Articles tagged with "asia"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran had a good first half against Costa Rica. They took a three goal lead in the first 45, but the Ticos fought back and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran coach Branko Ivankovic told reporters that although Mexico and Portugal are favorites to move on from group D, Iran is well capable of beating ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Looks like Iran’s president Mahmood Ahmadinejad has discovered Team Melli’s Public Relations potential.
Yesterday he paid a surprise visit to the team’s practice session and kicked ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
Iran’s likely lineup for tomorrow’s game is as follows:
Ebrahim Mirzapour (GK)
Hossein Kaebi – Yahya Golmohammadi – Mohammad Nosrati – Sattar Zare
Anderanik Teymourian* – Ali Karimi ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 1st, 2006
It appears that neither Mehdi Mahdavikia nor Rahman Rezaei will be playing tomorrow against Costa Rica.
These two happened to be the two most consistent ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported today that according to Kicker Magazine Team Melli are “optimistic” about moving on to the second round.
This is all ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
The coaches of other countries have been announcing their squads for their Wednesday friendly matches. No such luck with Iran as Branko Ivankovic is still ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
According to the Iranian Football Federation (IRIFF) site Mexico’s coach Ricardo Lavolpe has assigned two analysts to watch Iran’s matches and report back to him. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2006
Arash Borhani is one of Iranian football’s many young guns. At twenty three Borhani has all the tools and potential to develop into a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 24th, 2006
Hossein Kaebi is a little guy in stature, but he has the heart of a giant. He was only 17 when he had his ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 23rd, 2006
I used to be one of Ali Daei’s biggest fans, but I am getting increasingly annoyed with him stubbornly refusing to retire from international ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 22nd, 2006
In the opening game of their AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying campaign Iran defeated Chinese Taipei by the score of 4:0 in Tehran’s Azadi stadium.
Coach ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 21st, 2006
28 year old Ali Karimi is one of the most popular players amongst Iran’s fanatic football fans. They lovingly call him “The Wizard” for his ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 21st, 2006
Asian Cup qualifying Group B games will start tomorrow. Iran will have its first Asian Cup game against Chinese Taipei tomorrow. Taipei should not present ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 18th, 2006
Iran national team is like a right footed footballer; finesse and skill on the right side, weak control and awkwardness on the left.
On ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 17th, 2006
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 17th, 2006
I love watching Asian players play in European leagues. Not just Iranian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and now Australians! Yes, Australians! Aussies are a member of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 14th, 2006
Well, the way I look at it I might as well get my kicks from writing on this blog as long as the fun lasts. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 14th, 2006
We can now safely close this chapter folks. Neither Romario nor Stefan Effenberg are joining Perspolis. It was probably all a fabrication by the often ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 14th, 2006
Rahman Rezaei is one of Iran’s unsung heroes. He has quietly been putting up one good performance after another playing in Italy’s Serie A, while ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
Okay, my own brother called me to let me know that my original post could have been interpreted as an attack on Romario!
Guys, honest ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
See, I told you Romario coming to Iran was going to create an international incident!
I have greatest respect and admiration for 40+ footballers, honest! ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
On their official website, Iran Football Federation has announced that they will press charges against one of Tehran’s sports dailies unless they prove or retract ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
You are not going to believe this! One of the Iranian news agencies reported that Romario, yes the former Brazil international, may be signing with ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 12th, 2006
Arie Haan and his assistant are set to take over Perspolis FC in about a week. Teo De Jong met with the club’s president to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 12th, 2006
Javad Nekounam (Click here for Player Profile) played his first game for his new club Al Sharjah of UAE.
Al Sharjah were defeated 2:1 by ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 11th, 2006
One of the fun things for us football fans, especially those of us who have a couple of years up on the rest, is reminiscing. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 11th, 2006
Vahid Hashemian played 75 minutes against Frankfort. Hannover won 1:0 on a goal by Yankov. Hashemian did not have an impressive game. He had one ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 11th, 2006
Mehdi Mahdavikia scored his fifth goal of this Bundesliga season to give Hamburg SV a 1:0 victory over Mainz.
The goal was vintage Mahdavikia. The right ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 11th, 2006
Mehdi Mahdavikia is having a banner season playing right back for Hamburg of Bundesliga, but Coach Branko Ivankovic of Iran insists on playing him in ...
