I originally posted this in the Shekari thread where there was a discussion about Alishah rejecting Charleroi, Rezaian rejecting a Turkish team etc. I might make a bit more sense here, so I'll post it here:
"I don't understand these players.. Like, if I were a basketball player in Iran I would jump at the opportunity to play collage or division 1 basketball in the US, even though that would "only" mean education and no salary to increase the potential of me reaching the elite and top league. I would most likely always have the opportunity to go back to Iran and play for a big check, i.e. Arsalan Kazemi.
So I can't fathom why these players don't go to mid table teams in Belgium or Turkey or whatever just to get their feet wet in Europe and increase the visibility for their/Iranian talent and catch the attention of bigger teams in either those leagues or other top teams. Doesn't make any sense.
Especially when Iranian players usually have a technical talent level above European average, but severely lack the mental and tactical aspects. Why not sort those out in another environment?
Former Swedish NT player Martin Åslund was on a podcast this week and was talking about the differences between Europe and Asia and he was talking about how the Asian leagues will grow a lot the coming years, especially in China and Japan with their economies and national strategies. But he stated the fact that the problem lies within the aforementioned.
When he played in the Swedish U-21 NT they met China's U-21 team and he said that pretty much every single player was better in regards to individual technique (just like Iranians), so they would get beaten in 1v1's or they would play it back to the defence/midfield and thereby keep possession. The Swedes didn't even get to keep the ball the first 20 mins.
So what they did was that they went for a cohesive team press so they hadn't anybody to play it back to except the keeper and couldn't get out of the press and therefore Sweden could apply pressure through out the game and won 4-0, even though they weren't necessarily a better team if you'd compare the players individually.
This is what's missing in Iran. The know-how. Some (professionals) know, but I'm talking as a whole footballing culture from the ground up. This is also a reason (with economical, scouting, etc. aspects) why top teams usually rather go for a for example Swede or a Bosnian than a Iranian or Chinese player, even if the raw talent level is higher here.
Now I've stressed this before and I know some offended person will defend his native Iran to the death, but that's what's holding our football back. We're too fucking proud to give constructive criticism a chance. We all love Iranian football and wants it to flourish, why not explore our knacks and try to correct them rather than putting on blindfolds and raising a stupid flag.
End of rant."
"I don't understand these players.. Like, if I were a basketball player in Iran I would jump at the opportunity to play collage or division 1 basketball in the US, even though that would "only" mean education and no salary to increase the potential of me reaching the elite and top league. I would most likely always have the opportunity to go back to Iran and play for a big check, i.e. Arsalan Kazemi.
So I can't fathom why these players don't go to mid table teams in Belgium or Turkey or whatever just to get their feet wet in Europe and increase the visibility for their/Iranian talent and catch the attention of bigger teams in either those leagues or other top teams. Doesn't make any sense.
Especially when Iranian players usually have a technical talent level above European average, but severely lack the mental and tactical aspects. Why not sort those out in another environment?
Former Swedish NT player Martin Åslund was on a podcast this week and was talking about the differences between Europe and Asia and he was talking about how the Asian leagues will grow a lot the coming years, especially in China and Japan with their economies and national strategies. But he stated the fact that the problem lies within the aforementioned.
When he played in the Swedish U-21 NT they met China's U-21 team and he said that pretty much every single player was better in regards to individual technique (just like Iranians), so they would get beaten in 1v1's or they would play it back to the defence/midfield and thereby keep possession. The Swedes didn't even get to keep the ball the first 20 mins.
So what they did was that they went for a cohesive team press so they hadn't anybody to play it back to except the keeper and couldn't get out of the press and therefore Sweden could apply pressure through out the game and won 4-0, even though they weren't necessarily a better team if you'd compare the players individually.
This is what's missing in Iran. The know-how. Some (professionals) know, but I'm talking as a whole footballing culture from the ground up. This is also a reason (with economical, scouting, etc. aspects) why top teams usually rather go for a for example Swede or a Bosnian than a Iranian or Chinese player, even if the raw talent level is higher here.
Now I've stressed this before and I know some offended person will defend his native Iran to the death, but that's what's holding our football back. We're too fucking proud to give constructive criticism a chance. We all love Iranian football and wants it to flourish, why not explore our knacks and try to correct them rather than putting on blindfolds and raising a stupid flag.
End of rant."
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