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Persianmirror –
Iran has been drawn in world cup 2010 Asian
qualifying Group 5 with Kuwait, UAE and Syria, the top two teams from each
group will progress to final round qualifiers.
One advantage Iran
will benefit from in Group 5 is the close proximity of their opponents to
Iran, hence the away legs of their fixtures will not involve tedious flights
to the far east which often involves flight changes, add to that the time
difference and such away fixtures tend to take a lot out of the players
before they even kick a ball. The world cup draw has been kind to
So far so good, but
when was the last time a Team Melli campaign went without complications?
Islamic republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) is yet to elect a
president after their FIFA ban of November 2006 for Government interference
in the sport; Team Melli has not had a coach since the sacking of Amir
Ghalenoei after Asian Cup finals failure last July, world cup 2010
qualifiers will commence in February 2008, that does not give Iran much time
to prepare for the campaign. Any appointed head coach will probably have to
recall players from
There is no time to
waste, Team Melli needs a head coach and not just any head coach, lessons
should have been learnt from disastrous consequences of appointing an
incompetent coach such as Amir Ghalenoei. It is time for Team Melli to
benefit from expertise of a quality European coach, there are many talented
players in
World Cup 2010
Qualifying Groups, AFC Region
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
Group 5:
This article was contributed by AFSHIN DASTAFSHAN |
