PERSEPOLIS VS AL AHLI ( AFC CHAMPION LEAGUE)(QUARTER FINAL) LIVE REPORT

[saeed_noro]

perspolis was very pour. Branko was frustrated and subbed out because of frustration i think. And finally Mensah could use his chance and the best news is, that we are not dead right now, the 2:2 was very important and still is an bad result, as this counts as our home match result. we have to win the match, or we have at least score 2,3 goals in the away game and draw minimum. so right now we are STILL OUT. but the good news is that it will be still an match on neutral venue, and we can use now our chance.

[Z Joon]

Alipour only impact is he runs like headless chicken, he doesn't have finishing touch, he doesn't have that good passing ability etc.
Persepolis should start Rasan, Kamal, Mensha for Rabihkhah, Ahmadzadeh and Alipour in next match, Branko's nonsense love for Rabihkhah is insane, Remind me of Alavi, Kameli, Badavi, Sattar Zareh when he was TM coach.

I too don't understand his obsession with Rabikhah.

However Alipour even tho is not the most intelligent player, has quite good link up play for a striker. He complements Taremi very well usually and can find him from difficult positions.

The reason why we don't see Taremi partnering Mensha is that Alipour's link up game is superior to Mensha, and although a Taremi-Mensha duo sounds 10 times better, I believe it wouldn't work as well and they will end up not geting good service.

[webmaster]

The next game in UAE with lots of Iranians there actually looks more like home game for Persepolis than today's match LOL! Persepolis still has a good chance.

We only have 10% of the seats.

[DR Strangemoosh]

I wish PP lots of luck, and hope they manage with this spineless guy they have. They, and Iranian football, deserves better. Back in 2006 I observed that the harm he will do for international player development through his choices will last 10 years, and I guess there was some vindication, though it's painful to have seen.

Ivankovic effect on TM was the following:

- SPINELESSNESS: Sticking with one goalkeeper (Mirzapour) who was error-prone, and not even giving a chance to test other alternatives, and there were a few (contrast with CQ). Not altering his tactics and game plan, and keeping with the same formations/line-ups for every damn game. He just didn't want to experiment and try different players, he didn't like any chance. We had a series of very feeble performances in the 2005-early 2006 period but NOTHING was changed after them, and he had a lot more new talent at his disposal than his predecessors (remember poor Pourheidari who had a midfield of Fekri, Navazi, Halali to pick from)

- OUTSIDE INFLUENCE: Branko let himself be influenced too much by player agents such as Reza Fazeli who was in the TM camp for the World Cup, and we all know that it affected the team spirit. He also let Daei dictate matters far too much in terms of team selection.

- TEAM SPIRIT: Our team spirit was the worst for WC06 when players were even refusing to pass to each other, let alone speaking with each other (contrast with CQ and the tight-knit unit he has built)

- TACTICAL NONSENSE: After finally bringing Bayern Munich's Hashemian back into the fold, he pushed him out to the wing (absolute no man's land) to accommodate a stagnant Ali Daei, who was playing 90 minutes for every game, not even subbed out for young strikers to get a chance to get some game time.

- TROLLING: Bringing Khatibi back to TM, starting him and Enayati. Khatibi was a constant source of frustration, the worst finisher we have ever had internationally, how he had so many caps no one can explain (well, apart from Branko and Khatibi's agent at the time Fazeli probably).

- POOR TEAM SELECTION: I tend to understand or agree with pretty much every time that CQ picks, or at least accept the choices. When we had more talented players, I never understood why Branko picked Badavi, Alavi, Kameli Mofrad, Khatibi, Sattar Zare. He had a favoured group of players who he stuck with, who were worse than a number of their peers in IPL.

- OGHDEH - Falling out with his prized player (Mobali) when the latter refused to move to Dynamo Zagreb in 2005. At the time he was the only two-footed playmaker apart from Karimi and he was player of the year in IPL at the age of 21. He was just dropped after Branko's lajbaazi.

- STIFLING DEVELOPMENT - We had, at the time, arguably our brightest crop of aged 18-22 youngsters who all looked very talented (Kazemian, Mobali, Borhani). They weren't given enough playing time internationally to develop and ended up dwindling, as the coach just kept playing the same people for 90 minutes regardless of how they performed (contrast with CQ)

We have had some fantastic croatian coaches over the years, who have contributed a lot to TM, but more importantly to the development of TM. This guy has been a jabroni and really hampered TM in terms of development for a long time. I'm so glad we have CQ and not this man, because when he eventually leaves us, he will leave our team in a much stronger place.

[DireStraits]

I don't think Al Ahli was easy to beat. They have developed since few months ago. The come back was lucky and things could go worse. They had more chances to score a third goal than PP.

[Camran khan]

Why have so many Perspolis players removed all of their posts from Instagram?

[DR Strangemoosh]

Why have so many Perspolis players removed all of their posts from Instagram?

I think because everyone is being scrutinised now as a result of the Shojaei and Hajsafi thing and then Taremi coming out with his big instagram post in support of Ali Geda.

There is a lot of subtle politics going on and it isn't easy for these players, a lot of them not very educated, to navigate things. So instead of posting anything that can be misunderstood, they are being careful and dealing with their previous posts too.

Exactly what we didn't need just before a world cup! Though at the same time I applaud Masoud and Ehsan for the stance that they took.

[04041374]

Why have so many Perspolis players removed all of their posts from Instagram?

Taremi was booed and insulted by some fans after the Siah Jamegan game. According to Seyed Jalal and Mahini, he cried in the locker room.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Why have so many Perspolis players removed all of their posts from Instagram?

In case you didnt know:

Instagram is a Esteghlali thing.
Perspolisis are Twitter folks.

Twitter is therefore the Sarvar of Instagram!

[teammelli91]

GOAL SHOJAAAA

also massive lol to our fellow racist PFDC members who blasted poor Bashar Rasan just because he is Iraqi and said we have players better than him in the 3rd division, well he has come on for 5 minutes and done more than ahmadzadeh or mosalman already

Also a massive lol at all the stupid and negative comments. I read them all after I finished watching the match and just wow..

Talk about a quitter's mentality, already pointing fingers and making fun of our players and coaching staff before the match ends. I'm pretty sure the Persepolis players aren't the ones who are gutless.

If you're gonna be b****ing and moaning don't watch the match. Despite our flaws, they picked it up in the second half and congratulations to each and every one of them for coming back from a 0-2 loss to a 2-2.

I honestly don't understand some of our members mentality. Either they're k0s o sherring or just unaware and unfamiliar with a 90+ minute football match. Be patient guys.

[teammelli91]

I am liking Shoja's aggression

I've noticed he plays extra aggressive against Saudi teams. I remember watching him vs Saudi and Persian Gulf clubs during his run with Sepahan. He takes those matches very aggressive and defensively driven. Sometimes it has cost him too, getting carded and sent off.

[teammelli91]

The next game in UAE with lots of Iranians there actually looks more like home game for Persepolis than today's match LOL! Persepolis still has a good chance.

Let's hope that the Emiratis don't favor the Saudi fans since they are aware of the Iranians population that live in the UAE. I remember Naft Tehran vs Al Ahli (UAE). I also know that diplomatic relations aren't good and a majority (if not all) of our players left their league after they disrespected the Persian Gulf.

We will see.

[Shah Abbas]

Lol, the Saudi goalkeeper had some top moves:


Thanks to a bunch of apes attacking the Saudi embassy, we couldn't play at Azadi. If we did we would've won, no doubt. Even playing in UAE with loads of Iranians has no point, because they won't give us one seat more than the 10% allocated.

[eerooni]

Lol, the Saudi goalkeeper had some top moves:


Thanks to a bunch of apes attacking the Saudi embassy, we couldn't play at Azadi. If we did we would've won, no doubt. Even playing in UAE with loads of Iranians has no point, because they won't give us one seat more than the 10% allocated.

We are our own worst enemy! If civility and proper management ruled Iran we would be the top 10 nation in everything!

[eerooni]

The next game in UAE with lots of Iranians there actually looks more like home game for Persepolis than today's match LOL! Persepolis still has a good chance.

You got that right! UAE is a HOME game for us, as their are over 200000 Iranians living in UAE, plus a lot of UAE Iran Sympathizers!