Re: The Lebanese NT Thread !

[Guest]

I hope both Saudi and Bahrain get knocked out. Absolutely hate their football teams. Pots like this for next round will be ideal:

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: S.Korea, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar
Pot 5: Oman, Lebanon

Then groups:
A: Australia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Oman
B: Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon

[Zealous]

I'd be tentatively optimistic if we came into a group like that.

I think we can take Qatar and Iran. Australia and Iraq would be tough though since they are in good form.

Anyway I hope we just qualify

[Lord Spencer]

I hope both Saudi and Bahrain get knocked out. Absolutely hate their football teams. Pots like this for next round will be ideal:

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: S.Korea, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar
Pot 5: Oman, Lebanon

Then groups:
A: Australia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Oman
B: Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon

Y U Hate those footballl teams?

Just asking.

[Baraa]

Go Lebanon, Im sheerng for our Lebanese brothers in this group.

[Guest]

I hope both Saudi and Bahrain get knocked out. Absolutely hate their football teams. Pots like this for next round will be ideal:

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: S.Korea, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar
Pot 5: Oman, Lebanon

Then groups:
A: Australia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Oman
B: Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon

Y U Hate those footballl teams?

Just asking.

In 2002 World Cup qualifiers, Bahraini's cheated and grassrolled like crazy and attempted to food poison the Iranian players, and when they beat Iran in last game to deny them qualification, they danced around the field with SAUDI flag to rub it in despite the fact that Bahrain finished 4th in the group themselves. It was an absolute disgrace . Thankfully, Karma came back to hunt them ever since and 2 times, Bahrain were denied qualification in the last step (vs Tobago and NZ) and in 2005, Iran qualified by beating them and unlike such a low class trashy team, actuallly celebrated with their own flag and identity, instead of some another country.

and funnily enough, their faith is in Iran's hand and they should beg Iran to take their last game seriously for Bahrain to have any chance


@ Zealous: pfft, Sir Carlos Quiroz will wipe the floor with Omani coach when it comes to tactics :bball:

[Pedram]

I hope both Saudi and Bahrain get knocked out. Absolutely hate their football teams. Pots like this for next round will be ideal:

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: S.Korea, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar
Pot 5: Oman, Lebanon

Then groups:
A: Australia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Oman
B: Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon

Y U Hate those footballl teams?

Just asking.

In 2002 World Cup qualifiers, Bahraini's cheated and grassrolled like crazy and attempted to food poison the Iranian players, and when they beat Iran in last game to deny them qualification, they danced around the field with SAUDI flag to rub it in despite the fact that Bahrain finished 4th in the group themselves. It was an absolute disgrace . Thankfully, Karma came back to hunt them ever since and 2 times, Bahrain were denied qualification in the last step (vs Tobago and NZ) and in 2005, Iran qualified by beating them and unlike such a low class trashy team, actuallly celebrated with their own flag and identity, instead of some another country.

and funnily enough, their faith is in Iran's hand and they should beg Iran to take their last game seriously for Bahrain to have any chance


@ Zealous: pfft, Sir Carlos Quiroz will wipe the floor with Omani coach when it comes to tactics :bball:

+1 for describing why i hate these 2 teams. they're absolutely disgraceful and unprofessional.

Hope we don't beat Qatar just to make Bahrain butthurt.

[Sina]

sepi<3 for that post and he hates those two

[Swanhends]

The Future is Leban0oO0o0oOo0o0oO0o0o0o0n

[Geo]

LOL.
Bhends.. don't troll our thread you little sucker!!!!

[FennecFox7]

algeria > all these teams

[Khaled]

RODA ANTAR
Goal.com WorldPlayer of the Week

[Lord Spencer]

I hope both Saudi and Bahrain get knocked out. Absolutely hate their football teams. Pots like this for next round will be ideal:

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: S.Korea, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Qatar
Pot 5: Oman, Lebanon

Then groups:
A: Australia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Oman
B: Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon

Y U Hate those footballl teams?

Just asking.

In 2002 World Cup qualifiers, Bahraini's cheated and grassrolled like crazy and attempted to food poison the Iranian players, and when they beat Iran in last game to deny them qualification, they danced around the field with SAUDI flag to rub it in despite the fact that Bahrain finished 4th in the group themselves. It was an absolute disgrace . Thankfully, Karma came back to hunt them ever since and 2 times, Bahrain were denied qualification in the last step (vs Tobago and NZ) and in 2005, Iran qualified by beating them and unlike such a low class trashy team, actuallly celebrated with their own flag and identity, instead of some another country.

and funnily enough, their faith is in Iran's hand and they should beg Iran to take their last game seriously for Bahrain to have any chance


@ Zealous: pfft, Sir Carlos Quiroz will wipe the floor with Omani coach when it comes to tactics :bball:

I am sure the Bahraini people will not celebrate with the Saudi flag this time around after the Saudi tanks steamrolled through them last year.

I don't remember what happened in 2002, but Bahrain is called the Saudi bar for a reason. Usually, only the matches between Iran-Saudi and Iran-Iraq take such hostile feelings. I also hope Saudi don't qualify, they disgrace Asia with poor performances every WC and with the media circus that is their coaching revolving door and royal entourages controlling the team.

[Khaled]

FIFA RANKING:

Lebanon:
- November 2011 -> 111
- June 2011-> 177

http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=lib/ranking/gender=m/index.html

[Khaled]

~4 Lebanese Aboard might join the Lebanese National Team in World Cup Qualifiers 2014!!

anyidea about these players especially Sony?
SonySaad played for USA NT U-20.. but he's considering playing for Lebanese Senior NT now!!-

Sony Saad (U.S.A) , Adnan Haidar (Norway) , Tarek El Rich (Australia) & Abbas Hasan (Sweden) have been invited by the federation to join the national team squad..

[zizzle]

why invite glory hunters when the local players are doing good ?

[Geo]

Because we can't beat Japan, Iran, Australia and co. with the locals.. let's not lie to ourselves..

We all know and agree that 75% of our victory over South Korea was a surprize + luck

[Khaled]

Abbas Hasan (Sweden) 26years old GK (198cm tall) is already in Beirut, he had his 1st training session with the Lebanese NT yesterday. Abbas played for Sweden U21, he wants to play for Lebanon, after the tryouts if Coach Bucker wants him to stay, the lebanese federation will contact the fifa to see if can play for Lebanon.


The Lebanese federation is also negotiating with Sony Saad (U.S.A) , Adnan Haidar (Norway) , Tarek El Rich (Australia) & other 2 players playing in Sweden.

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~ Upcoming Friendly Matches:

Lebanon Vs Iraq - 22/1/2011 , Stadium | Tripoli

Also Lebanon Will play against Cote de voir in beirut on 17/1/2012 , Cote de voir assures that all The stars will play includin Drogba, Yaya Toure.

Lebanon will also play a match vs Qatar in qatar [23 Feb] before traveling to face UAE ( away) on 29 February in final match of 3rd round [WC 2014 Qualifiers]!

`Note: Lebanon needs a draw vs Uae to secure their qualification to 4th & final round (top 10 in asia) without loooking at the result between S.Korea & Kuwait in Seoul.

[zizzle]

Because we can't beat Japan, Iran, Australia and co. with the locals.. let's not lie to ourselves..

We all know and agree that 75% of our victory over South Korea was a surprize + luck

that same strategy was tried before Lebanon hosted the Asian cup in 2000 and it wasnt much of a success

[Geo]

No, it was a totally different strategy imo.
The strategy back then was naturalizing the foreigners who was playing in the Lebanese league.. and they was not that great.

The players was:

Newton (Ansar, Brazilian)
Gilberto dos Santos (Nejmeh, Brazilian)
Marcilio (Al Akhaa, Brazilian)
Luis Fernandez (Shabab El-Sahel, Brazilian)
Michael Reda (Homentmen, Australian Lebanese who played 7 unsuccessful games)

And let me tell you something, the new German coach, Theo Bucker, came with the national team with a totally new mentality.. which is totally different from the typical arabian-lebanese mentality.
I'm sure he knows what he is doing

[Khaled]

No, it was a totally different strategy imo.
The strategy back then was naturalizing the foreigners who was playing in the Lebanese league.. and they was not that great.

The players was:

Newton (Ansar, Brazilian)
Gilberto dos Santos (Nejmeh, Brazilian)
Marcilio (Al Akhaa, Brazilian)
Luis Fernandez (Shabab El-Sahel, Brazilian)
Michael Reda (Homentmen, Australian Lebanese who played 7 unsuccessful games)

And let me tell you something, the new German coach, Theo Bucker, came with the national team with a totally new mentality.. which is totally different from the typical arabian-lebanese mentality.
I'm sure he knows what he is doing

i agree with geo.. its differrent now, the players that might join NT are playing in leagues better than our league.

Theo bucker did a great job to bring confidence back to our players..
finally, the federation is working, they are doing a great job..

btw we will have a Lebanese Nt for U-22 that will participate in Asia 2013 ( new tournament ) , with a new foreign coach [ to be assigned ].

[Geo]

Adnan Haidar is joining the team for the friendly, at the end of this month (vs Iraq)


Adnan Haidar plays with Valerenga in Norway.

Also, another player is joining the Lebanese NT, Nader Matar from Real Madrid youth team.. 19 years old.

[Khaled]

Friendly Match: Lebanon 1 - 0 Iraq FT

~ Goal: Ahmad Zraik [assist by Mahmoud El-Ali]

Big game for Lebanon, very solid defence, had more possession in more parts of the game, created about 4 goalscoring chances vs 1 or 2 for Iraq..
Plus we has a denied penalty in the 1st half:P

2 new aboard players started in this match: Abbas Hasan (GK) & Nader Matar (Midifelder), both had a decent performance.

Both teams [Iraq & Lebanon] had some missing players:
- Lebanon played without Roda Antar, Youssef Mohammad, Hasan Maatouk, Abbas Atwi, Ramez Dyoub, Mohammad Ghaddar [ Reason: Playing with their Clubs outside Lebanon in UAE, China & Malaysia]

[Khaled]

Friendly Matches:

11 May, 2012: Lebanon 1 - 4 Egypt (Both teams played with almost their B-team).

Note: Referee for some reason disallowed a legal goal for Lebanon and didn't give us a clear penalty in the last 15 minutes...)
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18 May, 2012: Lebanon 1 - 2 Jordon (Both teams missed some players, Lebanon played without Roda Antar, Youssef Mohammad, Mohammad Ghaddar, Abbas Hasan and Mahmoud El-Ali)

Nader Matar, Hasan Maatouk both shined for Lebanon in this match, especially in the 2nd half which Lebanon dominated, missed 5+ goalscoring chances, but we still conceded 2 goals from 2 stupid defensive mistakes// counters)

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Upcoming Friendly Game: Oman vs Lebanon on Sunday 27 May, 2012

@Zeal, Al-Habsi will Suffer big time

~ Line-Up Predictions:

Ziad
Ramez - Bilal - Dodo - Walid
Faour - Atwi
Zreik - Matar - Maatouk
Ghaddar

Bench: Abbas - Ali Hamem - Ali Saadi - Chamas - Chaito - Z.Sharara - M.Haidar

Reserve: Mohamad Hamoud - Akram Moughrabi - Mootaz Jounaidi - Saraj Saed - Hussein Dakik...

Note: Our Best player and Captain Roda Antar is injured (he will miss the 1st 2 matches that will be played in Beirut against Qatar and Uzbekistan)... Also, Mahmoud El-Ali our main Striker in injured (he's been out for 2 month, still needs 3-4 month to be back... he will miss 1st 3 games against Qatar, Uzebekistan and S.Korea/Away.. Hopefully, he will be ready to play against Iran on 11 September.

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Lebanon's schedule in World Cup 2014 Qualifers, 4th Round):

03/06/2012 Beirut Lebanon - Qatar
08/06/2012 Beirut Lebanon - Uzbekistan
12/06/2012 Goyang Korea Republic - Lebanon
11/09/2012 Beirut Lebanon - Iran
14/11/2012 Qatar - Lebanon
26/03/2013 Uzbekistan - Lebanon
04/06/2013 Beirut Lebanon - Korea Republic
11/06/2013 Iran - Lebanon


Lebanon <3

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Note: Lebanon will play in the Arab Cup next month.

Lebanon are in the group with Egypt, Iraq and Sudan (Strong group).

24/06/2012 Iraq vs Lebanon (In Jeddah)
27/06/2012 Lebanon vs Sudan (In Jeddah)
30/06/2012 Egypt vs Lebanon (In Taif)


Confirmed Friendlies:
06/09/2012 Lebanon vs Australia (In Beirut) at 6PM.

[Zealous]

Sorry bro we're going to smash you with our suckiness.

We'll probably use this friendly as a warm up only for the Japan game. I don't expect us to play 100% at all lol.

[Zealous]

There was a mini strike in the Lebanon camp in Muscat.

Hope this doesn't affect the game, we want to use it as a great warm up, if Lebanon don't put in much effort then the friendly would be pointless for us

[Khaled]

Oman 1 - 1 Lebanon FT (Match was played in Oman).

Balanced match... Fair result...

- Both teams missed some players, including Starters...

! Lebanon played without:
Maatouk (Had to play a game for his Club in Uae).
Atwi (Uae).
Youssef Mohammad (Uae).
Abbas Hasan (Sweden).

Injured: Roda Antar and Mahmoud Al-Ali.

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