{"id":9002,"date":"2017-11-24T00:29:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T15:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=9002"},"modified":"2017-11-24T00:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T15:29:35","slug":"iran-coach-carlos-queiroz-targets-2018-world-cup-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2017\/11\/24\/iran-coach-carlos-queiroz-targets-2018-world-cup-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran national team head coach Carlos Queiroz eyes 2018 World Cup knock-out round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Head coach Carlos Queiroz has targeted taking Iran into the second round of the 2018 World Cup, as reported by Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former Real Madrid and Portugal coach has sought to balance between young players such as\u00a0Sardar Azmoun and\u00a0Alireza Jahanbaksh, and the experience of\u00a0veterans Ashkan Dejagah and Jalal Hosseini.<\/p>\n

Since taking over the post in April 2011, Queiroz has freshened\u00a0up his squad with more Europe-based players than any previous Iran side.<\/p>\n

In the 2018 World cup qualification campaign<\/a>, the Portuguese frequently used three players who play for a Russia club outfit, including Rubin Kazan’s Azmoun and\u00a0central midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi and fullback Milad Mohammdi.\u00a0Dutch Eredivisie players’\u00a0Jahanbaksh and Reza Ghoochannejhad also played a vital part the\u00a0Team Melli.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Queiroz has kept World Cup veterans Ashkan Dejagah and Jalal Hosseini involved in the nation’s fifth appearance at the finals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Head coach Carlos Queiroz has targeted taking Iran into the second round of the 2018 World Cup, as reported by Reuters. The former Real Madrid and Portugal coach has sought to balance between young players such as\u00a0Sardar Azmoun and\u00a0Alireza Jahanbaksh, and the experience of\u00a0veterans Ashkan Dejagah and Jalal Hosseini. Since taking over the post in April 2011, Queiroz has freshened\u00a0up his squad with more Europe-based players than any previous Iran side. In the 2018 World cup qualification campaign, the Portuguese frequently used three players who play for a Russia club outfit, including Rubin Kazan’s Azmoun and\u00a0central midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi and fullback Milad Mohammdi.\u00a0Dutch Eredivisie players’\u00a0Jahanbaksh and Reza Ghoochannejhad also played … Continue reading “Iran national team head coach Carlos Queiroz eyes 2018 World Cup knock-out round”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":7018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[637,85],"class_list":["post-9002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran","tag-2018-world-cup","tag-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}