh criticized the way that Iraqi players performed against Iran in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Team Melli, the first-ranked football team in Asia, were held to a goalless draw by Iraq at a packed Maktoum Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday but advanced to the Round of 16 as the Group D […]

Asian Cup Will Start for Team Melli from Next Game: Carlos Queiroz 17 Jan 2019

Asian Cup Will Start for Team Melli from Next Game: Carlos Queiroz

Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says the 2019 AFC Asian Cup will start for Team Melli from now on. The three-time champion sealed top spot in Group D following a 0-0 draw with Iraq on Wednesday, edging the West Asian on goal difference after both team finished on seven points. Team Melli […]

Team Melli wins Vietnam, secures berth to next round 12 Jan 2019

Team Melli wins Vietnam, secures berth to next round

 Iran national football team gained a 2-0 victory over Vietnam and secured its berth to the quarterfinal of 2019 AFC Asian Cup in UAE. In a Saturday match held at Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan Stadium, the Iranian side won its second match at the tournament, this time against AFF Suzuki Cup champion, Vietnam. Sardar Azmoun […]

Vietnam match our second final: Karim Ansarifard 10 Jan 2019

Vietnam match our second final: Karim Ansarifard

Iran international striker Karim Ansarifard says the match against Vietnam will be Team Melli’s second final in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran will take on the Vietnamese team at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Saturday. “Every match is like a final for us. We won Yemen 5-0 in our […]

Team Melli partake at Asian Cup with boosted confidence 05 Jan 2019

Team Melli partake at Asian Cup with boosted confidence

The 2018 World Cup’s performance has boosted Iran national football team confidence, Team Melli defensive midfielder Omid Ebrahimi says. Ebrahimi, 31, stole the show in the 2018 World Cup in Russia where Team Melli narrowly missed the chance to reach the knockout phase. Iran defeated Morocco 1-0, lost to Spain 1-0 and drew 1-1 with […]

We are ready to ‘fight for our dreams’ in Asian Cup: Alireza Jahanbakhsh 31 Dec 2018

We are ready to ‘fight for our dreams’ in Asian Cup: Alireza Jahanbakhsh

 Iran winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh says that they will “fight for their dreams” to end a 43-year trophy drought in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran national football team last lifted Asian football’s most coveted trophy on home soil in 1976, when they completed the third leg of three consecutive championship wins that mark the country […]