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Thanks Super Shojaei appreciate your reports. Can I ask what brought you to Laos? It’s a pretty random country for an Iranian to travel to and I’m guessing you didn’t go just for the TM match?
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Originally posted by Nokhodi View Post
Thank you for that beautiful safanameh!
I really enjoy reading these travelogues from TM fans.
Wild that North Korea was able to dictate no fans.
I'm pretty sure that is against AFC rules, but who are we kidding. AFC doesn't care.
yeah whole thing was odd especially as Qatar were allowed 30 or so pre approved fans but the Lao locals I spoke to tried to get into the previous match and weren’t approved even as neutrals - nk didn’t want them
pretty awful really if the games were advertised it could have generated a bit of buz and revenue in a poor nation that needs the money - inconsiderate move by North Korea but knowing them the political motivations are understandable I don’t think they would want American, Canadian , South Korean expats attending their “ home matches”
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Originally posted by Super Shojaei View Post
Didn’t get let in - even with the private contacts I had I couldn’t get a ticket into the match. Taremi signed my inter jersey which is a gift to my gf’s bro then taremi gave me an away kit thanking me for being the only Iranian In Laos
North Korea requested the stadium to have no foreign fans - the assumption being that with the vast South Korean expat population here some of the fans would protest or make political slogans. ( also a lot of Americans Australians and Canadians too which is sure the North Korean didn’t like) I met a number of Laos people who wanted to attend the match and some Australian and Canadians ngo workers who knew Azmoun and taremi were in town and wanted to see him- even one Chinese guy who flew 7 hours just to see Azmoun play he was gutted when he found out the stadium was closed I feel sorry for him more than me - he had 60 Azmoun football cards and his zenit jersey ( he said China doesn’t have talented players so he flies to nearby nations to watch other Asian players - he also flew to Hong Kong to watch Iran play Hong Kong and he waited for taremi at Laos airport too lol )
Shoja , hosseinjad , ghoddos , taremi Azmoun I got photos with them . Only one that didn’t say hello was Azmoun but it’s his life he owes me nothing - Shoja is so kind he offered to help take pics. Moghanlou is an absolute giant like I’ve never seen someone so huge - when he got in the elevator - a physical beast of a specimen
Overall I’m gutted but feel sorry most for the Laos people and the expat workers , foreigners who went to Laos just to see team Melli play but were denied by the North Korean government - had the game been advertised it could’ve generated a little bit of revenue for the impoverished Laos people and given some of Asia’s poorest the chance to see taremi and Azmoun play - a lot of them wanted to see Qatar v North Korea too but were denied - Qatar got some pre selected fans in - Iran weren’t even allowed that. It was just a select group of north Korean embassy workers and North Koreans who I assume work here as it’s also a communist nation. The whole thing felt unfair even for AFC levels states like North Korea bring nothing. I guess maybe in part due to Iran having no embassy in Laos ( the nearest being Ho Chi Minh City 150 miles away from Laos’ capital ) it was harder to negotiate fans being allowed in?
I really enjoy reading these travelogues from TM fans.
Wild that North Korea was able to dictate no fans.
I'm pretty sure that is against AFC rules, but who are we kidding. AFC doesn't care.
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Hotel lobby plus team Melli photographer gave me his outfit of team Melli pyjamas lol 😂You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Originally posted by mehdi13 View Post
What a loser.
Shoja and taremi are so kind - I guess maybe Shoja felt bad for the North Koreans and let them back into the game 😂
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Originally posted by Nokhodi View Post
What was your experience at the game like?
North Korea requested the stadium to have no foreign fans - the assumption being that with the vast South Korean expat population here some of the fans would protest or make political slogans. ( also a lot of Americans Australians and Canadians too which is sure the North Korean didn’t like) I met a number of Laos people who wanted to attend the match and some Australian and Canadians ngo workers who knew Azmoun and taremi were in town and wanted to see him- even one Chinese guy who flew 7 hours just to see Azmoun play he was gutted when he found out the stadium was closed I feel sorry for him more than me - he had 60 Azmoun football cards and his zenit jersey ( he said China doesn’t have talented players so he flies to nearby nations to watch other Asian players - he also flew to Hong Kong to watch Iran play Hong Kong and he waited for taremi at Laos airport too lol )
Shoja , hosseinjad , ghoddos , taremi Azmoun I got photos with them . Only one that didn’t say hello was Azmoun but it’s his life he owes me nothing - Shoja is so kind he offered to help take pics. Moghanlou is an absolute giant like I’ve never seen someone so huge - when he got in the elevator - a physical beast of a specimen
Overall I’m gutted but feel sorry most for the Laos people and the expat workers , foreigners who went to Laos just to see team Melli play but were denied by the North Korean government - had the game been advertised it could’ve generated a little bit of revenue for the impoverished Laos people and given some of Asia’s poorest the chance to see taremi and Azmoun play - a lot of them wanted to see Qatar v North Korea too but were denied - Qatar got some pre selected fans in - Iran weren’t even allowed that. It was just a select group of north Korean embassy workers and North Koreans who I assume work here as it’s also a communist nation. The whole thing felt unfair even for AFC levels states like North Korea bring nothing. I guess maybe in part due to Iran having no embassy in Laos ( the nearest being Ho Chi Minh City 150 miles away from Laos’ capital ) it was harder to negotiate fans being allowed in?
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