Here how it was in our Niehghborhood , when I was growing up....
wakeing up early in the morning around 7 AM, and keep looking out side from our window,to see if any other boys in the neiborhood has come out yet...
By, 5 pm everyday after school, or 8;30 friday morning, we were about 4 or 5 freinds ....heading toward The " 9 " street, where most football games in our neihborhood was played at.in where, two better players of our street, would in turn pick a player at a time, as to make both teams compatable....,
....9 Th street was a wider street, and usual hang out of our football ....where, monthly matches with teams from other neihborhoods used to happened.....
We were in " Daryan e NU ", off of satar khan.....we had close by neihborhoods of "Tehran Villa", "Shar Aara", "Geesha"," Aria shahr "," behboody& Shademan ", etc.....through, friends we used to invite ,once a mounth, a team from one of these neihborhoods, and once or twice a year, a team from farther away " mahele ".....even once as far as maydane Shoosh......we also used to go there.......
These inter-neghborhood games, tended to be a little dangerouse, and some times resulted in major fights, gang fights, knife ,and " Ghameh Keshi "...etc.
....These inter-nieghborhood games...were watched by more than 40-to 50 other kids and players from other teams,and they used watch from side walks,either seated, or closer to the street and standing a cheering.......and the host neighborhood used to try to be a nice hosts, and give " pepsi or canada dry " to the guests during the half time.etc...
In our particular neghborhood, we had 4 deifferent teams, from different streets...9 the street, 11 th street, 5 th street, and first street.....and each team used have 2 to 3 very top players, with higher techniques..which the opposing teams were afraid of........and when , time for inter-neighborhood games, we would have assembled a collective team of the whole neighborhood, consisting ,the top 2 to 3 of each street teams of our whole neighborhood.......
The talent level was magnificent.....as some players were particularly gifted, ( I myself was not so bad either )...some players were much smarter, had better skills, some had better " Passing game ", some had one or two, supper talented players whom could dribble 3 to 4 opponants players at once...!!
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LONG STORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, now, when I look at our Futsal team in Brazil........and specialy , our player, SHAMSAEE , very much reminds me of the style in which we used to play in our neighborhood......
Indeed, I can confidently say, if it comes to street football, We in Tehran,( or places like Abadan & Ahvaz,etc )did not have any lower class of football than Brazil !!!
And, the reason why our futsal is doing so well, is because, we are no longer being penalized for lack of infurstructure and green fileds...as "" Futsal is The true representetive of, Our Class of Football "" !!
wakeing up early in the morning around 7 AM, and keep looking out side from our window,to see if any other boys in the neiborhood has come out yet...
By, 5 pm everyday after school, or 8;30 friday morning, we were about 4 or 5 freinds ....heading toward The " 9 " street, where most football games in our neihborhood was played at.in where, two better players of our street, would in turn pick a player at a time, as to make both teams compatable....,
....9 Th street was a wider street, and usual hang out of our football ....where, monthly matches with teams from other neihborhoods used to happened.....
We were in " Daryan e NU ", off of satar khan.....we had close by neihborhoods of "Tehran Villa", "Shar Aara", "Geesha"," Aria shahr "," behboody& Shademan ", etc.....through, friends we used to invite ,once a mounth, a team from one of these neihborhoods, and once or twice a year, a team from farther away " mahele ".....even once as far as maydane Shoosh......we also used to go there.......
These inter-neghborhood games, tended to be a little dangerouse, and some times resulted in major fights, gang fights, knife ,and " Ghameh Keshi "...etc.
....These inter-nieghborhood games...were watched by more than 40-to 50 other kids and players from other teams,and they used watch from side walks,either seated, or closer to the street and standing a cheering.......and the host neighborhood used to try to be a nice hosts, and give " pepsi or canada dry " to the guests during the half time.etc...
In our particular neghborhood, we had 4 deifferent teams, from different streets...9 the street, 11 th street, 5 th street, and first street.....and each team used have 2 to 3 very top players, with higher techniques..which the opposing teams were afraid of........and when , time for inter-neighborhood games, we would have assembled a collective team of the whole neighborhood, consisting ,the top 2 to 3 of each street teams of our whole neighborhood.......
The talent level was magnificent.....as some players were particularly gifted, ( I myself was not so bad either )...some players were much smarter, had better skills, some had better " Passing game ", some had one or two, supper talented players whom could dribble 3 to 4 opponants players at once...!!
.................................................. ......................
LONG STORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, now, when I look at our Futsal team in Brazil........and specialy , our player, SHAMSAEE , very much reminds me of the style in which we used to play in our neighborhood......
Indeed, I can confidently say, if it comes to street football, We in Tehran,( or places like Abadan & Ahvaz,etc )did not have any lower class of football than Brazil !!!
And, the reason why our futsal is doing so well, is because, we are no longer being penalized for lack of infurstructure and green fileds...as "" Futsal is The true representetive of, Our Class of Football "" !!
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