Morocco v Iran World Cup 2018

Morocco V Iran

(Synopsis in red)

Pregame bets:

I think this might be a close game but you know what……I actually fancy Iran to sneak this one. They do have that Alireza Jahanbakhsh fella who was top scorer in Holland and with the recent controversy over their kit and football boots or rather their lack of, it might bring them closer together as a group. I am also thinking Carlos Queiroz might have a few tricks of his sleeve as well. So for all those reasons and that I dont know much about Morocco I will lump on Iran to win. Risky but fuck it, lets do it.

€10.00 Single
Morocco v Iran – Match Odds Iran 11/4

€1.00 Single
Morocco v Iran – 1-2 13/1

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Get in!!!!! I will take a extra time winner any day of the week, brilliant. Good one Iran, but truth be told you barely deserved it.

Beers: Group B of Beer World Cup:

World Cup of Beer Group B

Who is set to win the battle of the beers? Couldn’t source a beer from the staunch Islamic nation of Iran so no shock there. But a little surprising that I could actually get a beer from the Muslim nation of Morocco. I guess they are not as uptight about life as in Iran.

Had a cold one from Casablanca, not bad cold from the fridge, but not much character. Still better than nothing from Iran. One nil to Morocco.

PreGame:

Iran: Hopefully Iran will play a little better than their opening game in the last World Cup, a rather turgid 0-0 against an equally hapless Nigeria. They were possibly nervous on the world stage, so this time with more experienced players, I’d expect them to get a result in this game today.

Carlos Queiroz will have them well set up, and I am sure they will be tough to break down, attacking on the counter, and up front they have a guy who has scored a load of goals in Europe this season, Alireza Jahanbakhsh. Today is do or die for Iran, as Spain will be up next.

Don’t know much about Morocco, but they came out of a real tough qualifying group that had Ivory Coast and Mali, and they have a very experienced coach in French man Hervé Renard, who won the African Nations twice with Zambia and Ivory Coast, so he has to be well respected.

They also didn’t concede even one goal in that qualifying campaign so that might be something to consider, and with a squad that have a lot of players plying their trade in European leagues, Morocco are no pushovers for sure. I think, though, that they might get stage fright against a team that was where they are now four years ago. Iran are also quite good defensively and with that World Cup behind them, that might be enough for Iran to just eek out a narrow win.

A more detailed review on Iran here and on Morocco here

What a get out of jail card there from Iran, always good to see an extra time winner in a game.

It all began with a bang for Morocco, who started with clear intent on winning this game. Attack after attack within the first 15 minutes, it really looked good for them. N Amrabat bombing along the line every few minutes, while a skinny looking Harit in midfield controlling things and making some nice hazy runs. Yeah, for a while it looked all dangerous for Iran who were all over the place at the first quarter of the game.

But then Iran slowly came into the game, not through any great push from themselves but at how easy it was to brush aside and run past both the Moroccan midfield and defence. Iran were quite hopeless though once they did get good possession, constantly losing it in the vital third of the pitch and often trying to do too much when they had the ball, with a lot of over running and silly solo efforts on goal. Simples passes from both teams were at a premium, and at times it looked like an under ten game with all the amount of sloppy play on show.

Overall it was an entertaining game between two poor, poor sides, and I dont think Spain or Portugal will have too much trouble disposing of both these bad teams.

Music to get you in the mood

ANGBAND – Forsaken Dreams (Iran) V Analgesia – Revolution Has Begun (Morocco)