{"id":11275,"date":"2010-05-31T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/05\/31\/irans-victory-raises-shamsaee-questions\/"},"modified":"2010-05-31T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:04:48","slug":"irans-victory-raises-shamsaee-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/05\/31\/irans-victory-raises-shamsaee-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s victory raises Shamsaee questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"shamsaei420\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/shamsaei420.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"420\" \/>AFC &#8211; KUALA LUMPUR, <strong>Iran proved they can win the Asian title without star player Vahid  Shamsaee. However, how would they fare without the two-time AFC Player  of the Year in two years\u2019 time in Thailand? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shamsaee was left out of the squad for the just-concluded Tashkent  tournament because of a rift with coach Hossein Shams, who felt the  player was becoming bigger than the team.<\/p>\n<p>There were failed  efforts to get 36-year-old Shamsaee into the team at the eleventh hour  but, in the end, Iran were deserved winners beating hosts Uzbekistan 8-3  in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Several questions emerge after their 10th title.  Can Iran perform at world level without Shamsaee? Even if he plays at  the 2012 World Cup, will Shamsaee still have the skills that now make  him one of the world\u2019s best players?<\/p>\n<p>And, if in two years\u2019 time  Shamsaee is, indeed, past it, does Iran need a player of similar calibre  to carry the team? Possibly Mohammed Taheri, the MVP at the AFC Futsal  Championship 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The-afc.com\u2019s Farsi Editor Shahin Rahmani says  Iran\u2019s victory in Tashkent will have a deep impact on the Shamsaee  legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the World Cup, you need a bunch of players who have  the skills beyond those of normal players,\u201d said Rahmani. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividual  skills can play an important part but it is still early too judge what  will be the situation in two years time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho knows? The  Uzbekistan victory may motivate Shamsaei to double his effort and force  his way back. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, this could show everyone that  the team can win without him and mark the end of an era for a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rahmani  said this could be the perfect time for new heroes to emerge from  Shamsaee\u2019s shadow. <\/p>\n<p>This is hardly difficult for a country who  have produced a steady stream of high-quality futsal players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn  reality,\u201d said Rahmani. \u201cThis is more a question of Shamsaee\u2019s future  rather than the future of the Iran futsal team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; KUALA LUMPUR, Iran proved they can win the Asian title without star player&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":11274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c15-futsal"],"views":6794,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}