I think you mean Emad Reza and NOT Karimi. Karimi has been out with an eye injury for a few months now. But I agree with you on the questionable moves by Viera. Once he took those two guys out, any hope for a counter attacking play was out. Thatr allowed PP to push every one forward.
7 minutes felt like too much to me too. But a friend who claims he stepwatched it tells me that it was about right. I have no opinion on that unless I get to time it myself
Yeah sorry...I've been doing that a lot lately. Thinking of one player and writing another one down! While I agree that refs don't normally give 7 minute stoppage time, I'm gonna wait for 90 to see what they say about it all. All angles of the refereeing will be analyzed.
I think it's Monday nights; here is the link to the most recent one which includes the 7 minute extra time dispute: http://www.iranproleague.net/video/90.cfm Haven't watched it yet, but should be interesting.
yup. he basically said ******** this shit. If i could only kill 3 people in this world it would be sheis, niki and fukin stilli. ass holes.
Dear Mr.Afshin Ghotbi, I'm trying this way along with many others to get in touch with you so that I can do what I really wished to do by seeing you off at the airport while leaving Iran, but unfortunately I couldn't make it. In order to personally admire what you did in here and also to dedicate you something to positively remember Iran, I have prepared something worth of being dedicated which is, of course, a literary and cultural package and truly wish to find your postal address so as to dispatch it to your good side, now that you're gone. It was sad to see you leaving, but understandable. I wish you good health and success all through your life and truly hope to see you one day. For your kind info I'm from Tehran, 41 years old, a Ship's Captain in the Merchant Navy and a Musician, too. I guess that's all I can post in public now. Much Love / Mehdi
I think a 41 year old like yourself should pay more attention to life around him (I'm talking about the crap you're going through in Iran) than to write a love letter to some inexperienced coach whom almost lost the cup with the best squad in the league. I still don't get it though, how can an opportunist like Ghotbi buy so many hearts in Iran? I mean, he did the same in Korea by marrying one of their females, but come on... you sound like you're about to award him with a medal of honor for doing his job. Its like clapping for the pilot after he lands the plane.
Wish to get in touch with Afshin Ghotbi. Dear Afshin, I wish you read this blog somehow through my good luck, as I've been searching every where to find a trace of you via which I may be able to get in touch with you. I am M.Mehdi Karimi, 41 years old from Tehran, currently a ship's captain in the Merchant Navy and also a Musician. I and my family really wished to go to air port to see you off, but had no clue about the flight. However, that chance is gone and I'm now seeking a new way to get in touch with you. If you ever read this blog kindly send a message to m.mehdikarimi@gmail.com so that I can contact you and express my true feelings. I do promise not to bother you much. Wish you and your esteemed family good health and continuous success all the way. Much love/Mehdi
I too find writing personal letters to strangers and posting them in a public forum to be odd ......... .... but I also don't get why we have to belittle those who stand out amongst us and not give them credit for their accomplishments. Ghotbi was hired by three very accomplished international coaches to be their assistant coach for their World Cup campaigns. That is an accomplishment and a true acknowledgment of his competance as a soccer coach. Furthermore, he took the opportunity and became the coach of Perspolis, and managed to win the league. A first for Perspolis in six years. This was somethign that a few more accomplished coaches failed to deliver. Let's acknowledge that. Why do we always have to get personal? Let's leave his personal life out of our football focused conversations. If we were discussing the merrits of family life and its effects on a football coach's ability to win tournaments then this may have been rlevant.[/quote] No, no need for a medal, he got his from the IPL after winning the League. I never understood that either.
lol is that what you think? how intriguing. wonder why you think that. dont think any Koreans knew or much cared about who his wife is. Infact when did they get married? and is she Korean or Korean American? i did read a week or so go that a lot of Iranians were sad about Ghotbi leaving and angry in general about such a 'talent' leaving Iran and a Iranian woman being quoted saying "its her fault Ghotbi is leaving. She is greedy and wants more money". Anyone else read that kind of thing? In any case it is a big jump from being an assistant coach to being the actual manager.
What's going on with Ghotbi leaving Iran? He was my club soccer coach as a youth in California. I played for him for 3 or 4 years. At that time he was married to an american girl named Mary. I knew they got divorced.
Guys, This you might find interesting. Mehran Afshar, who lives in Iran and is a football fanatic like the most of us, wrote this report and took the photos from Perspolis camp the day that Ghotbi resigned. http://www.lastkick.com/?p=3350
christ... who cares who he marries... anyway, so what's the Iranian verdict on Ghotbi? Why do people love him, why do people hate him? What results did he bring to Perspolis? I hope he goes back to Korea...