Iran coach confidently catches Vietnam U20

* Vietnam - Iran: 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, on MetaSports.

"We have analyzed and understood the playing style of Vietnam," said Marfavi on the afternoon of March 6. "I believe I will beat Vietnam and enter the quarterfinals. Hopefully the players will play better than the Australian match."

According to the military leader born in 1964, two consecutive victories against Australia and Qatar showed that Vietnam is capable and really strong. He said that Vietnam is very skillful in creating the position and applying effective tactics. "But, hopefully Iran will realize all the plans set out by the coaching staff and win," Marfavi added.

Iran had a favorable start when defeating Qatar 1-0, but then suddenly lost to Australia 2-3 in the second round. This result made them drop to third with three points, equal to Australia but lost to the head-to-head, and three points behind the top of the Vietnamese table. Coach Marfavi admitted to having to revive the spirit, and help the player recover mentally before the vital match at Istiqlol.

"Iran shouldn't have been in such a difficult situation if they had won a point against Australia. But my players were negligent, acting on their emotions and lost the game. We will try not to let this happen again." Coach Marfavi said.

Iran will not have the strongest force to confront Vietnam when Mohammad Reza Torabi is injured, and Irfan Ghorbani is suspended for receiving two yellow cards. However, the representative of West Asia is still appreciated by the quality of the players.

Iran is a developed football background in Asia, regularly attending the World Cup. At the U20 level, Iran has won the Asian championship four times in a row in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976. However, Iran's best achievement in the 21st century is the third place with Vietnam in 2016.