AFC Champions League ELITE™ ¦ 2024 - 2025

[oracle]

We need al ahli to win
and al reyan to beat ss

Let's gooooooooooo

[allan123]

So the scenario is very easy:

If Esteghlal win or tie tomorrow advance Esteghlal

If Esteghlal lost tomorrow advance persepolis

[Pluto2000]

In times like this a random Esteghlal player has the game of their life for no reason

[persian-eagle-13]

we know one of them will be out PP or SS. now the question is which one would be the best one to stay in the tournament and "attempt" to make a deep run.

[Pluto2000]

we know one of them will be out PP or SS. now the question is which one would be the best one to stay in the tournament and "attempt" to make a deep run.

Both are hanging on for dear life, and are some of their worst versions in recent history. I don't think either are making it past next round. Whomever goes is falling immediately.

[persian-eagle-13]

Both are hanging on for dear life, and are some of their worst versions in recent history. I don't think either are making it past next round. Whomever goes is falling immediately.

So now the question is which one would loss more respectfully?

[Super Shojaei]

Horrible game. Please send back Dorsun to Istanbul. Can’t believe Kartal kept him on the pitch for 80 minutes…

Iranian clubs really do burn money on mediocre talents -

one example the Angolan Lucas jao paid €800k by Persepolis when the next Turkish club that signed him after he left pp paid him €100k till the end of the season - Iranian clubs are just wasteful buying foreign players that are well past their sell by date that are coming here for a final pay check

even look at SS starting with a Kenyan player from the Saudi second division

so many washed up players in our league nowadays

[oracle]

AL REYAN HAMLEH KUN
ESTEGHLAL SOORAKHEH

[ShirFarhad]

Iranian clubs really do burn money on mediocre talents -

one example the Angolan Lucas jao paid €800k by Persepolis when the next Turkish club that signed him after he left pp paid him €100k till the end of the season - Iranian clubs are just wasteful buying foreign players that are well past their sell by date that are coming here for a final pay check

even look at SS starting with a Kenyan player from the Saudi second division

so many washed up players in our league nowadays

True, and they never seem to learn. Every time, it's the same story of “we need a foreign striker” as if any foreigner will magically fix the team. When I mentioned Dursun to a Turkish friend who follows their league, he literally laughed and said, “He’s awful, why did they sign him?“.

[The]

Iranian clubs really do burn money on mediocre talents -

one example the Angolan Lucas jao paid €800k by Persepolis when the next Turkish club that signed him after he left pp paid him €100k till the end of the season - Iranian clubs are just wasteful buying foreign players that are well past their sell by date that are coming here for a final pay check

even look at SS starting with a Kenyan player from the Saudi second division

so many washed up players in our league nowadays

Sanctions and Geo-politics play a role in this.
In popular imagination Iran is a scary bad country with shitty infrastructure. The reward has to be high for the foreigners to come.

[perspolis#1]

Sanctions and Geo-politics play a role in this.
In popular imagination Iran is a scary bad country with shitty infrastructure. The reward has to be high for the foreigners to come.

This would apply for us trying to recruit people from the West for which I agree with you.

I don't think the Angolan or Kenyan believe Iran is a scary bad country. The whole world doesnt broadcast FoxNews.

IR runs Shi'ism workshops for people in Nigeria(the holy site of African footballing talent). There is no way our ground recruiting game is as good as the Qataris or Saudis regardless of sanctions. Even if there were no sanctions we would still have to outpay those two.

The worlds biggest clubs use data analytics to recruit players. Look at how good Brighton is at finding rando Fifa regen players.

How do we recruit?

[arj42]

If pakhtakor drew or lost yesterday we could’ve had both Iranian representatives in knockout

[webmaster]

^ because in Uzbekistan, they care more but we in Iran care more for our Instagram trends instead than any achievements. By the way Esteghlal is qualified if this result stands, I would like to congratulate them for their qualification and I would cheer for them for the rest of the tournament. .

[webmaster]

Esteghlal 1-0 Azadi scored

[webmaster]

wow Esteghlal 2-0 Koushki

Congrats SS fans.