MANAGER: Carlos QUEIROZ


GOALKEEPERS

1 Alireza BEIRANVAND
12 Payam NIAZMAND
22 Amir ABEDZADEH
24 Hossein HOSSEINI

DEFENDERS:

2 Sadegh MOHARRAMI
4 Shojae KHALILZADEH
5 Malid MOHAMMADI
8 Morteza POURALIGANJI
13 Hossein KANAANIZADEGAN
15 Rouzbeh CHESHMI
19 Majid HOSSEINI
23 Ramin REZAEIAN
25 Abolfazl JALALI

MIDFIELDERS:

3 Ehsan HAJSAFI ©
6 Saeid EZATOLAHI
7 Alireza JAHANBAKHSH
11 Vahid AMIRI
14 Šaman GHODDOS
16 Mehdi TORABI
17 Ali GHOLIZADEH
18 Ali KARIMI
21 Ahmad NOUROLLAHI

FORWARDS:

9 Mehdi TAREMI
10 Karim ANSARIFARD
20 Sardar AZMOUN


4-1-3-2 FORMATION:

Iran Vs United States - Group Stage Game (29/11/2022)



GK BEIRANVAND
CB M. HOSSEINI
CB POURALIGANJI
RB REZAEIAN
LB MOHAMMADI
DMF EZATOLAHI
CMF NOUROLLAHI
RMF GHOLIZADEH
LMF/CMF HAJSAFI
SS/CF TAREMI
CF AZMOUN

Substitutions: Karimi for Mohammadi (Injury - 47 mn - First Half), Ghoddos for Azmoun (46 mn - Second Half), Torabi for Nourollahi (71 mn), Jalali for Hajsafi (71 mn) and Ansarifard for Gholizadeh (77 mn)
Notes: Karimi' played the remaining minutes of the first half as LMF, this relocated Hajsafi as LB
Karimi's shirt name was "A.Karimi"
In the start of the second half, Iran changed their formation into a 4-3-3 with Ezatolahi as central DMF, Nourollahi as right CMF, Karimi as left CMF, Gholizadeh as RWF, Ghodos as LWF and Taremi as CF
Torabi's shirt name was "M.Torabi"
Taremi received the captain armband from Hajsafi
Ansarifard played as CF alongside Taremi, this settled again the formation into a 4-4-2 with Torabi and Ghodos as Side Midfielders and Karimi with Ezatolahi as CMFs
Ansarifard received the captain armband from Taremi
Ansarifard's shirt name was "Karim"

Captains: Ehsan Hajsafi | Mehdi Taremi | Karim Ansarifard
Short Free Kick: Ramin Rezaeian
Long Free Kick: Ehsan Hajsafi/Ramin Rezaeian/Saman Ghodos/Saeid Ezatolahi/Morteza Pouraliganji/Majid Hosseini/Ali Karimi
Free Kick 2: Ramin Rezaeian
Left Corner: Saman Ghodos
Right Corner: -
Penalty: Mehdi Taremi
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Majid Hosseini, Morteza Pouraliganji, Saeid Ezatolahi, Ali Karimi

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Taremi/Azmoun | Nourollahi/Karimi - In the second half | Karimi/Ezatolahi | Taremi/Ansarifard
★Pressure
★Long Passing - Late in the game
★Counter Attack


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