Articles tagged with "team-melli"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 15th, 2008
Our U16 boys defeated UAE 3-0 to make it to the final of the Asian U16 championship. This is the first time since 2000 that ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 17th, 2008
Wow! Time flies when you’re having a good time!
First there were the Euros; then came the transfer season, and now we have all the domestic ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 17th, 2008
Wow! Time flies when you’re having a good time!
First there were the Euros; then came the transfer season, and now we have all the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 6th, 2008
Now that the whole hoopla surrounding the Team Melli coach is settled, there is not much about Iranian football to talk about any more!
I must ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 4th, 2008
The news of Ali Daei’s appointment was received very positively by the usually critical and negative Iranian sports media.
The news got plenty of coverage outside of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 27th, 2008
I know this is supposed to be Iran World Cup blog, but can I talk about my favorite club side, Barcelona?
Come on, give me ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 23rd, 2008
This morning IRIFF chief Ali Kaffashian had a powwow with all 15 Football Federation officials and they came out announcing that they have yet another ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 22nd, 2008
Three Iranian coaches, namely Amir Ghalehnoei, Afshin Ghotbi, and Bijan Zolfagharnasab have been ask to submit their proposals/programs for Team Melli to the Iranian Football ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 21st, 2007
As if Team Melli needed more bad luck, the news out of Pamplona is not very good. Iran midfielder Javad Nekounam is out with a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 21st, 2007
In May 2006, just before the World Cup, Iran coach Branko Ivankovic declared the young Saipa FC forward, Masoud Shojaei, his “secret weapon” for Iran’s ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 21st, 2006
Iran played somewhat better in their last game against Angola, but still came away with only one point. The game ended a 1:1 draw.
It was ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 21st, 2006
Team Melli has nothing to lose. Will they come out swinging or will they again be as cautious and inconsistent as they have been in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 21st, 2006
Oh man! Can you believe Branko?! He is cracking me up! He is refusing to accept that our World Cup campaign was a wash.
He told ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 19th, 2006
In the comment section I saw a number of people argue over who kicked who and how high. I hope these pictures settle the Kung ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2006
Angola just handed Team Melli a lifeline by keeping a very strong and attacking Mexican team to a goalless draw. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2006
Ali Daei seems to be in denial! It is sad that he does not see the fact that his present skills, speed, and fitness are ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2006
Big Phil says that the game against Iran is in some ways the most difficult of the three for Portugal in Group D, and that ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2006
Our friends in PDFC interviewed one of Team melli assistant coach Hooman Afazeli. This is an interesting interview. In it Afazeli suggests that Ali Daei ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2006
Hey guys,
Looks like Portugal is having injury concerns of their own.
That is too bad because I would like to see them face Team Melli ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 15th, 2006
Guys, this is bad news. Mehrzad Madanchi was injured in training yesterday. Apparently he collided with Ali Karimi during training.
Oh man, oh man! What else ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 15th, 2006
Iranian Football Federation and Branko Ivankovic called Moharam Navidkia to replace the injured defender Sattar Zare.
I like Navidkia a lot, but he has been ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 14th, 2006
Guys,
This is bad! As it stands now we are the worst Asian team in the tournament. Here are the results and standings for Asian Teams ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 14th, 2006
My friend Kaveh writes about how coaches can make or break a team.
The two Dutch coaches, Gus Hiddink of Australia and Dick Advocaat ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 13th, 2006
Okay, our friend Payam who contributes to this blog from Iran suggested that we should stop beating ourselves over the loss to Mexico and start ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 12th, 2006
Team Melli crashed in three short minutes against Mexico. Everyone is focusing on Mirzapour’s mistake, but the problems are much deeper than that.
All day ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 12th, 2006
Ivankovic is a very cautious coach. We all know that. We have known that for four years. I wish he was half as brave as ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 12th, 2006
I am not sure why Ali Karimi was subbed in the second half. I though maybe his ankle was hurting, but in his post match ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 12th, 2006
I know we are all upset. But let’s pause for a few seconds and think why we lost this game. I can sum up the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 11th, 2006
Can the boys pull a surprise against Mexico? I think they can, but it won’t be easy.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 11th, 2006
Iran is still waiting for FIFA’s response regarding Sattar Zare’s replacement. If approve defender Hadi Shakouri of Pas FC will replace Zare.
