Mehdi Sharifi

[Nariman]

Whatever his goal is, i would have kicked his ass if i would be the coach, as AGAIN, this was a wrong decision making. His teammate was totally alone on the right and had much more chances to score than shooting from that angle and in that position. Now that he scored, people are happy but it was an awful decision to shoot from there when you have your team mate that you can put easily face to face with the goalie with a simple pass !
No and definitely no, this shoot was not the right decision and he was lucky it entered the goal.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2014/ma...layer-believes

Back to Sharifi, look what Kranjcar said in the post-match interview:
http://www.the-afc.com/en/acl-news/a...lling-win.html

So obviously taking shots was all part of the plan. Sukaj did the same at the end and it worked.
Surely Sharifi's goal was more "risky" and difficult - but he is young, just started to play in IPL and this was only his 2nd appearance in ACL. A talent like that deserves to be given some "freedom" and so far Sharifi has shown he can make the right decisions on the field. It all depends on the player's ability. If he can shot, then the coach will give him permission to do that on his own - even if a teammate might be in a better position sometimes. Especially for a forward it's important to have that confidence - there is a limit of course.

I think you can find a lot of goals scored by world class players where a pass might have been better. On paper (or TV) it's always easy to over-analyse the scene, but once you are on the field things change a lot.

Future looks good boys
Especially in offense:Sharifi, Jahanbakhsh, Azmoun, Ansarifard, K.Rezaei etc

TBH only Jahanbakhsh and Azmoun look good for now. All others can have the talent of Messi & Ronaldo combined, as long as they stay in Iran they will never improve. However I do agree, the potential is there.

[teammelli91]

Sharifi should be in the next Team Melli list.

[pres80]

I agree but that's only based on the rocket I saw him score in this ACL game.

[St_Mark]

[AsOen5]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

Enjoy this video.

[teammelli91]

This kid needs to get the hell out of Iran. Especially if he makes the World Cup squad.

Get the hell out of Iran! Don't stay in Sepahan next year!

[rugs]

Nice clip made by Sepahan

[Nariman]

2 of my cousins used to play in the same team with Sharifi.
I need to ask for more details, but seems like he started playing in Shahrekord but unlike my cousins used his chance and moved to Esfahan, where he eventually succeeded step by step and now played his first TM match today. It would be a pain to see him staying in Iran...CQ immediately inviting him already proves that there is some great talent waiting for us.

[rugs]

His hunger for scoring really reminds me of Gucci

[KeonKish]

Re: Mehdi Sharifi

What I like the most is how little time he needs to shoot

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[Kiarash]

Personally I was not impressed by his performance but yeah, nobody really impressed us today. But Sharifi was nothing special, he seems like an upper average IPL player with some nice games / goals. But he's still young so there is room for improvement; nobody was born as Messi.

[Team Melli Fan]

His Team Melli debut impressed me only because he played better than most of our other players. I think he should play in the World Cup.

[Doctor DOOM]

^ very correct.

Everything is relative.
And when a young debutante plays better than a player who's got 20/25 caps under his belt, you know you've got a gem.

[rugs]

Very interesting piece. Some parts were very loos, but overall it was nice to watch

He may be one of the last players to have grown up playing on a dirt pitch.

[kia]

^^He is gone to Omid team & will miss the next 4 matches. Can somebody explain what this Omid team is doing? Are they preparing for Olympics or what is the deal. Ali Karimi & Sarlak from Sepahan are also gone.