1) circumstances:
Today Sepahan, beleaguered in its group, AWAY from home in saudi arabia, won. this win was after many typical arab underhanded tactics. add to this the heat os the venue which certainly didnt suit sepahan players who had to resort to drinks after 10-15 minutes of the game.
missing their absolute top stars : navidkia, karimi, aghili, mohamadi ... enough to make ANY team become overly defensive.
while saipa, AT HOME, relaxed and topping the group, had to play a far weaker opposition among their own fans' cheers.
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2) oppositions:
sepahan faced a highly reputed and pedegreed alittihad of one of asia's top footballing nations. with an argentinian coach and handful of brazilian and other imports.
saipa was facing a club from a country that hardly has a league, is at war and cant afford to keep its own players, let alone bring in any imports !
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3) the games:
Saipa played a poor, poor abysmal game. too cautious and negative for its own good! so poor that they couldnt even hold onto their goal !!!
why?
they played the horrible 4-2-3-1 formation, too negative and too cautious that made them as impotent as a 97 year old man with no testicles.
sepahan had the guts and went in with 4-4-2 and attacked and attacked until they reaped their efforts. AWAY from home, let me repeat. becoz they were SMART and not gutless.
as they say "No guts, no glory".
yet again, another testament to the utter wastefulness of the moronic 4-2-3-1 formation and the clarification that 4-4-2 RULES
I, yet again, question the use of the moronic 4-2-3-1 formation in IRAN, when we dont have the right players.
today, we saw, aside from that, we dont have the right attitude among the coaches too.
Today Sepahan, beleaguered in its group, AWAY from home in saudi arabia, won. this win was after many typical arab underhanded tactics. add to this the heat os the venue which certainly didnt suit sepahan players who had to resort to drinks after 10-15 minutes of the game.
missing their absolute top stars : navidkia, karimi, aghili, mohamadi ... enough to make ANY team become overly defensive.
while saipa, AT HOME, relaxed and topping the group, had to play a far weaker opposition among their own fans' cheers.
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2) oppositions:
sepahan faced a highly reputed and pedegreed alittihad of one of asia's top footballing nations. with an argentinian coach and handful of brazilian and other imports.
saipa was facing a club from a country that hardly has a league, is at war and cant afford to keep its own players, let alone bring in any imports !
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3) the games:
Saipa played a poor, poor abysmal game. too cautious and negative for its own good! so poor that they couldnt even hold onto their goal !!!
why?
they played the horrible 4-2-3-1 formation, too negative and too cautious that made them as impotent as a 97 year old man with no testicles.
sepahan had the guts and went in with 4-4-2 and attacked and attacked until they reaped their efforts. AWAY from home, let me repeat. becoz they were SMART and not gutless.
as they say "No guts, no glory".
yet again, another testament to the utter wastefulness of the moronic 4-2-3-1 formation and the clarification that 4-4-2 RULES
I, yet again, question the use of the moronic 4-2-3-1 formation in IRAN, when we dont have the right players.
today, we saw, aside from that, we dont have the right attitude among the coaches too.
) and amazed me was the fact that despite playing at home, against a (relatively) not so strong team, was the fact that Daei at one moment substituted Vaziri out for Alvez and kept on continueing with the same tactics and formation. :-/
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