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Comments: World Cup 2022 — Group FOdds to advance: Belgium -1000, Croatia -225, Canada +250, Morocco +250 Storyline to follow: The rise of Canadian men’s soccer has been a joy to behold. A cohort of young, fun stars propelled a nation that has never won a single men’s World Cup point to the top of CONCACAF. Next up? Two of the 2018 semifinalists. No biggie. Players to watch: Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Luka Modric (Croatia), Alphonso Davies (Canada), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) Most likely outcome: Belgium is somewhat precariously clinging to its place among the sport’s elite. Croatia’s golden generation has grayed. Neither is going to steamroll through this group like both did four years ago (and like Belgium did in 2014). Both are vulnerable. But they’re still, by a significant margin, the two most talented teams here. De Bruyne, on his day, is the best player in the world, and he can single-handedly will the Red Devils to seven or nine points. More-likely-than-you-think outcome: The real “most likely outcome” here is chaos. Pure, unadulterated chaos. Belgium’s frail defense has Canada’s Jonathan David and Cyle Larin salivating. Morocco is underrated and re-energized after a coaching change. These four teams, more so than any other pod, could realistically finish in any order. Prediction: Chaos.
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Comments: World Cup 2022 — Group EOdds to advance: Spain -1200, Germany -900, Japan +300, Costa Rica +1400 Storyline to follow: Neither Spain nor Germany is the all-powerful force it once was. With clear identities, both are title contenders … but with equally apparent flaws, both are potential group-stage flops as well. Players to watch: Pedri (Spain), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Leroy Sané (Germany), Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Daichi Kamada (Japan), Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) Most likely outcome: Spain and Germany progress, and the order in which they do hardly matters, because the runner-up very well could earn an easier path to the semis. More-likely-than-you-think outcome: Japan is going to unsettle the Group E establishment. It is going to press Spain fearlessly, and counter Germany’s every attack. It does not have a singular star, as it had at past World Cups in Keisuke Honda or Shinji Kagawa, but it will be sharp and savvy and coherent. Perhaps it does not have enough final-third bite to convert verve into multiple victories, but it very well might. Prediction: The Samurai Blue cause a ruckus, but Germany and Spain restore order on the final matchday and escape.
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Comments: orld Cup 2022 — Group DOdds to advance: France -1600, Denmark -200, Australia +275, Tunisia +300 Storyline to follow: The defending champs, France are a mess. And the last three teams in their position — 2010 Italy, 2014 Spain, 2018 Germany — flamed out at the Group stage. Surely Les Bleus, with the most talent at the tournament, won’t follow in those perilous footsteps, but … you never know, do you? Players to watch: Kylian Mbappé (France), Karim Benzema (France), Paul Pogba (France), Aurelien Tchouameni (France), Christian Eriksen (Denmark) Most likely outcome: France overpowers the field; Denmark comfortably finishes second; neither Australia nor Tunisia challenges them. More-likely-than-you-think outcome: There’s a very logical argument that the Danes should be favored here. They’ve already beaten France twice in the past five months. They also play a far more adventurous brand of soccer, which could have goal-differential benefits if their Matchday 2 showdown with the French ends without a winner. Prediction: France slogs its way to two wins; Denmark soars to two of its own; they draw each other, France slides to the runner-up slot on goal differential, and gets Argentina in a Round of 16 rematch of 2018 — with roles very much reversed.
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Comments: World Cup 2022 — Group COdds to advance: Argentina -1600, Mexico -115, Poland -110, Saudi Arabia +650 Storyline to follow: It’s probably Messi's last World Cup. And this is probably the best Argentine team he has ever had. Enough said. Players to watch: Messi (Argentina), Lautaro Martinez (Argentina), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Mexico), Edson Alvarez (Mexico) Most likely outcome: Argentina cruises to the top of the group in style. The Mexico-Poland opener determines who follows in second. If it ends in a draw, the group becomes a two-part contest: Who can keep Argentina at bay, and who can ruthlessly pound Saudi Arabia to inflate their goal differential? More-likely-than-you-think outcome: There really isn’t one. Poland is dull. Mexico is weakened, and hasn’t climbed back to its 2019 peak under Gerardo "Tata" Martino. El Tri has more upside than the Poles, but don’t bet on either troubling Argentina. Prediction: Mexico wins a rip-roaring game on Matchday 1 and advances.
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Comments: World Cup 2022 — Group BOdds to advance: England -3000, U.S. +100, Wales +115, Iran +400 Storyline to follow: Iran might be the most complex story at this World Cup. The country has been aflame in protest. Most of the players say they support the people, and specifically the Iranian women fighting for their rights. But they also play for a soccer federation that has tried to silince them, and that has deep ties to the Islamic Republic’s repressive regime. Oh, and on the field, they’re very capable of stunning the U.S. and advancing from this group. Players to watch: Phil Foden (England), Jude Bellingham (England), Yunus Musah (U.S.), Gareth Bale (Wales), Mehdi Taremi (Iran) More-likely-than-you-think outcome: The lazy narrative — which American players, coach and media trotted out immediately after April’s World Cup draw — is that Iran is something of an unknown quantity, and therefore dangerous. The more accurate narrative is that Iran is very much a known quantity … and still dangerous. Under a coach, Carlos Queiroz, who’s intimately familiar with American and English soccer, the Iranians will sit in a 4-1-4-1, and they’ll break through a talented striker (Taremi) and winger (Alireza Jahanbakhsh), and they’ll fight. They can absolutely take six points and advance. Prediction: The most likely outcome.
Comments: I am trying to post detail projections for every Group, but it keeps flagging them as "SPAM"; it is frustrating. It took me several trials to get Group-A..., I will keep trying. Their projections for IRAN is interesting
Comments: World Cup 2022 — Group AOdds to advance: Netherlands -750; Senegal -135; Ecuador +100; Qatar +425 Storyline to follow: Qatar, on paper, is a mishmash of naturalized foreigners and nondescript veterans who comprise the worst of the 32 teams at their own tournament. But at the 2019 Asian Cup and as guests at the 2021 Gold Cup, they punched above their weight. So, will they get embarrassed? Or will years of Qatari government investment in soccer — much of it to ensure they don’t get embarrassed — pay off? (Of note: South Africa was, on paper, also the worst team at its World Cup in 2010. It finished with four points and beat France.) Players to watch: Sadio Mané (Senegal), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal), Moisés Caicedo (Ecuador), Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Most likely outcome: Dutch quality rises to the top of the group. Ecuador and Senegal, after sputtering through their first two games, duke it out on the final matchday for a spot in the knockouts. The outcome will rest on Ecuador’s ability to find a fix for its attacking impotence — and recent history is ominous. La Tri, as they’re known, have scored just twice in their last five games. More-likely-than-you-think outcome: The flip side of that Ecuadorian impotence is a combativeness and resoluteness that are equal parts hideous and effective. Senegal also tends to play less expansively than you’d expect. And the Netherlands doesn’t have a reliable striker. Those three could, in tandem, produce some mucky soccer, and bring one another down to the same level. One or more could fail to beat Qatar. Any of the three could, realistically, win the group on five points. Prediction: The Dutch scrape through a low-scoring group. Ecuador bullies its way into second place by virtue of a draw with the favorites. Qatar doesn’t win a single point.
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Comments: لیست تیم ملی برای جام جهانی با تقلب از روی دست کیروش!![]() ایلنا نوشت: سرمربی تیم ملی تا روز جمعه فرصت دارد فهرستی ۳۵ تا ۵۵ نفره را به فیفا اعلام کند و ۲۶ بازیکن نهایی عازم قطر از بین آنها انتخاب خواهند شد. جمعه هفته جاری آخرین فرصت ارسال فهرست اولیه تیمهای ملی حاضر در جام جهانی برای فیفاست که طبق قانون این فهرست حداقل ۳۵ و حداکثر ۵۵ بازیکن را شامل خواهد شد و سپس از این فهرست ۲۶ نفر شامل ۴ دروازهبان و ۲۲ بازیکن نهایتا تا روز ۲۳ آبانماه انتخاب و راهی مسابقات جام جهانی خواهند شد. فهرست اولیه به صورت محرمانه است و اعلام رسانهای نخواهد شد ولی فهرست نهایی یک روز پس از ارسال از سوی فیفا به صورت رسمی اعلام خواهد شد. به این بهانه با توجه به نفراتی که تا کنون از سوی کیروش دعوت شدند میتوان تخمینی بر فهرست نهایی قطر داشت و انتخابها تا حدودی قابل تشخیص است. کیروش تا کنون از یک فهرست کلی برای حضور در اردوی اتریش دعوت کرده است و دو اردوی مینی کمپ هم از بازیکنان لیگ برتری در فهرست های ۱۶ و ۱۷ نفره تشکیل داده که اینها میتوانند شاکله اصلی تیم ملی باشند. دروازهبانها: خط دفاع: خط هافبک: خط حمله: رونمایی غیر رسمی از فهرست کیروش برای تیم ملی علیرضا بیرانوند، امیر عابدزاده، پیام نیازمند، حسین حسینی، محمدرضا اخباری مدافعین رامین رضاییان، صادق محرمی، صالح حردانی، حسین کنعانی زادگان، مجید حسینی، مرتضی پورعلی گنجی، شجاع خلیل زاده، ابوالفضل جلالی، میلاد محمدی، امید نورافکن، سامان فلاح، میلاد محمدی، احسان حاج صفی، آرمین سهرابیان، عارف آغاسی، مهدی شیری هافبکها امید ابراهیمی، سعید عزت اللهی، میلاد سرلک، سامان قدوس، احمد نوراللهی، احسان حاج صفی، وحید امیری، مهدی مهدیپور، یاسین سلمانی، محمد کریمی، روزبه چشمی، محمد خدابندهلو، علی کریمی، سعید صادقی، مهدی حسینی و رضا اسدی خط حمله علی قلیزاده، علیرضا جهانبخش، مهدی ترابی، مهدی طارمی، کریم انصاری فرد و سردار آزمون، مهدی قایدی، محمد محبی، علی علیپور
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Comments: شکایت کیروش به فیفا برای دریافت مطالبات معوق/عکس![]() فارس نوشت: مربی تیم ملی ایران از شکایت به فیفا برای دریافت مطالباتش از مصریها خبر داد. کارلوس کی روش سرمربی تیم ملی کشورمان به همراه راجر ده سا دستیارش قبل از آمدن به ایران برای مدت ۷ ماه هدایت تیم ملی مصر را برعهده داشتند. کی روش به همراه دستیارانش بعد از عدم راه یابی به جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ با فدراسیون مصر قطع همکاری کردند. کی روش دستمزد چند ماه اخیرش را از مصری ها دریافت نکرد و به خاطر مطالباتش با مصری ها چندین بار وارد جنگ لفظی شد.
Comments: افشاگری سایت روسی درباره سردار آزمون![]() هیچ تیم روسی به سردار آزمون، مهاجم کنونی بایرلورکوزن آلمان پیشنهاد نداده است. به گزارش خبرگزاری خبرآنلاین و به نقل از خبرگزاری چمپیونات روسیه؛ در روزهای اخیر اخباری درباره پیشنهاد دینامو مسکو برای جذب سردار آزمون در نقلوانتقالات تابستان گذشته منتشر شد، خبری که واقعیت ندارد و مدیر برنامه سردار آزمون نیز آن را تکذیب کرده است. سردار آزمون ژانویه ۲۰۲۲ با قراردادی ۲.۵ میلیون یورویی از زنیت روسیه به بایرلورکوزن پیوست. او در ۱۱ بازی فصل جاری برای تیمش فقط دو پاسگل داده است. قرارداد آزمون با این تیم آلمانی تا ژوئن ۲۰۲۷ میلادی معتبر است. سایت ترانسفرمارکت ارزش انتقال این مهاجم را ۱۸ میلیون یورو تخمین زده است.
Comments: Iran manager for World Cup 2022: Everything you need to know about Carlos QueirozCarlos Queiroz manager Iran World Cup 2022 Vastly experienced manager Carlos Queiroz will lead Iran at World Cup 2022, after receiving a late recall to the role. The 69-year-old was re-appointed in September, two months before the showpiece event in Qatar starts. It will be the third time he leads the country to a World Cup, following group stage exits in 2014 and 2018. Team Melli were previously under the leadership of Dragan Skocic, who led them through an impressive qualification campaign. However, a change in leadership at the Iranian football federation resulted in Queiroz’s return. The former Manchester United assistant’s previous spell in charge was the longest in the history of the Iran national team, lasting almost eight years from April 2011 to January 2019. Since then, the Portuguese has had spells in charge of Colombia and Egypt, and he led the latter to a runners-up finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in February, losing on penalties to Senegal in the final. The veteran boss, who has also had spells with Sporting CP, Nagoya Grampus, UAE, South Africa, Real Madrid and Portugal, couldn’t lead Iran to the knockout stages in the last two World Cups. They picked up one point in the group stage in 2014, drawing with Nigeria but losing to Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the 2018 World Cup, Iran manager Carlos Queiroz started by beating Morocco 1-0, before losing 1-0 to Spain and drawing 1-1 with Portugal. A four-point haul was their best-ever return at the World Cup, but the Iranians were knocked out as they finished a point behind Spain and Portugal. In the Asian Cup, Queiroz took Iran to the quarter-finals in 2015 and the semi-finals in 2019, although defeat to Japan in the latter game led to his decision to step down. Iran face England, Wales and the United States in Group B at World Cup 2022 in Qatar, with Carlos Queiroz as manager.
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Comments: In November 1978, the CIA Tehran Bureau told Washington that Iran was “not in a revolutionary or even a pre-revolutionary situation.” The Shah and his family went into exile in January 1979. This cable is a strong contender for the most extraordinary analytic failure of modern times. Perhaps because the lead-up to Iran’s Islamic Revolution was so badly misinterpreted, many analysts have taken to hearing the footsteps of revolution in each new wave of Iranian unrest. The anger of today is, to be sure, a milestone on the road to eventual change. But there is still a long way to go. |
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