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Thank you Angola! Thank you Joao Ricardo, THANK YOU!!!
Angola just handed Team Melli a lifeline by keeping a very strong and attacking Mexican team to a goalless draw. The hero of the game in my mind was Angolan goalkeeper Joao Ricardo who made a numer of fantastic saves.
This is an excellent result for Angola who were thought to be the whipping boys of Group D, but they have proven to be real football warriors. What they may lack in teamwork they compensate for in individual effort.
Congratulations Angola.
Now let’s go back to Team Melli. Until now we were desperate, but with this result, it is possible that we could go through with four points. This was the best possible result we could have asked for. Our destiny is now in our own hands.
Let us hope Ivankovic puts fear aside and fields an attacking team.
This group is turning our to be more interesting than I thought 
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By Reza | June 17th, 2006 at 5:03 am 
It’s time to show the world the ferocity of Iranian determination and spirit!!!
Ey Iran!
ATTTAAAAACK!
Posted from 
Canada
By Navid | June 17th, 2006 at 6:02 am Hey Payam Jan,I was just kidding babyyyy
Posted from 
United States
By atefe | June 17th, 2006 at 6:09 am angola the hero of group D.
now guys….wait for IRAAAAAAN.they are comming….
Posted from 
Islamic Republic Of Iran
By Xerxes Attacks | June 17th, 2006 at 11:20 am When Iranian believe they can, they will. I am not taking about us fans here. Its the team. 11 legs for ninety minutes. Go Iran.
Posted from 
Switzerland
By Xerxes Attacks | June 17th, 2006 at 11:24 am Xerxes still attacks! Sorry, 22 legs.
Posted from Switzerland
By fazeli | June 17th, 2006 at 12:11 pm hi all iranian fans
i have something very special to all of you.
ask me what?
yes it is a great news for iran team
portugal will lose today and the result will be 2-1 for iran.
i am 100% sure.
i am an astrologist and the motion of stars has told me so.
if you do not belive see today you will belive me.
exactly at 1:48 pm iran time i have said this.
Posted from Islamic Republic Of Iran
By bardiaafshin | June 17th, 2006 at 12:54 pm our deseny will be on our hand if we trash Portugal and there will be no need to thank Angola, and ther will be something to achieve” 3points from our last game agains these hard working man that made us to thank them.
Posted from Islamic Republic Of Iran
By davoodahmadi | June 17th, 2006 at 12:54 pm iraaaaaaaaaaaaan is victoooooooory!
Posted from Islamic Republic Of Iran
By mohan | June 17th, 2006 at 2:09 pm Can’t imagine Iran winning this. Portugal must start firm favourites and should easily qualify for the round of 16
Posted from 
India
By ali | June 17th, 2006 at 2:41 pm Hey Mohan why don’t you root for your own team in the world cup?….oh wait that’s right!
Posted from United States
By Navid | June 17th, 2006 at 3:33 pm somebody get the “ants” off of the portugues players i don’t know shorts or socks…plz.they shake it a lot…
Posted from United States
By Alessandro | June 17th, 2006 at 3:47 pm Watching the game?
Iranian team…WTF??? They don t play the ball they keep kicking the Portuguese players and cheat the referee…
What’s that? Asian way of playing? No wonder there’s no football worth watching there…
By Sia | June 17th, 2006 at 4:01 pm We CANNOT play for a draw and hope for anything. If we draw we are out. As Mexico and Portugal will draw and both go in to the second round. Also if portugal beats mexico and we draw we lose the tiebreaker, we also lose the tiebreaker against portugal unless we beat angola by alot of goals. A draw is a very stupid thing to go for. Realisticly with all draw scenarios compiled, if iran loses or draw they are out of contention completely. They MUST win to have any chance of going to the second round. Remeber a draw allows portugal and mexico to tie and both get 5 points elimiating both iran and angola, and a draw means if portugal beats mexico we lose the tiebreaker, if mexico beats portugal we need to make up 3 goals to win the tiebreaker. We need to win to go in. This is a fact, anyone that says we go for a draw is asking for iran to lose.
Posted from United States
By Pierre's Total Football | June 17th, 2006 at 4:08 pm What this game cannot afford, what neither team should settle for, what we don’t deserve, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is eleven angry men on each side playing to another scoreless draw, and spending more time playing Smackdown than football, as they are now.
Posted from United States
By Bidemi | June 17th, 2006 at 4:42 pm It seems your gratitude was premature.
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United Kingdom
By Navid | June 17th, 2006 at 4:59 pm Bachehaye azize team melli khaste nabashid..Afarin Mirzapour……
ZENDE BAAD IRAN
Posted from United States
By Sassan | June 17th, 2006 at 5:00 pm http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/ref/1535_POULAT_Eric.html Computer scientists shouldnt ref!!!
Posted from Canada
By Kia | June 17th, 2006 at 5:09 pm I’m happy with they way Iran played. They gave it all they had. It was just not our day. See ya in 2010!!
Posted from United States
By Shahed | June 17th, 2006 at 5:17 pm no words can describe the way i feel…..oh wait FU** YOU IVANKOVIC for taking Karimi off.
Posted from 
Australia
By Stranger | June 17th, 2006 at 5:36 pm Seems Iranian blogers have gone home sooner than Team Melli! No post after the game!
By the way I think IVANKOVIC did a good job by replacing Karimi! He is a damaged good!
Posted from United States
By tony | June 17th, 2006 at 6:04 pm so did any one catch the game today against portugal we sucked we got stomped on
Posted from United States
By Navid | June 17th, 2006 at 6:28 pm There he is again….Payam had some notes about you..you have to read them carefully though..see if you can find it
Posted from United States
By Kia | June 17th, 2006 at 6:32 pm Shahed: Karimi could not do anything and did not do anything! I think the injury really shut him down. So, I really think Branko made good subs in this game. Maybe Enayati would’ve been better than Khatibi but overall I’m proud of our team now.
Posted from United States
By Navid | June 17th, 2006 at 6:45 pm Sare karie albateha!!
Posted from United States
By pain pill addiction | June 27th, 2006 at 7:59 pm pain pill addiction
pain pill addiction
Posted from 
Algeria
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