Conspiracy theory?

[O-ZoNe]

So Sepahan officials know Yadegar Imam stadium facilities better than Tractor officials who play half of their in that stadiums. Interesting theory. Why don't you just go ahead and call all Azeris donkeys to give your theory more credence?

Well I won't go as far as to imply that, but if Tractor fans and management are relying on Toni's son for news about other matches...then something is seriously wrong with the team.

[kia]

How do you guys explain this? According to IRIB side by side pictures Sepahan players are celebrating before the final whistle is blown in Tabriz. If all communication is cut from Tabriz how do Sepahan players know about the result of a match that is clearly being broadcast on a delay?

None of this makes any sense. There is clearly some major shenanigans happening here. Anyone denying it is burying head in the sand.

I had both games on 2 screens and only 50 seconds before the end of the game the Sepahanis started jumping up and down. At that point a 10 man lethargic TS team had the ball in Naft's half & it was evident the score wasn't going to change.

[Team Melli Fan]

http://screamer.deadspin.com/stadium...t-w-1704980730

“Something bizarre happened,” said Naft chief executive Mansour Ghanbarzadeh, trying to explain how joy had turned to outrage.

“We were following the other game on television in the changing room but at 87 minutes in, suddenly the TV, radio and cellphone networks blacked out and we had no means of communication.”

“At that very moment, we were told the match between Sepahan and Saipa had ended with 2-2 draw,” he added.

The AFP article dances around the point, but it seems that some officials—whether these were Persian Gulf Pro League officials, Iranian government officials, or some other officials is unclear (not the least because I don’t speak Farsi)—relayed the misinformation in an attempt to prevent angry Tractor Sazi fans from rioting after losing the title.

[Shahin]

I had both games on 2 screens and only 50 seconds before the end of the game the Sepahanis started jumping up and down. At that point a 10 man lethargic TS team had the ball in Naft's half & it was evident the score wasn't going to change.

Sorry, but another nonsensical, factually flawed post. I put the IRIB's own side by side screenshot. It shows the second Sepahan start cheering which doesn't really correspond to anything significant on field. Balls out, keepers down, the ref can easily add another minute to the extra time if he so chooses. The danger wasn't from Teraktor anyway. It was from Naft. They could have easily had at least 90 seconds more to score. Plenty of time. Sepahan clearly begin celebration because they know the final score.

[persianpopinjay]

http://screamer.deadspin.com/stadium...t-w-1704980730

Lol I know this is pretty damn irrelevant but couldn't resist.
I was looking through some of the comments posted and even though they're misinformed and quite ignorant about the situation (which isn't new), there were some funny ones:
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- Breaking: USA no longer the only place for a story involving 90,000 idiots, a stadium, and tractors
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- Man, how drunk were those fans...
- Why doesn't this ever happen to Chelsea?

[kia]

Sorry, but another nonsensical, factually flawed post. I put the IRIB's own side by side screenshot. It shows the second Sepahan start cheering which doesn't really correspond to anything significant on field. Balls out, keepers down, the ref can easily add another minute to the extra time if he so chooses. The danger wasn't from Teraktor anyway. It was from Naft. They could have easily had at least 90 seconds more to score. Plenty of time. Sepahan clearly begin celebration because they know the final score.

TS had the ball and they had taken it to the corners. Go watch the game.

[kia]

[Shahin]

TS had the ball and they had taken it to the corners. Go watch the game.

Exact moment from 2 different videos. Have no idea what you are talking about. GK is injured, nobody has taken the ball to the corner. Sepahan clearly know the result before the supposed final whistle in Tabriz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvcpLu0TqS4&t=2h12m15s

I especially like this one because the IRIB director suddenly realizes he has fucked up and removes the side by side pictures. As soon as he sees Sharifi crying he removes that feed.

Here is another video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWb1zPq3tk8&t=2h00m10s

What a massive joke.

[Martin-Reza]

Noone says Sepahan were looking at the live broadcast. Probably either the final result was prematurely and wrongfully announced in Esfahan, like back then with Schalke and Bayern (just that then suddenly live images of Bayern's winner showed up on the video wall) or we have some issue with Irib delaying the live broadcast again, so match was actually over but broadcast for us was lagging from Tabriz.

[mehdiKia15]

TS lost when they fired Khatibi... Good for sepahan at the end of the day whocares.its over with.TS lost it themselves, they have no one to blame but themselves.

[Shah Abbas]

no official informed the Tiraxtur staff, it was Toni's son who told the team! However, it's not clear who told Toni's son!
What a joke of a club.

[Abtin]

Stop wining. It's year 2015, they could have used telephones, stop crying like little babies and making up excuses. Your beloved Toni should have defended when they were leading 3-1. There is clear proof that people are using telephones, and the tv signal is delayed as usual by the ashghal Islamic republic, Sepahan might have used their brains and used the simple technology of telephoning.
If TS knew Sepahan was still leading 2-0, would they have bombarded the Naft goal? Areh jooneh khodehshun...

[ایرانی]

^exactly, when you can't defend a 3-1 lead then you basically threw the championship down the drain.

[footballeirani]

Kaffashian said today all forms of communication in the stadium were lost shortly before the game's end and People were told the other game ended in a tie. Its that simple.

If this is the case then more likely the source of the disruption was the government itself. Neither IFF, sports ministry, or Sepahan club has the power to do such a thing.

[footballeirani]

Here is my question. I am not really technologically literate but is it possible to distupt incomming telecommunication signals without affecting the live feed of the match? Can anyone do this or at what level can this happpen?