Articles tagged with "team-melli"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Bob asks everyone “Which Country do you want to Host a Future World Cup?”
I am sure there are many countries that can do a fine ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
German and Iranian security forces are going to cooperate, reports Islamic Republic News Agency, to “thwart attempts of anti-revolutionary groups” who may try to demoralize ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2006
There is this fine left-footed player who plays for Esteghlal of Tehran. His name is Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi. When in shape he has been a force ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 5th, 2006
Much maligned Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic has been getting a lot of deserved and undeserved heat as of late. I think the problem has ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
In all my years of following Team Melli, through all the ups and downs, and political turbulences that my country has gone through, I had ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
Thanks to my fellow Team Melli fan, Mani, tonight I discovered that Iranian football Federation has stepped into the treacherous world of sports merchandizing! For ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I can’t help but wonder at the irony of all this. In Iran the government and the football federation do whatever they can to keep ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I am not going to try to quantify the passion that we Iranians have for our beloved Team Melli. All of you feel the same ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I have been making jokes about Ali Daei’s age and the fact that he plays every single minute of every single Team Melli game, be ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic was interviewed on Wednesday during which he addressed my favorite topic (NOT!) the lack of proper preparation.
Branko told reporters that ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2006
Thanks to 4:1 trashing they dished off to Al Gharafa and a Al Karama loss to Al Wahda (Jeez! So many “Al”s!) Saba are now ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2006
2004-05 Iranian Pro League champs Foolad were officially eliminated today when they lost to the Kuwaiti club Al Qadisiya.
Foolad has two Team Melli members, namely ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Here is the latest on the Team Melli’s injured players in Europe. It seems like things are going as well as they could be under ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Here is a short one from of Iran camp curtsy of Persian Football.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Hamburg SV defeated Cologne today, and Team Melli’s Mehdi Mahdavikia had an assist in the process.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
A double whammy for Group D opponents Angola. First they lose Maurito, and then they get the news about Gilberto.
I hate to see this happen ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
A few months ago, under pressure, Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic agreed to have a meeting with all the Iranian Pro League coaches, all 16 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Dear Angola,
Thank you kindly for your letter of warning.
The nightmares we are having in Iran have nothing to do with Angola. To the contrary, it ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Hello! Anyone at home in IRIFF?! Angola just “kicked Butt” in a friendly against Lesotho. Are we going to get a game with someone, anyone, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
Branko Ivankovic seems confident about Iran’s chances against Group D opponents Mexico. SO am I, but I would even more confident if I see Team ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 30th, 2006
I am in a very accommodating mood today, so I am going to answer another one of Bob’s big questions today!
The answer is very simple, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Kaveh Mahjoob had an exclusive interview with Iran coach Branko Ivankovic. They covered many issues. Take a look here.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Saba Battery’s coach Mohammad Hossein Ziaei played it cool after his team soundly defeated Al Wahda of UAE. He told reporters that the victory simply ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
Foolad FC’s performance against Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan was so poor that even coach Nenad Nikolic was ready to throw in the towel on his team.
He ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might have bitten more than he could chew on Monday when he told the nation that women should be allowed to watch sports ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Good news for Team Melli. Vahid Hashemian is recovering well and is scheduled to resume training next week.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
A couple of days ago right on this blog I voiced my displeasure over the suggestion by some German politicians that the German security forces ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
A few conservative German politicians have suggested that Iranian football fans be subjected to "rigorous security checks". Another “legal expert” suggested “"The domestic intelligence ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Wow! This is great! First the new and cool looking outfit, then the provisional roster announcement on time as promised, and now …… hear this ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 25th, 2006
Rejoice Team Melli fans, the provisional World Cup roster was announced. IRIFF site announced a list of 29 (4 of which are reserves). Adding the ...
