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I'd already rated Esteghlal's chances of advancing in this group as very very slim, even before today's game, but now I'm convinced that we have close to zero chance of advancing. The other teams are simply just way too strong. Combine the strength of these teams with a day-off from Esteghlal like today and you will get these scorelines.
I'd be surprised if Esteghlal managed to get more than 3 points in this group.
Perspolis just wasted 2 points in their easiest game, at least easiest on paper.
Zob Ahan this year is just too weak to compete in this competition. The only team having a chance of advancing to the next round is PP.
Al Hilal's squad tho. Good luck to iranian teams trying to beat Al Sadd, Al Duhail, and Al Hilal. We need to throw away this competition this year because we have zero chance this year.
Very easily they could. All 3 have the talent to play in Europe.
Beiranvand and Torabi definitely.
I'm fairly confident I can defend Alipour with how poor his tactical understanding along with his movement. So he would get slaughtered in Europe. Midtable Turkish League being his Mt. Everest level peak.
Why should an Esteghlal fan support Persepolis, and vice versa, in the Asian Champions League? It doesn't happen for clubs in other countries that their fans support each other (watch BT Sport now and see what former professional players say about rival club, of course they say they want them to lose) why would fans/clubs based in Iran be any different?
These are clubs, not countries, and in both cases recently their interests have not only been unaligned with, but been completely at odds with the national team in their country. Esteghlal in 2014 and Persepolis over the last 2-3 years.
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