Guess who is playing BARCELONA

[Doctor DOOM]

believe it or not, the team that lost in both legs to sepahan and eventually had to cheat their way to get the asian champions league crown is playing Barcelona in the world club champs' SEMI-FINALS!!!

how on earth did they get to the semis? did they purchase the "by" in their first fixture?
if yes, it just goes to reinforce the theory that fifa REALLY wants qatar to get something before they actually start their world cup.

so beware all teams that will face qatari teams, be it clubs or national teams


imagine how sepahan is feeling at this moment. all for their stupid organizational mistakes, it could have been sepahan (not necessarily, but ...) playing barcelona in the semis

[KasraKhan]

Maybe it's for the better for Sepahan not to play Barca. It would have gotten really ugly

Watch, Barca will humiliate Al-Sadd

[persian_pooya]

Good al sadd will get their asses handed to them, hopefully they break a record and lose by 20.

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[perspolis#1]

It's one thing to cheat your way through Asia, but that doesn't work with Barca. Barcelona won't give them the ball at all! I'm hoping for a blowout

[Doctor DOOM]

I doubt it's going to be a blow out. because not only they just played a high tension game yesterday, today they took a cross continental flight and they are to play the game tomorrow.
so physically they are going to be pooped.
and btw, it is the same qatar that is one of their sponsors.

so I'm guessing something like a 3-0 or 4-0 with a mixed roster is more probable

[Sharkie]

God, I hope Barcelona destroys them!

[Hadi]

first of all how can you say Al-sadd cheated their way up???
If anyone was the cheater, it was Sepahan for using an illegal player

Secondly, just because they went to the semis, you assume they cheated or bribed their way up????
why is everything a conspiracy to you? Do you have any proof that Al-Sadd cheated in the world club championships?

[Doctor DOOM]

^ you seem to have either missed or forgotten how they got through the semifinals of ACL with that cheap unsporting goal in korea (that's what ppl talk about)

add that to:
loss to sepahan in iran
loss to sepahan in qatar
loss to koreans in qatar
..... and somehow they still found their way to the final. which makes them an undeserving winner to top everything else.

secondly, traditionally the asian teams used to have a slightly tougher road to the semis of world club champs. remember sepahan had to play a preliminary qualifier against the other asian team (from japan) just to ENTER the championship tournament. and then the winner had to face another team (from afirica? oceania?) and if they had won this, only then they would reach the semifinals.
Now, care to tell me how al-sadd has reached the semis without playing a single game?

third, speaking of "conspiracies", you seem to have mistaken me with zeerak or ... .

[theDCpersian]

Barcelona's B team will still destroy them, probably like 5-0. Thiago (maybe, sometimes he still plays with the B team if it is mixed), Rafinha, Cuenca, Dos Santos, and other amazing talents against an Arab team that has to pay their way threw everything.

[teammelli91]

I agree with Doctor DOOM 100%(.)

[Hadi]

^ you seem to have either missed or forgotten how they got through the semifinals of ACL with that cheap unsporting goal in korea (that's what ppl talk about)

add that to:
loss to sepahan in iran
loss to sepahan in qatar
loss to koreans in qatar
..... and somehow they still found their way to the final. which makes them an undeserving winner to top everything else.

secondly, traditionally the asian teams used to have a slightly tougher road to the semis of world club champs. remember sepahan had to play a preliminary qualifier against the other asian team (from japan) just to ENTER the championship tournament. and then the winner had to face another team (from afirica? oceania?) and if they had won this, only then they would reach the semifinals.
Now, care to tell me how al-sadd has reached the semis without playing a single game?

third, speaking of "conspiracies", you seem to have mistaken me with zeerak or ... .

i am not sure about that unsporting goal as I have not watched it. but i assumed from your original post that you refereed to their manner of beating sepahan as cheating. But fact is, that was NOT cheating.
If Sepahan had not used an illegal player, what could Al-Sad do??? they were beaten fair and square and did not make any attempts to cheat or bribe etc....
The notion that they cheated their way up is absurd to me


we would be in a better place if we mind our own football and try to fix our own problems instead of constantly talking about other teams or accusing them.

[Hadi]

Qatar is just a tiny nation with a population of 1.6 million or 2% of Iran's population.

They have no history in football or sports.


yet they have one of the most professional leagues in Asia. Their football stadiums are among the best and soon they will have state of the art football facilities and stadiums thanks to hosting the world cup.
Their league attracts huge international sponsors like Nike, Sony and Shell and they attract big names in their leagues. With such a small population, harsh weather, and no footballing history, they have managed to produce A class Asian clubs and their national teams is also not a pushover.

if Iran and IFF can achieve even 10% of what Qatar has done in the past decade, i will be proud and hold my head high.

[Doctor DOOM]

i am not sure about that unsporting goal as I have not watched it. but i assumed from your original post that you refereed to their manner of beating sepahan as cheating. But fact is, that was NOT cheating.
If Sepahan had not used an illegal player, what could Al-Sad do??? they were beaten fair and square and did not make any attempts to cheat or bribe etc....
The notion that they cheated their way up is absurd to me

1- this is the goal where they didnt return the ball to the koreans and .... showing the disgraceful way of advancing to the final

yes, one or two ppl may say "they dont HAVE TO return the ball" just to sound "above such things" on the surface of it. But the very same ppl will be tearing their arses if it gets done to their team. so ...


2- secondly, if you read the original post you'd see I didnt say they cheated sepahan. but they certainly didnt deserve to advance with 2 defeats either.
hence the undeserving winner title

[STYX]

[Hadi]

1- this is the goal where they didnt return the ball to the koreans and .... showing the disgraceful way of advancing to the final

yes, one or two ppl may say "they dont HAVE TO return the ball" just to sound "above such things" on the surface of it. But the very same ppl will be tearing their arses if it gets done to their team. so ...


2- secondly, if you read the original post you'd see I didnt say they cheated sepahan. but they certainly didnt deserve to advance with 2 defeats either.
hence the undeserving winner title

ok i watched that clip and to me, the koreans deserve it. they didnt play the ball out when their player was injured.