Hey guys, On another thread I wrote a few few lines in defense of Ghalehnoei who I think should be given a fair chance. I think the cirrcumstances under which he lead the team against Syria were very difficult, and not many other coaches could have done better. I wrote an article about this which you could read here. http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1524
There are still no invitations sent out for Kaebi and Enayati! Kaebi talks to ISNA and explains the reason for his absence from the game against Syria.
Amir Ghalehnoei talks to the press about the Korea game. In Persian http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=392
Guys, This is an interview (in Persian) with Mohammad Dadkan in Shargh news paper. There is a lot there to read and there is even more between the lines. The article was published in a disorganized format on Shargh's website. The paragraphs were all messed up and the questions were mixed with answers. I did my best to modify it to a more readable format. Questions are in bold. I encourage you to read it. It will tell give you an idea of what was going on behind the scene. http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=393
Guys, Read this article (in Persian) with Branko's assistant, Fakhreddin Begovic. It is interesting. http://www.qudsdaily.com/archive/1385/html/5/1385-05-24/page37.html#0
Now if this is not "beating a dead horse", I don't know what is!! (In Persian) http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=400
I am sure this win proves that we are now ready for Korea!!! ..... not!! (In Persian) http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=406 and coaches' comments: http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=407
Team Melli set to play against Iraq and Jordan vefore Chinese Taipei game. (In Persian) http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=411
Interview with Amir Ghalehnoei (In Persian) http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=414 Man, You've got to feel for this guy. He's got everyone and everything working against him, still he does a great job to keep his composure.
I know Ghalehnoei does not have many fans here, and I myself do not like his choice of formation, but the guy has a thankless job. We gave Bronko six years, lets give this guy at leat hald dozen competetive games before we give up on him. Here is an article/interview with him http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=437 I liked these two pragraphs. He is admiting that he is learning at the job and he is indirectly asking for more patience and time to improve. In the second, I thought his response was a lot more classier than Branko who saif he did not know Afshin Ghotbi eventhough he had talked to him on the phone. قلعه‌نويي ميدان سئول را تجربه‌اي بسيار خوب براي خود عنوان كرد و افزود: سراسر زندگي تجربه است و اين بازي نيز براي من تجربه‌ي بسيار خوبي بود. نبايد از ياد ببريم كه سال گذشته در حالي كه تيم‌مان آماده‌ي حضور در جام جهاني بود و كادر فني آن پنج - شش سال در تيم ملي حضور داشتند به همين تيم كره‌ي جنوبي 2 بر صفر باختيم. اما، بازيكنان ما در بازي شنبه كار بزرگي را انجام دادند و اين تك امتياز ارزشش را در روزهاي آينده نشان خواهد داد. وي درباره‌ي حضور افشين قطبي در نيمكت تيم ملي كره‌ي جنوبي گفت: پيش از بازي نمي‌دانستم كه مربي‌اي ايراني روي نيمكت كره‌ي جنوبي نشسته است اما، زماني كه متوجه شدم با او گفت‌وگو كردم. اين باعث افتخار است كه يك مربي ايراني در تيم ملي كره‌ي جنوبي فعاليت مي‌كند.
if amir loses the game against syria, then his job will be big jepordy, and if he loses again, expect iran to go after the frenchmen that got japan to round in wc 02 or expect them to hire a brazilian coach or a coach from the bundesliga or english premier league...i mean amir has already made some questionable moves...via cuting sohrab and Freydoon and startin fekri who is 37 and nikbaht who is out of shape
Hi guys, Here is an exlcusive lastkick.com interview with Rene Simoes the head coach of all the national tesms at youth level: (In Persian): http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=486 In Englis: http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1642
Hi guys, This is really not "News", but I did not want to start new thread for it so I posted it here. This is a recent article by Kaveh Mahjoob on the current state of our football. It is called: The Winter of Our Game Take a look and let us know what you think. Happy New Year to all.
Nothing new there, just stating the facts, its very frustrating and this is probably one of the lowest points of Iranian football. Its a challenge to have hope when there is little or no change.
I know exactly what you mean. The only thing that has kept me still interested is my misplaced and illogical love of the game!
Interesting interview with Team Melli coach Amir Ghalehnoei in Persian: http://www.lastkick.com/fa/index.php
Iran lose to Hansa Rostock Here I have compiled a number of articles about the game from ISNA: شكست تيم ملي فوتبال ايران مقابل تيم باشگاهي هانزاروستوك آلمان
Hi guys, Here is another news compilation from ISNA regarding Javier Clemente's visit of Azadi Stadium and meeting with Team Melli. گزارشات امروز خبرگزاري ايسنا درباره**ي خاوير كلمنته
I think after Malavan's loss, Ahmadzadeh was so depressed that he resigned from Team Melli! I bet Daei will talk him out of it though Ahmadzadeh quits Team Melli