{"id":11646,"date":"2010-11-10T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/11\/10\/zob-ahans-talebi-reaches-out-to-iran-fans\/"},"modified":"2010-11-10T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T03:00:34","slug":"zob-ahans-talebi-reaches-out-to-iran-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2010\/11\/10\/zob-ahans-talebi-reaches-out-to-iran-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Zob Ahan\u2019s Talebi reaches out to Iran fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"zobzabanewscenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/zobzabanewscenter.jpg\" height=\"204\" width=\"357\" \/>AFC &#8211; ESFAHAN, <strong>With a hardcore fan base of no more than 15,000, Isfahan team Zob Ahan  are hoping to reach out to the rest of Iran when they play in the AFC  Champions League 2010 final on November 13. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Iranian fans are devoted to the Tehran giants Esteghlal and  Persepolis. But it is the relatively unheralded men from the  steel-making city that are involved in the biggest club match in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Zob  Ahan face Korea Republic\u2019s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma at the Tokyo National  Stadium in a bid to become the first Iranian team to win the title since  the ACL was revamped in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>And defender Farshid Talebi is hoping Iranian football fans from all over will support their cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody  gave us a chance to qualify from the group of death, which included  Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al Ittihad and Uzbekistan champions Bunyodkor, but we did  it. I hope we will win the title and dedicate it to the Iranian fans,\u201d  he told the IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission will be accomplished  only when we win the continental title,\u201d Talebi told Iran\u2019s IRNA news  agency before leaving for the Japanese capital. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the  psychological factor will play a decisive role in deciding the winner on  November 13 and our coach Mansour Ebrahimzadeh is a master in that. I  am pretty sure that we will be successful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Talebi is among 15  nominees for the AFC Player of the Year Award and he credited the club  with helping him get into the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atmosphere in Zob Ahan is very convenient for me to perform better and that was the reason for my nomination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And  if he can help them to victory, he has a great chance of grabbing the  top prize won by such illustrious compatriots as Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali  Karimi, Ali Daei and Khodadad Azizi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; ESFAHAN, With a hardcore fan base of no more than 15,000, Isfahan team&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":11645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":2733,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11646","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=11646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}