Three-time champions Iran needed penalties to see off the challenge of a spirited Syria in the Round of 16 while Japan enjoyed a serene passage, easily overcoming Bahrain.
\nCustodian Beiranvand said while fatigue is a concern, what really matters is mental strength and he said Team Melli are in the right frame of mind. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt will not be easy to play against Japan after 120 minutes against Syria. You saw some of the players having cramps towards the end of the game,\u201d said Beiranvand, who emerged Iran\u2019s hero after saving Fahd Youssef\u2019s spot-kick in the shootout. <\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the most important recovery is the mental one. I can see today that the players look happy and positive, so I think that will be very important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
While four-time champions Japan are chasing their first title since emerging champions in 2011, Iran\u2019s wait has been longer – having last lifted the coveted trophy in 1976. <\/p>\n
Persepolis FC goalkeeper Beiranvand, however, believes Iran can get the better of Japan, who won their UAE 2019 semi-final showdown 3-0. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are here to make history and to make all the people in Iran happy. We know we will get a lot of positive energy from the Iran people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three-time champions Iran needed penalties to see off the challenge of a spirited Syria in the Round of 16 while Japan enjoyed a serene passage, easily overcoming Bahrain. Custodian Beiranvand said while fatigue is a concern, what really matters is mental strength and he said Team Melli are in the right frame of mind. \u201cIt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":936700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20967],"tags":[3733,28042],"class_list":["post-936699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afc-news","tag-afc","tag-afc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=936699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/936700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=936699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=936699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=936699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}