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Hosseini is great GK overall, not only in penalties , he is probably Iran's best player (alongside Ahmadzadeh) he saved few shots during the match as well. and had some magical saves in extra time against Switzerland. he is a bit injured here that's why they use the reserve GK (Behzadpour) for half of the match, even though today Hosseini played the whole match, still they used Behzadpour for taking the last penalty which he missed.

Iran missed 4 penalties in a row in shoot-out. the first one was enough to send them to the final but Akbari missed that, from then our GK Hosseini saved us twice but couldn't save the 6th penalty. he also saved a penalty during the match, making it 4 saves out of 7. considering the fact Iran was leading 1-0 for most of the match that was really heartbreaking. btw choosing the reserve GK (who didn't play a single minute) for taking the decisive penalty was a dumb mistake but that happens.

thanks, I hope Italy complete the semifinal I guess Iran deserved it overall but to be honest they were hopeless in 3rd period before that last goal came from nowhere. once again like Italy match Iran had a perfect start but fell apart somewhere in the match, except this time the falling happened in 2nd period and there was still time for a comeback. and actually that loss to Italy turned out to be a good thing now they can avoid Brazil in semifinal.

first ever semifinal for Iran Switzerland almost had it but Iran scored the equalizer in the very last minute before scoring the winner in extra time.

what a match 61kg final, Khinch once again proved himself and Chakaev lol, he always gasses in last 2 minutes, for beating him you have to keep the score close early in the match. no gold for Russia today I wonder if Khinch cuts for 57kg for the World Championship later this year or stays here, after all we are 3 year away from the Olympics and beside that UWW is going to change the whole weights for the 2018.

I wonder if Edisherashvili improved A LOT in past couple of months or the level wasn't high here ! he was weak/average back in World Cup in Iran in February. as for the Russian representative, Uguev didn't impress me.

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cave ? actually my choice of music from a live concert was intentional. I had two songs in my mind, I liked them both equally, I picked this one only because of the video. this is the other one btw this specific singer never makes proper video clips for his work , so a live concert is the next best thing.

from what I see, with the exception of Russia the rest are sending their A team, few retired after the Olympics which is normal but in general the level is quite good. Russia is sending Yargyin tournament winners here, some of their top guys like Sadullaev took rest after the olympics, their team is still very good but not stellar as it used to be.

I see that was quite a loss for you. that was logical bet, Beigi was clear favorite in Rio but after beating his archrival and former compatriot in quarterfinal, our taekwondo federation president called him and his coach traitor, don't want to go more into details and apparently those conversations had negative affects on him few minutes later in the semifinal, that was stupid since his loss also eliminated Iran's chance for at least a bronze medal. personally I'm not into betting or even prediction contests . because I prefer to enjoy the competition. I mean I knew Beigi is the clear favorite against our guy (or anybody else) but that was hard to bet/predict against our own athlete. btw since Iranian athletes usually don't stay on top for so many years, I expect Beigi to start getting weaker soon hopefully.

by looking at the men's results, we sent almost all of our world team candidates here as a kind of trial for them. they won all lower 4 weights gold medals ! beside that only Mardani came back with a bronze in super heavyweight. I guess most of our "veterans" like Asbaghi, Hajji-Z and Mardani have to say goodbye and just retire. this is time for the new generation. some of them like Yaghoubi and Hadipour are really fun to watch. After the notorious "Olympic disaster" Iran men's taekwondo program went trough turmoil and they changed the whole thing. Khodabakhshi lost here and I don't think he can be the same "Champion" again. Ashourzadeh after losing to Morocco at the Olympics came back to the competition once again but had to withdraw because of Israel draw ! the same Israeli guy we were afraid to meet him in Rio ! he is still very young to be considered done but it will be a mammoth task for him to comeback after what happened in Rio, he went from being a hero to zero in just one second of carelessness. beside that Milad Beigi continued his impressive run, if I'm not wrong in past 2 years he lost only and only one match (Olympic semifinal), the was exactly the only single match I wanted him to win to keep our athlete alive for the bronze medal repechage.

Less than two months before the World Championships, Greece hosted the president Cup, Euro G2 tournament which is probably the toughest tournament in the world because of the huge number of participants. I think only Korea was missing ! here is the list of medalists Men 54kg 1. Hadipour, Armin 2. Magomedov, Gashim 3. Haider, Hassan Abibilla, Azamat 58kg 1. Kazemi, Mohammad 2. Uscov, Serghei 3. Simitsis, Georgios Artamonov, Mikhail 63kg 1. Hosseini, Mirhashem 2. Sinden, Bradly 3. Brecic, Lovre Achab, Jaouad 68kg 1. Yaghoubi, Abolfazl 2. Perez Polo, Javier 3. Bahrami, Sina Ketbi, Si Mohamed 74kg 1. Khramtcov, Maksim 2. Kanaet, Toni 3. Fejzic, Damir Rafalovich, Nikita 80kg 1. Beigi, Milad 2. Sari, Yunus 3. Asp, John Cook, Aaron 87kg 1. Larin, Vladislav 2. Ros Gàmez, Daniel 3. Bachmann, Alexander Yuksel, Serdar +87kg 1. Aiukaev, Rafail 2. Isaev, Radik 3. Mardani, Sajjad Shelest, Mykhailo Women 46kg 1. Yildirim, Rukiye 2. Romoldanova, Iryna 3. Kouttouki, Kyriaki Akalin, Ruhat 49kg 1. Palmer Soler, Blanca 2. Eardley, Courtney 3. Sakhautdinova, Regina Anokhina, Anastasiia 53kg 1. Kudashova, Tatiana 2. Bogdanovic, Tijana 3. Dosucukur, Zehra Tarvida, Inese 57kg 1. Jones, Jade 2. Kim, Ekaterina 3. Eris, Yaprak Ilgun, Hatice Kubra 62kg 1. Calvo Gomez, Marta 2. Yaman, Irem 3. Sogut, Seyma Nur Turutina, Yulia 67kg 1. Williams, Lauren 2. Johansson, Elin 3. Tatar, Nur Azizova, Farida 73kg 1. Castro Burgos, Cecilia 2. Zhdanova, Karina 3. Cansel, Deniz Bulut, Sude +73kg 1. Walkden, Bianca 2. Kowalczuk, Aleksandra 3. Graffe, Anne-Caroline Simon Alamo, Rosanna

Guys, there is a problem here ! I didn't give points to Slovenia, that was Moldova in my vote. here I just copy/pasted the template made by uk12points, I know such things happen, hard to manage the whole thing single handedly, of course this is more my fault, had to double check it with my original vote.

wow 4th place ! and just 1 point away from the podium. have to say I didn't expect that at all. actually I would be happy with just not finishing last to me that was a very good music but I didn't expect non-Persian speakers to vote for that. I was somehow following the thread in evening, was kind of busy to write anything myself but that was fun, thanks everybody who voted for Iran

What a pity, losing a 3-1 lead in the last period was painful. that last goal was crucial to lose 5-4, at least with this they almost can keep their faith in their hands.

Actually they will, there is no limit on that, I know from a fact that there will be Iranians in Azerbaijan delegation.

Actually no, this is not about religion, I remember even Iran sent some christian athletes to the 1st edition in Saudi Arabia, there is an organization called "Organization of Islamic Cooperation" all members of that can participate here and they can send whoever they want. once again I'm not a big fan of this event but since this exists and some of our sports federations take it serious, I prefer to enjoy it as I always enjoy all multi-sports events around the world

IRAN Jury Scorecard: Mexico 12 Greece 11 Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1 این رای ایران بود، به امید موفقیت همه شرکت کنندگان و دوباره همدیگر رو خواهیم دید That was the vote, good luck to all the contestants and we'll see you again next time

IRAN Jury Scorecard: Greece 11 Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1

IRAN سلام، امیدوارم همه از برنامه لذت برده باشند و این هم رای ایران Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying the show and here are the votes Jury Scorecard: Malta 10 Croatia 9 Serbia 8 Argentina 7 Morocco 6 Slovenia 5 Great Britain 4 France 3 Bulgaria 2 Brazil 1

Hi guys, I'm at work right now (Saturday is workday in Iran lol) but managed to find few minutes to post my votes

I agree there is no point for such a Games, no doubt, actually some of our national federations are not satisfied when the NOC pushes them to send their athletes here but you think there is a point for Commonwealth Games or even Mediterranean Games ? what Commonwealth countries have in common ? (I know the answer though but that's not something those countries should be proud of) what about the "Racist Games" ? some users here (I'm not talking about you) can participate there for sure.

Good win for the start but have to admit, the last penalty/goal was nonsense, but I guess Iran was the better team overall but at the end they needed a bit help from the ref to score the winning goal

oh well I don't blame Indonesia, host nation wants to benefit at max but it's OCA 's responsibility to keep the balance. but when IOC let Japan (as 2020 host) added 5 sports to the program what we ask from OCA lol and also they had no other option since Indonesia saved OCA by hosting the event when Vietnam withdrew. as a crazy sport fan I follow SEA Games sometimes, and I know how it works there. but I believe Asian Games should be much bigger than this. I understand adding 1-2 sports with limited events but 16 is too much for Pencak Silat. and btw I'm not against all those changes, some of them are actually positive, having team events in shooting was too much, cutting half bowling events were actually great ! I also like the changes in Basketball, Swimming, Golf and Judo. the worst changes are in Cycling and Fencing. and also removing events from Tennis and Table Tennis program while Badminton has its full program was quite unfair. so you are saying this is not final ? do you have any more information, the possible "new" change will be about adding or removing and in which sports ? beside that they only publish the numbers, do you have the event names by any chance ? (mostly in Fencing, Cycling, Climbing, Shooting and Wushu) from my country's point of view, these changes hurt us but not much, and in those "new" sports apparently we will participate in all of them except Bridge. and yes we have Pencak Silat in Iran (apparently that's a bit similar to one of Iranian traditional martial arts) removing non-Olympic weights in wrestling is the biggest disappointment, also whatever they cut from Sanda program in Wushu. beside that I don't think other changes affect us negatively.