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FIFA shoots yet another one off the hip!

By: Afshin Afshar | May 10th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Sepp BlatterI have no idea what the folks at FIFA have been smoking, but man they must have been in some “Purple Haze” when they suggested that the EPL should take a lesson from the Iranian Football Federation!

Yes, you read me right! That is exactly what they suggested!

As a diehard Iranian football fan, I’d be the first to tell you that our football federation has been out to lunch for many successive administrations; and worst yet, the bill has been charged to us the fans!

For me to read this nonsense is yet another proof that people in FIFA are either completely out of touch

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Split results for the Iranian clubs in Asia

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 9th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Saipa vs. KSCIt was mixed day for us in Asia. Last year’s runner-ups Sepahan bowed out after a 2-1 defeat in Syria, but the unfashionable Saipa managed to go through after defeating Kuwait Sports Club in Karaj, Iran. Too bad for Sepahan. They have been Iran’s most successful club during the last half dozen ... [read]

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Ando on the move

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Anderanik TeimourianMidfielder Anderanik Teimourian who made a name for himself during Iran’s disastrous World Cup campaign in Germany is leaving his EPL club Bolton Wanderers at the end of the season. Ando, as he is known by Team Melli fans, is one of the nicer guys who has put the TM colors on in recent ... [read]

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Will Daei be happy with the refs for once?!

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Ali DaeiTowards the end of his playing career Saipa and Team Melli coach Ali Daei gained a reputation for sticking around too long and refusing to retire. As a coach he is quickly making a reputation for himself as a complainer! Almost in every single game that his club side Saipa have lost he ... [read]

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Do or die time for Sepahan in Syria

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Sepahan FCSepahan FC, last year’s AFC Champions League runner ups, are traveling to Syria for their return leg against Al Ittihad. The Syrians kicked butt in the first leg and thanks to a 2-0 victory bagged all three points and left the Isfahani’s scratching their heads wondering what it was that hit them! But ... [read]

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The mother of all messed up seasons!

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Perspolis vs. Saipa match which Perspolis won 1-0I know you football fans out there get your share of frustration with your football federations, but trust me when I tell you that we Iranian fans truly suffer from the sheer incompetence of our football bosses at every level. This is so bad that even the ... [read]

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Well come on Mohammad let me know

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Will you stay or will you go?! Mohammad AhmadzadehAli Daei’s Assistant Mohammad Ahmadzadeh has tendered his resignation to him. Apparently Daei has refused to accept it! That probably means that he will stay! You see, there is this peculiar custom amongst us Iranians that only seems to work well within our own and this is ... [read]

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Iranian Football Federation at it again!

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Sepahan and Persolis fans before the incidentIf I was a cynic, not that I am one, I’d swear that there is a conspiracy against Sepahan FC to make sure that they do not win the league this year, and at the center of the conspiracy, is the Iranian Football Federation! IFF has threatened to ... [read]

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Afshin Ghotbi proves his point

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Afshin GhotbiAfshin Ghotbi’s fortunes have been up and down throughout this IPL season. He came to coach a Perspolis FC team that was put together by his two assistants, Hamid Estili and Alireza Marzban. His team started like they were on fire, but then infighting started. Ghotbi lobbied management to let go of a ... [read]

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Afshin Ghotbi's power move

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2008 | 0 Comments

Afshin GhotbiAfshin Ghotbi made another show of force move this week by dropping Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi off the 18 man roaster for the upcoming game against Saipa. This come after he dismissed assistant coach Alireza Marzban, and suspended trouble making defender Shays Rezaei. These moves have been long coming since all the above mentioned individuals ... [read]

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Sepahan FC put League ahead of Asia

Team: Iran
By: Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2008 | 0 Comments

Sepahan FCSepahan have made it clear that their number one priority is winning the domestic league. In an interview in advance of their upcoming league match against Bargh of Shiraz, Karim Ghanbari, Sepahan assistant coach, made it clear that his club is committed to the winning the league despite the fact that success ... [read]


 

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