Well, Saudi Arabia and Korea DPR played a goalless draw in Riyadh. That means Korea DPR go through as the 2nd team from Group B and Saudi Arabia will try their luck in the play offs.
Folks, it has been a pleasure blogging here with you again. I started this before 2006 when Bob Kellett [...]

The Iranian team had come to play. They put up an excellent tactical and individual show and came within minutes of victory, but it wasn’t to be. The Koreans are too good to be taken for granted, especially at home. The cream of the Korean football rose to the top, when Park Ji Sung [...]

Just about 12 hours from now Team Melli will play one of the most important matches of its last 3 years against Korea Republic.
If they win, they stay alive in the hunt for Asia’s last 1.5 spots in South Africa next summer. If they lose they are out, and if they draw, it [...]

Hi fans, just about 48 hours to the kickoff.
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The boys defeated UAE on a single goal scored by Ali Karimi. It was purely a brilliant individual effort. That is good for Karimi, but does not speak well for the team that struggled to create chances. And a few good ones that they did create were wasted. But, let’s not duel on the [...]

Fans,
This is it! Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia played a goalless draw less than an hour ago. We would ave liked a win by Korea Republic, but we’ll take the draw over a Saudi win that would have made it very difficult for us.
Now we must defeat UAE in Tehran, and defeat them [...]

Team Melli fans, checkout this report by Mehran Afshar from Team Melli’s camp in Tehran:
Fans optimistic about Team Melli’s chances
I am working on prepping the photos he sent!

Want to guess Ghotbi’s starting eleven for tomorrow’s match against United Arab Emirates? Here is what I think, let me hear what your guess is.

With less than 24 hours left to the kickoff of the crucial qualifying match between Iran and UAE, many of us Team Melli fans keep running and re-running different scenarios in our minds. That is in the nature of football fans all around the world, but for us Team Melli fans it is very [...]

Hey fans here are the date, time, TV, and Internet schedules for the Wednesday clash with UAE.
This match should not, and I say “should not”, be a tough game for the boys, but considering the pressure of the situation they could use all the support they can get. Make sure you watch [...]