Generally, but and if in front of the Iranian national football team
Shame on that penalty, shame on Shuja’s goal and shame on the Iranian national team. It’s a pity for Ramin Rezaian’s good game and it’s a pity for all the beauty of football. The students of Ghale Novi now have to wait for all buts and ifs to advance to the next stage.
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Jam Jam online – We saw the game. There are many details to talk about. But before that, we have to consider three possibilities. After the group stage matches, Belgium national football team advanced to the next stage with 5 points and +3 goal difference as the first team and Egypt with 5 points and +2 difference as the second team. Iran’s national football team, with 3 points and zero goal difference, must wait for the end of the group stage matches to advance.
But consider these three possibilities to understand how much Iran needs, but and if:
If Croatia can take points from Ghana.
If Uzbekistan loses to Congo.
And if Austria and Algeria draw, then Iran’s national football team will not advance. But if the results of these three games turn out to be the opposite, then we will be one of the teams that will advance to the next stage.
Safe from the damn buts and ifs
If Taremi had not ruined that penalty and if Shoja’s goal had not been offside, now there would have been a celebration and a stampede in the camp of the Iranian national football team, and a historic event had occurred.
Iran could go to the elimination stage without anything, but and if. But everything was complicated.
Iran is now in the third place of the group with three draws and three points. A position that can still end in promotion, but everything is no longer in the hands of the national team. In the new format of the 48-team World Cup, in addition to the first and second teams of each group, the top eight teams of the third group also qualify for the round of 16. For this reason, Iran should hope that its points and goal difference compared to other third teams are enough to be among the top eight teams.
For this reason, the eyes of Iranian football fans are now focused on tonight’s matches; Matches that determine the assignment of several other groups and will directly affect the table of the third teams. If in some of these groups, the third teams can’t get more than three points or have a better goal difference than Iran, the chances of promotion of Qalanewi’s students will increase. But if some third teams finish their work with four points or a better goal difference, there is a possibility of Iran’s elimination. For this reason, the status of the national team is completely dependent on the results of other competitions and we must wait until the end of tonight’s games to determine the fate.
Hope is still alive
Despite these complicated conditions, hope is still alive in the national team camp. Iran was undefeated in all three matches of the group stage and managed to gain points against three different opponents, which shows that this team has performed well in terms of cohesion and character of the match. Of course, on the other hand, getting only three points from three matches also shows that the missed opportunities, especially in the match against Egypt, can have a heavy price for the national team.
If Iran ends up as one of the third best teams in the elimination stage, according to the schedule of the tournament, they will have to face Switzerland in the round of 16, a team that has shown to be one of the most prepared teams of this competition. If the Iranian national team advances, they will face a very difficult test, although reaching the elimination stage can be one of the most important achievements of Iranian football in the history of the World Cup.
Now the only thing left for Iran is to wait for the results of the other groups and the final table of the third teams. Maybe Shoja Khalilzadeh’s rejected goal will remain one of the regrets of this cup for Iranian football for a long time, but the case of Amir Ghalenoui’s students is still not closed. If tonight’s results go as expected, Iran can qualify for the elimination stage despite three consecutive draws and prepare for a big battle against Switzerland. Otherwise, the World Cup for the national team will end in the same group stage.














