Iran lose to Mali, now what?
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com Iran dropped its second match in Qatar International Tournament against Mali. Despite taking an early lead, they conceded two quick goals and lost the match 2-1. As he said he had planned to do, coach Ghotbi tried a number of new players and different combinations in the back and midfield. With the
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Days of Our Football Lives (Part 2)
Kaveh Mahjoob, footballmedia.net Iran’s Fresh Start As Team Meli prepares to participate in the Qatar tournament, at the national level, Iran’s football begins a new era. Gone are the golden generation of Iran’s football that provided such players such as Abedzadeh, Daei, Bagheri, Azizi, Mahdavi Kia, Hashemian, Rezai and Ali Karimi. Position by position, Afshin
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VIDEO: Hilarious Umbro Soccer Commercial
This one is an old one, very old one, but it is still funny. I ran into it looking for something else, and I thought I share. Watch it all the way through here:
Iran lose their opener to hosts Qatar in extra time
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com Iran National Team lost its first match in Qatar International Tournament against the host nation. Playing on their home turf of Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, the Qataris started the match with very swift and precise attacks and shocked Iran with two goals within the first ten minutes. The first goal was scored
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Will the Qatar Tournament be Afshin Ghotbi’s undoing?
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com Afshin Ghotbi has been in charge of Team Melli since April of 2009. Under his watch the team has played eleven competitive and friendly matches; winning four and losing three. In the process they have scored ten goals and allowed as many. While this is not an earth shattering record, it is
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Kashani to contact Daei for Perspolis job
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, Perspolis President Habib Kashani has confirmed that the club is planning to contact former Team Melli coach Ali Daei. Coming out of a religious mourning ceremony on Saturday, Kashani was confronted by a few Perspolis fans who questioned the popular president about the coaching situation, and
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