Al-Jazira Stadium in the capital Abu Dhabi, which will host the meeting of the Chinese team and his Iranian counterpart in the quarter-finals of the nations of Asia in a class of high-caliber, given the strength of both sides of the confrontation in line with the levels presented during the stage Groups and the price of the final, both parties desire control of the gate «Silk Road» leading to the Golden Square.
On paper, the chances of the two sides are quite equal, but the Chinese team showed their players in the matches they played, and was relatively stronger than the Iranian side, which was lined with flowers, and overcome the "Dragon" on the difficulties encountered, and was able to show a strong enabled him to reach this important stage After a decline in the last three editions, as she was replaced in 1984 and 2004 on her home.
China had no easy way to reach the quarter-finals as they narrowly beat Kyrgyzstan 2-1 and beat the Philippines 3-0, before losing to South Korea 2-0 at the end of the group stage, while playing a heavyweight match against Thailand and winning Hard-boiled 2-1.
But the Dragons, under the leadership of Italian coach Marcello Lippi, may find it very difficult to match Iran's players. His squad includes a number of older players. He has surpassed four of the 30-year-olds, such as 38-year- Zhi (33) and Gao Lin (32).
China depends on players who are active in local clubs only, despite the presence of a group of professionals outside China, reflecting the lack of international experience of some players, which is expected to appear in the face today when they face the Iranian team, which includes a group of professionals in the European periodicals.
On the other hand, the Iranian team enters the meeting and is an extraordinary candidate to win the meeting in addition to the levels provided by the tournament so far, as he maintained his record free of loss, as well as the cleanliness of the net so far by winning in the group stage on Yemen 5-0, and on Vietnam 2-0, and then tied with Iraq 0-0, while Oman exceeded the price of the final 2-0.
Iran's current team in the Asian Nations under the leadership of Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz is counting on a number of outstanding players on the line, such as goalkeeper Alireza Piranvand of Kazan, Serdar Azmon of Amien of France and Saman Qaddous of Mehdi Tarmi.
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