According to Imna news agency, the fourth match of our country’s national team in the qualifying stage of the 2026 Asian World Cup was held last night hosted by the UAE at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai. defeat with a result of four to one.
Alireza Biranvand, Milad Mohammadi, Ali Nemati, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Omid Nourafkan, Saeed Ezzatollahi, Mohammad Karimi, Mohammad Mohebi, Mehdi Qaidi, Mehdi Tarimi and Sardar Azmoun were the 11 players chosen by Amir Qalanewi for this match, followed by Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Mohammad Ghorbani, Shahriar Mughanlou and Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad replaced Mehdi Qaidi, Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Tarimi and Mohammad Karimi.
In the first half of this match, the students of Qalanewi missed many opportunities and in addition, they gave the opponent many scoring opportunities, which made them get the first goal very quickly and threatened Biranvand’s goal at several different times. But in the second half of this match, they showed a different and beautiful performance and managed to speed up the game, take possession of the field and the ball and finally win.
The national team of our country was stopped with a goalless draw in their previous meeting against Uzbekistan, they won two 1-0 victories in their previous two meetings, and now they are at the top of the group A table with a better goal difference than Uzbekistan.
The offensive line came from the beginning to score points
Mohammad Yavari, football expert In relation to the performance of our national team against Qatar, Imna told the reporter: In the first half of the game, the general shape of the game was the same as the performance in the previous matches, but the mobility and activity of the offensive line was very good from the first minutes and it was clear that they came to score points. In the first half, although we did not work well, we did well in recovering the ball and very soon we recovered the ball from the Qatar team.
He adds: We conceded a goal in the counterattack of the Qatar team and Do Del Ali Nemati, in other conditions of the first half, we were not good at all and some of our defenders played emotionally. The victory does not make us not to express the problems because we were not without problems in the whole game and the use of Milad Mohammadi in the right defense was not good at all in the national game, Mohammadi had hesitated many times because he was not familiar with the space or Also, in the first half, we had a lot of control over Akram Afif, and he did everything he wanted, but in the second half, we were a completely Iranian team, and we played our football style, which is to recover the ball quickly and attack their defense a lot, and the defense was slow. The opponent made it impossible for our players to reach.
This football expert says: Sardar Azmoun is a great blessing that we have in the national team and he was able to show once again that he can be decisive when the motivation is high. In the third goal, his good performance is evident as he pulls the goalkeeper towards him and passes beautifully to Mohammad Mohebi, and not all players have this skill. The head coach of the Qatar team led his team’s defense higher to compensate, and this provided a good opportunity for us to compensate.
Fixing weaknesses for upcoming meetings
He clarifies: I have a question as to why Alireza Jahanbakhsh is playing because he is now a free player and he was weak in defense and attack, which shows that a player is not ready, but the use of Mohammad Karimi in the lineup was very good. My recommendation is for Ramin Rezaian to return to the national team. This issue must be rooted out and resolved because Ramin Rezaian is a neck higher than all his colleagues. Rezaian is our national capital and it is natural to use us, and his presence in the team can have a significant effect on the performance of our country’s national team, or the non-invitation of Ahmed Nurolahi is one of the problems that must be resolved in order for the national team to perform well. After Rezaian, the most ready player we have is Aria Yousefi and he should be used. Finally, I believe that in the second half, except for the use of Milad Mohammadi and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, for which I do not know the reason, all the decisions were correct and implemented.
Yavari continues: Mohammad Karimi playing in a line above Saeed Ezzatollahi was very good and he was able to manage the game well, also the use of Mehdi Tarimi, Mehdi Qaidi and Sardar Azmoun in their positions led to a very good performance and in Finally, Mohammad Mohebi showed that he is always ready to be used and he showed his good performance; Congratulations to Bushehr football that three Bushehr players were in the lineup last night and all three showed brilliant performance.
He says: The age group of the Qatar national team has gradually reached a high average, and many of their experienced players are old. They were the opposite of our team and did very well in the first half, but in the second half our team did not allow them to shape their work. Qatar’s team is declining and they have a high age group, also they are facing a shortage of players and they don’t have very good new players to replace the ones in their national team. The Qataris are willing to pay high sums of money to our players, but they should get Qatari nationality and play for Qatar, as they have several players with this condition in their team now, and I don’t see a good future for the Qatari national team.
Easy ascent of Iran if the situation improves
The football expert points out: promotion is very easy in this period because the playoff stages and the meeting with the representative of Oceania have been added and it helps the teams a lot, we will climb with all the problems in the team, but if we want to play like the first half of the game We will definitely not climb. Our players, especially Sardar Azmoun, Taremi and several other players, showed that the previous defeat against Qatar was difficult for them, and it was clear from the first minutes that they came to compensate. We Iranians can do it when we decide to do something. Do something well.
He says: I congratulate Iranian football on this win and I hope the technical staff will make better decisions for the national team. I wish Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad would have entered the field a little earlier and my advice to Amir Qalanoi is to use Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad, Aria Yousefi and Saman Fallah more in the next matches because they will get results for us.
Changing the Qatar system compared to the past
Mehdi Seyed Salehi, football expert In relation to the conflict between Iran and Qatar in the qualifying stage of the 2026 Asian World Cup, Imna told the reporter: Qatar did not perform well in the Asian Nations Cup, and the previous results they obtained indicated this, they changed the system that the Qatar team had in the previous games and from The three-five-two system was changed to the four-two-one system, the strength of the Qatar team was its offensive line due to the good players that are present in that part. The Iranian team was able to press the Qatar national team well in the first minutes, but the Qatar team changed their pressing position very quickly and did not allow our midfielders to have possession of the ball and scored using the depth of our defense line.
He adds: In the first half of this match, the mobility of our defense line and midfielders was very low, and when they had the ball, they did not move to open Qatar’s defense, if the Qatar team was not a very good team.
The football expert states: After our scoring in the first minutes of the second half and the mistake of Qatar’s defenders, this team’s Shiraz disintegrated and caused their defense to rise and we were able to use the speed players we have in the national team from the depth of the defense line. Let’s use them and achieve goals. If our players were a little more accurate, we could have beaten Qatar by a bigger margin because Qatar had nothing to lose in the second half.
He says: The victory of the national team does not make the weaknesses to be ignored, we have many problems in front of the defense line, and Qatar, which was different from the team of the Asian Nations Cup, when we were ahead 3-1, had two or three good and comfortable positions. They were able to open up our defense, use the depth of our defense and threaten our goal, which they ended up carelessly losing. Our concentration in the defensive line was very low and if we stand against a stronger team, we will definitely have problems.
Inviting the wrong players to the national team
Seyed Salehi clarified: Amir Qalanoui is trying to bring new players to the national team, but Alireza Jahanbakhsh is not in the team and was not in ideal conditions, and Mohammad Mohebi had just recovered from injury and was not in ideal conditions, our wingers and fullbacks are the same as before. They are not going, and the times when we could have tactical diversity and act with speed and power was when Ramin Rezaian was in the national team and we could use the sides well, but now we cannot use the sides well and our wingers have to that they play with distance and at this time Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Tarimi are alone and we have problems in creating opportunities.
He states: In our third goal, it is clear to use the experiences of Mehdi Tarimi and Sardar Azmoun, but the concentration to score in the last shots must be fixed so that we do not miss good opportunities.
The football expert states: There was no visible scene in the penalty area that caused a team to suffer, but there were offside scenes that were resolved with the help of VAR, the Japanese referee generally proceeded with his work with the least whistle and tried not to make too many mistakes. Keep the game flowing and have good judgment.
He points out: “Our group is lighter than other groups, so we have a lot of difficulty to advance, but Qatar did not have its previous quality that we can consider it as a tough competitor, one of the most influential elements of the Qatar national team in the Nations Cup Asia was the good performance of Akram Afif, who did not have the necessary quality in this match, this team works well when Akram Afif plays well.
Increasing the speed of the national team is necessary
Seyed Salehi continues: Our team’s creation of chances was very few and in my opinion, except for the pass he sent to Sardar Azmoun, which led to a goal, Mehdi Tarami did not perform very well and his fatigue was evident. Our team must slowly reveal that Amir Ghalenoui is on the same path, but in my opinion, what has caused us to not have tactical diversity is not using wingers and running fullbacks to speed up the game so that we can play with more attackers. be on the attack
He states: Amir Qalanewi could have been replaced earlier and if they had replaced him earlier, we would have scored even more goals, but now we have to wait to see how the national team’s conditions and process will turn out. We should also consider the fact that the players of the national team do not work together for a long time and this causes the national team to not be fully coordinated, or the playing of Omid Noorafken and Milad Mohammadi in their non-specialist position causes the performance to deteriorate. Do not show what is necessary.
According to Imna, according to the experts, the interesting thing about the invited players of Amir Qalanoi is the presence of Alireza Jahanbakhsh, who even appears in the lineups, but the team does not have him and the performance he displays shows the condition of Jahanbakhsh. Also, the use of Milad Mohammadi in the position of right defense was criticized because Mohammadi is not a right-footed player and there are players who have performed well and their specialized position is right defense, but they should not be used.
Also, experts believe that the more and faster use of young players who were invited to the national team, such as Aria Yousefi, Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad, Shahryar Mughanlou, etc., can help the upward trend of the national team, because these people are the future generation of the Iranian national team and should be acquired Showcase your experience and good performance.
From a tactical point of view, some of our players, such as Ahmed Nooralhi and Ramin Rezaian, are among the stars and perform brilliantly, but for some reason they are not invited to the national team.
