Team Melli were victorious over Syria after winning 5 - 3 (1 - 1) on penalties meant they advance to the quarter-finals of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup where they will face Japan on February 3rd. Host Sina Sadrzadeh with panelists Daniel Kayal and Erfan Hoseiny analyse the Iran victory over Syria, and preview the Iran vs. Japan game which key man Mehdi Taremi will be suspended for. Lastly, Arya spoke to Ben Maxwell of the J Talk Podcast on his thoughts on the big match on Saturday. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Ghoddos & Jahanbakhsh post-match comments 01:58 - Pod welcome from Qatar 03:39 - Japan vs. Bahrain review 06:02 - Analysis: Iran (5) 1 - 1 (3) Syria 08:00 - Khalilzadeh's performance 09:11 - Taremi's performance 10:41 - Underwhelming team play 13:01 - Beiranvand's performance 15:20 - Cheshmi's performance 18:10 - Change in momentum 22:06 - Addition of Ebrahimi 24:00 - Player expectations 26:01 - Winger situation 29:47 - Bad finishing 30:56 - Player availabilities 32:14 - Illnesses? 33:18 - Ideal lineup 36:44 - Team mentality 40:18 - Preview: Iran vs. Japan 47:24 - Arya interviews Ben Maxwell of J-Talk Pod 50:18 - Unavailable Japan players 57:16 - Match prediction 01:01:14 - Outro 01:02:03 - Saman Ghoddos promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Daniel Kayal & Erfan Hoseiny Guest: Ben Maxwell Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/IranFooty Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Ben - https://twitter.com/JTalkPod Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 mail@golbezanpodcast.com #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli