Certain teams can't draw eachother in the first round in addition to the pots. There are a lot of portugese teams in Gent's pot, so sporting being in the other has less possible oppononents since you can't draw your own country in the first round. The other team from your group is also excluded. Sporting is like a 9% the other teams are 6-8% so not a big difference
Ah I see what you mean.
Probably mathematically it's a bit more complicated than just excluding 3 Portuguese clubs for Sporting, as for example if Gent was the first team to be picked out of the bowl, I think, outside of Wolfsburg and Brugge, all other teams have a odd of 1/14 to be picked.
mohammadi played a good game but gent attacking players have been very wasteful today
Subbed off for an attacking midfielder in a desperate attempt to equalize or score
minute 79
pitch quality is horrible and really made this game suck for gent
milad was very solid yet again.
He gets up and down the pitch so fast. His pass selection in possession is much improved, dont think he lost the ball once today.
Another aspect of his game I see developing, not sure if this has been asked by coach or not, is his ability to win tackles and duels high up the pitch. Almost like a midfielder, gent forwards may lose ball but mohammadi is one of the first players to initiate press and win ball back still deep in opposition territory.
So much for the people that called him a benchwarmer, said that our problems on left side with milad were bigger than our problems on right side with ramin. Those people havent said anything for weeks in this thread...
One of the worst tendencies of iranians is to bring down the few Iranians who are actually doing something impressive and positive. Azmoun, Milad, majid are three of our most key players and performing in higher level teams respectably (more high level than guys like kaveh, gholi who are doing excellently at charleroi). What is the point of trying to minimize their accomplishments when we literally have nobody better... In milads case, the closest competition is supposedly naderi, nowhere near the level of play milad is currently displaying, or the level of competition he is playing against. In majids case, Kanaani has been completely benched by Perspolis...
whoever bashed Milad 4 weeks ago obviosuly didnt see him play in russia, he was unstoppable just like he is now in gent, have he been dribbled once entire season in belgium?!
Very tough draw for Gent. They have to play Roma.
Who would have thought that just three years ago in the winter of 2016 when milad (who at the time wasnt even a starter for rah ahan) signed for Akhmat Grozny in Chechnya, he would by 2019 by lining up against Roma at Stadio Olimpico...
Mashallah pesar!
Now lets hope gent go shock europe. They have the quality to be at least make it difficult for roma.
Ma Bishomarim
"!خدایا ایستاده مردن را نصبیم کن که از نشسته زیستن در زلت خسته ام"محمد مختاری -
"Lord, let me die standing, as I am tired of living in indignity and on my knees"
- Mohammad Mokhtari
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