Iran, which has a number of players playing in Europe's top leagues, crashed out of the Asian Cup in the quarterfinals on Wednesday (7), losing 2-3 to host Qatar. After the match, head coach Ghali Nei apologized to his countrymen and said that he would take full responsibility for the defeat, and hoped to complete a blood change in his team before the start of the next World Cup.
Ghalinei apologized to the fans after the match, "I would like to apologize to the Iranian people for not being able to bring joy to you today, thanks to all the players, we played our best game so far in the second half, but we missed too many chances, and if you don't make good use of your chances in a soccer match, you will be punished. Pointing out that traditional powerhouses such as Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan and Australia are out of the tournament, Galanei said that Iran had delivered a satisfactory performance on the technical level, but at the same time described this day as the most difficult in his life and emphasized that he would take the responsibility for the exit: "The responsibility for this year's exit doesn't lie with the players or the FA, I have to take full responsibility."
Iran is regarded as one of the favorites to win this year's tournament, and a group of players in their prime, such as Tanimi and Asmund, who play in Europe's top leagues, have been hailed as Iran's new "Golden Generation", but unfortunately, the "Persian Army" is still no chance of winning the tournament this time around. As one of the highest average age of players in the final week of this year's team, Iran only has 4 people younger than 26 years old, before the game Gali Nei also admitted that this tournament, or become part of the veterans in the national team's last tango.
