Al-faisaly vs foolad Asian champions league fixture

[teammelli91]

Be omideh piroozi baraye Foolad!

[oracle]

We need a good foreign coach forsure. None of our domestic coaches are good enough to coach TM. The only person who plays somewhat decent football is Golmohammadi. Majidi and Nekounam are too defensive and GN just crosses the ball. Im hearing rumours that GN is very close to becoming TM coach though.

I hope for no persian coach..but i take gn over other persian coaches.

[Pejman]

Alshabab ksa
alhilal. Ksa
Al duhil qatar
Foolad iran


Best draw for foolad is al duhil.
Al shabab is very strong too.

Feb 23 Thursday is the qf Matches

Semifinal is feb 26th sunday.

I agree about Shabab, but Duhail are strong too. Can't see Foolad doing too much against any of those teams. Maybe Knett having the game of his life.

[oracle]

I agree about Shabab, but Duhail are strong too. Can't see Foolad doing too much against any of those teams. Maybe Knett having the game of his life.

Best scenario for foolad is
al duhil and hopefully al shabab beat al hilal

Foolad vs al shabab semifinal.

[oracle]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
the draw is out

Foolad vs al hilal

Khodavand javad nekunam roo biyamorzad.

[oracle]

Vis vis is
skocic for foolad job .....

[Keshwardoost]

^ Yes


Ever since Taj and Nabi prankcalled him to Saudi believing he was to be new coach of Ronaldo club, he had been walking around streets of Saudi talking to himself. At night he slept at the airport, in a cardboard box he stolen from outside the local minimarket.. (he had no money for planeticket back home)


Suddenly out of nowhere comes Foolad entourage at the airport in full panik after Neku dramatic resignation. Eyes met, Bademjan rose from the cardboard bed outside the airport entry and Foolad brought him back to Iran.

After giving him a nice shave and about 3 showers, Foolad BoD served him tomatosoup and gave him refugee contract 6 months food and shelter plus planeticket back to croatia offer.

Rumors say

Planeticket clausule only activates if Foolad ends top 4 or Bademjan wins Acl.


Full background story (part 1 and 2) in TM News thread.

[oracle]

Nekunam was the only head coach missing among the 4 teams during the draw...

[oracle]

^ Yes


Ever since Taj and Nabi prankcalled him to Saudi believing he was to be new coach of Ronaldo club, he had been walking around streets of Saudi talking to himself. At night he slept at the airport, in a cardboard box he stolen from outside the local minimarket.. (he had no money for planeticket back home)


Suddenly out of nowhere comes Foolad entourage at the airport in full panik after Neku dramatic resignation. Eyes met, Bademjan rose from the cardboard bed outside the airport entry and Foolad brought him back to Iran.

After giving him a nice shave and about 3 showers, Foolad BoD served him tomatosoup and gave him refugee contract 6 months food and shelter plus planeticket back to croatia offer.

Rumors say

Planeticket clausule only activates if Foolad ends top 4 or Bademjan wins Acl.


Full background story (part 1 and 2) in TM News thread.

Foolad yadet bashe
dragon bademmjon
Bayad basheh

[Keshwardoost]

Foolad yadet bashe
dragon bademmjon
Bayad basheh

Poor guy.. we all know if he takes them to the finals, he will be fired 1 week before the game. 🤣

[oracle]

Poor guy.. we all know if he takes them to the finals, he will be fired 1 week before the game. 🤣

My money is on skocic being on foolad bench
start of next pgl....

[Hosseini]

leaving your team before their biggest challenge is some crazy stuff. Especially because he brought that player who was on Osasuna (had a close connection with him?)

[Keshwardoost]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
TUE, 21 FEBRUARY, 2023

Nekounam hails passion of Foolad Khouzestan players

Doha: Javad Nekounam may have stunned those present with his statement that the AFC Champions League™ 2022 Round of 16 win over Al Faisaly was his last match in charge but the head coach was effusive in his praise of his Foolad Khouzestan players for advancing to the quarter-finals.

The Islamic Republic of Iran side may have only beaten Saudi Arabia’s Al Faisaly 1-0 but Foolad dominated from start to finish at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on Monday and Nekounam was delighted with their performance.



#ACL2022 - R16(WEST) | Al Faisaly FC (KSA) 0-1 Foolad Khouzestan FC (IRN)

“I am happy for this win. I am also happy that my team is one of the best four teams in West Asia,” said Nekounam.

“I must congratulate my players as theyplayed with the plan we had. We didn’t give any chance to our rivals and our players had the passion to win and they did.”

Captain Sasan Ansari’s 64th minute strike ultimately proved enough for Foolad to take their place in Tuesday’s knockout stage, although Nekounam may well not be part of it following his announcement.Foolad, however, will be driven to advance to the semi-final irrespective of who they face next to continue bringing joy to Nekounam.

[Keshwardoost]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

MON, 20 FEBRUARY, 2023
Ansari strike takes Foolad Khouzestan through

Doha: Captain Sasan Ansari’s second-half goal was the difference as Foolad Khouzestan reached the AFC Champions League™ 2022 quarter-finals, beating Saudi Arabia’s Al Faisaly 1-0 in Monday’s Round-of-16 encounter at Al Thumama Stadium.
The victory, however, was followed by Javad Nekounam announcing at the post-match press conference that it was his last match in charge as head coach of Foolad.

The two teams observed a minute of silence in solidarity with Syria and Türkiye and to honour the victims of the devastating earthquakes that hit the two nations ahead of the kick-off.

A cagey start to the match saw little in way of chances at either end between two teams who had scored less goals than any other team in the group stage (West) apart from Al Jazira, yet advanced to the Round of 16 on the back of solid defensive displays.

Foolad’s first chance of the game arrived at the half-hour mark when Spanish midfielder Roberto Torres stepped up to take a free-kick from over 25 yards out, curling past the wall but his effort passed over the crossbar.

Two minutes later, Ansari provided the closest thing to a threat towards Al Faisaly’s goal in the first period as he broke into the box and attempted to test goalkeeper Ahmed Al Kassar who was well positioned to make the save comfortably.

Al Faisaly started the second half on the attack, and within four minutes, they had their first attempt on the Iranian goal as the ball fell to Waleed Al Ahmed inside the box and the defender hit it on the half-volley but could not aim towards goal.

Torres tried his luck from distance again in the 58th minute, rifling a left-footed strike that was deflected and nearly left Al Kassar wrongfooted, but the Al Faisaly goalkeeper recovered in time and made the save.

The moment Foolad had been waiting for finally arrived in the 64th minute when a seemingly harmless cross from Mehdi Shiri was chested down by defender Saleh Al Qumaizi towards his teammate Al Ahmed who was nonchalant in his approach, allowing Ansari to snatch the ball and convert it into the back of the net from close range to give the Iranian side the lead.

Al Faisaly added more urgency to their game as they chased an equaliser for the remainder of the half and Al Ahmed nearly made amends for his mistake when he climbed highest to meet Abdullah Al Qahtani’s cross from the corner, but the defender’s header just missed the target in the last minute of the game. MATCH STATS

Al Faisaly FC	0	-	1	FOOLAD KHOUZESTAN FC
AFC Champions League

4 J. Vuković 87' MF 10 Rossi 79' MF 11 Willy Semedo MF 13 Ahmad Asiri DF 17 Saleh Al Qumayzi DF 20 Ahmed Al Shamrani 72' FW 22 Yaseen Barnawi 87' DF 28 Ahmed Al Kassar GK 39 Abdulrahman Al Dosari MF 88 Abdulaziz Al Sharid 79' MF 99 Waleed Al Ahmad DF Substitutes 8 Abdulmajeed Al Suwat 72' Sub 15 Abdullah Al Qahtani 79' Sub 25 Ismail Omar 79'90+4' Sub 66 Ali Al Sultan 87' Sub 87 Meshal Sibyani 87' Sub Manager - Ouzounidis MAN

2 M. Shiri 90' DF 3 S. Ansari 64' FW 8 H. Bouhamdan MF 14 E. Pahlevan MF 25 C. Knett GK 31 Roberto Torres 84' MF 33 A. Aghasi 39' DF 35 M. Hazbavi DF 50 V. Heydarieh DF 83 S. Moridi MF 86 A. Dejagah 68'72' MF Substitutes 6 S. Shah Abbasi 84' Sub 12 S. Vasei 72' Sub Nejadmahdi 90 Sub Manager - Nekounam MAN

[Babak_Shirazi]

Heyf ke khordan be Al Hilal, those fuckers have a strong team with European based players in its ranks. Will be tough to advance