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SinaG
Read my post again. I am not talking about ancient history but the last few years. South Korea has performed better on the international scene than Iran and also better in the AFC. I value that more than 2 meetings when South Korea were never in danger of not qualifying.
I like most other people rank Japan and South Korea as the best current Asian teams. Another user from Iraq on this very same thread is of the same opinion. There is nothing controversial about this. Anyway as I wrote earlier then we will see how the 3 teams perform in the World Cup. I have no doubt who will perform better on the international scene again.
Those emotions go both ways. In fact even more on the side of Iran. So this excuse is not valid.
My examples with KSA is to show you that you can't use head to head results to much in the bigger picture. KSA managed a 0-0 draw against Argentina who played with Messi and other major stars. Does that mean that the two teams are equal? No way.
Historically speaking then Hungary has a better track record and can thus be considered as a better footballing nation historically than Portugal.
Just like Brazil is above everyone else. Not based on their current form, which is not bad at all rather the opposite, but their history. At the end of the day it is all about results (trophies). That's what matters.
Anyway my point was not to start a big discussion but just to point out the poor work of those FIFA rankings since they are notoriously bad and more often than not make little sense.
You as an Iranian believe that Iran is better than South Korea and will perform better than them while I am not of this opinion. I value actual performances in major international tournaments higher than two head to head meetings when there was never any danger of South Korea not qualifying. In fact they were already qualified. We will see at the World Cup once again.
