10/14/2005 Afshin, lastkick.com There were four games scheduled for this day and there were a couple of surprises. The biggest surprise was Saipa’s offensive explosion in the second half of their game against Bargh and the other was Saba managing only a draw in Shiraz against Fajr. Saipa – Bargh 6:0 (HT: 1:0) In a
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10/14/2005 Afshin, lastkick.com After the 2:0 loss to Korea, everyone’s favorite escape goats, defender Mohammad Nosrati and goalkeeper Ebrahim Mirzapour got much of the blame, but the problems go far beyond these two. When a team performs well it is the players who get most of the credit, and when it fails it is the
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Afshin, LastKick Thursday, October 13, 2005 Iman Mobali and Foolad FC have reached an agreement with Al Shabab of UAE which will send the young midfielder to UAE on a six month loan. According to Masoud Rezaeian, Foolad’s president, the agreement will keep Mobali in the UAE club until the end of this season. Al
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10/13/2005 Afshin Afshar The Iranian Premier League will resume with four matches on Friday and the other four on Sunday. Out of the four matches scheduled for Friday perhaps the most interesting is the one between newly promoted Rah-Ahan of Tehran and Malavan of Anzali. Although neither team has any established stars, they both have
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10/12/2005 goal.com Goals in the first and last minutes ensured that Dick Advocaat enjoyed a winning start to his career as South Korean coach as his team defeated Iran 2-0 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Although the clash between two of Asia’s qualifers for Germany 2006 was nominally a friendly, the game was a high-octane
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10/12/2005 Kim Hyun-cheol, The Korea Times The South Korean football team made a pleasant start under the new leadership of Dick Advocaat, brining the Dutchman a 2-0 debuting victory against Iran in Wednesday’s friendly at Seoul’s Sangam World Cup Stadium. As if sweeping away all the hustle and bustle that has been whirled in since
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By Edward Davies SEOUL, Oct 12 (Reuters) – South Korea beat Iran 2-0 in a friendly on Wednesday to give coach Dick Advocaat a victory in his first game in charge. The home side were in front within a minute after a shot from Cho Won-hee deflected awkwardly off an Iranian player into the net.
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10/11/2005 Afshin, lastkick.com With the Korea clash less than 24 hours away, the pressure on Iran Coach Branko Ivankovic is building up. It is no secret that Ivankovic does not have many friends amongst the capital’s large core of sports writers. His retractors have been hard at work building up the importance of this game
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