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[04041374]

This is how our coach and captain voted at the Ballon D'Or
Carlos Queiroz

Player of the year: 1. Lionel Messi 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 3. Neymar
Coach of the year: 1. Pep Guardiola 2. Luis Enrique 3. Jose Mourinho

Ando Teymourian

Player of the year: 1. Lionel Messi 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 3. Neymar
Coach of the year: 1. Pep Guardiola 2. Arsene Wenger 3. Jose Mourinho

http://footballitarin.com/link_page.php?id=273628

[TheBoss]

Interesting that CQ voted for Messi instead of CR, his compatriot and "shagerd".

[PersianLegion]

CQ and Ronaldo are not fond of each others. There are tons of Ronaldo interviews blaming CQ for their short coming in WC 2010.

[Kiarash]

Andranik Teymourian joined Qatar SC till the end of the season.

[TheBoss]

Team Melli U-19 played a friendly against Shahryar selection (Shahryar is a town near Tehran) and they won 5-2.

The game itself is not very important, what I like about our U-19 is how intense and fit they look. No Shelo-vel players here.

[04041374]

Team Melli U-19 played a friendly against Shahryar selection (Shahryar is a town near Tehran) and they won 5-2.

The game itself is not very important, what I like about our U-19 is how intense and fit they look. No Shelo-vel players here.

Reza Karmolachaab has scored twice. He practised with TM U19 it seems. I think he will be with TM U19 in the International tournament in Turkey as well.

[TheBoss]

Sharifi and Rafie at tractor training. Two assets for TM

[BacheLot]

Bolton has a game coming against Doncaster Rovers and they published this pictures with Ando in it. if you guys remember he scored twice against them back in January of 2007 in an important FA cup match.

here was the one iranian footballer with the physique and style of play well suited for English football and he started his career there with a bang but soon after faded out and came back to ME..!! i think the lack of proper football paperwork and visa played a huge part in his early exit outa English football..!! i remember Big Sam really rated him and tried hard to keep him ..!

[sarbaz]

So I am very worried about the next round of WCQ matches starting in September, if we get grouped with Saudi Arabia then they will avoid playing in azadi stadium if this bull crap continues.
This is not good for Iran because Azadi is an absolute beast of a home field advantage for TM and we cannot afford to loose it specially vs Arab teams. 😬😬😬😤😤😤

[iranghahreman]

1-0 https://streamable.com/raqc
2-0 https://streamable.com/xozu

[04041374]

INTERVIEW WITH IRAN ASSISTANT DAN GASPAR


After the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran was stormed recently, Dan Gaspar began to have second thoughts about continuing in his position as an assistant coach with Iran’s national team.


“Any time these world conflicts are going on, I question my judgment,” Gaspar said last week. “But then I get up from my apartment, and I look out on my balcony after watching CNN and BBC and others. And I say, what I’m hearing is not what I’m experiencing and it’s not what I’m seeing.”


Gaspar has achieved success in Iran, his latest stop on a coaching odyssey that began more than 20 years ago. Gaspar and head coach Carlos Queiroz have a chance to take Team Melli (the national team) to a second successive World Cup. Iran is in first place in Group D of World Cup qualification and 43rd in FIFA rankings, the top-rated Asian nation.


“We’ve qualified for Asian Cup 2019,” Gaspar said in an interview conducted near his boyhood home in Hartford, Conn.'s South End. “If we tie with Guam and Oman, we’re in the next round, so if things go according to the way they should, we should be okay. But soccer is so unpredictable. It’s probably the most unjust team sport in the world. Most team sports, the best team wins, but as they say, you have to play the game, and anything can happen.”


Gaspar’s travels began after he worked with Queiroz, who was coaching the Portugal national team during the 1992 U.S. Cup, a tournament designed to help preparations for the ’94 World Cup. Gaspar went on to work with teams in the UEFA Champions Cup, won a J. League title with Nagoya Grampus, and was an assistant in the last two World Cups (with Portugal and Iran).


And after his stint with Iran, Gaspar hopes to return to the U.S., possibly with the national team program.


“I don’t claim to be better than anyone else but I do believe that I’m unique and special in the sense that I’m an American-born coach who has had this incredible journey overseas at the highest level,” Gaspar said. “It’s one thing to read about (Cristiano) Ronaldo, one thing to dream about being in Champions League or World Cup, but nothing can replace doing it. So, being on the same pitch with someone like Ronaldo or like a Figo or a Deco, and knowing first-hand the attributes of these players and the speed of play and how they make decision and what their rituals and routines are – that’s something I can share and (bring) to the players that are here.”


Gaspar learned the game from his father, playing in local semi-professional leagues as a teenager. He coached the University of Hartford, and was goalkeeper coach for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in MLS and the U.S. U17 team. Gaspar brought Zach Thornton to Benfica, and believes Thornton could have been the club’s starting goalkeeper had he arrived at the start of the 2003-04 season.


In the late ‘90s, Gaspar and Queiroz prepared the Project 2010 report, commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation to develop elite players.


“The U.S. is No. 1 in the world in the business of soccer,” Gaspar said. “And there’s a difference between being in the business of soccer and being in the winning business. And overseas it’s about the winning business. Most coaches here don’t have to worry about putting food on the table if they don’t have a soccer job, or not being able to pay their mortgage or provide education for their children. It’s not a life or death situation. Most of them have a pension plan. Most of them, their wives are school teachers, they have fall back positions. But they’re competing against coaches that if they don’t win their next 90 minutes they could be without a job and none of the privileges that are offered here in the US.”


Gaspar said U.S. soccer has “made tremendous strides” since 1996, when he assisted Queiroz in guiding the MetroStars in MLS, but is lacking the elements that set other countries apart.


“Under the current structure, MLS controls all salaries, and that leads to parity,” Gaspar said. “Just about everybody has a chance to win, with the playoffs, the championship. And, not having relegation and our season not on the FIFA calendar, we’re kind of isolated, away from the soccer culture.


“We’re not a country, we’re a continent. The vastness makes it very difficult to keep the kind of control smaller countries have. Like Holland and Portugal. Because it’s much easier for them to identify players and control the development system, and in those countries every single person loves the game.


“Also, there is the lack of bonus structures, really rewarding players for success. What is the level of bonuses (in MLS)? Overseas, it could be $5,000 to $10,000 per game, and if that’s the case, we’re not going to be real casual, we’re not going to be real friendly, we’re going to do whatever it takes for our families.”


Iran’s political situation has changed in recent weeks, international sanctions having been lifted, followed by diplomatic relations being ruptured with Saudi Arabia.


Gaspar, who has talked soccer with Iranian leaders from former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to U.S.-educated foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, is hopeful soccer can help with international relations, citing the 1998 World Cup match between Iran and the U.S. in Lyon.


“That was the perfect illustration of how sports can bridge gaps,” Gaspar said. “How sports, in this case, soccer, can connect countries. If sports can get it right, why can’t politicians get it right? If we can all be on the same pitch, 22 players, play fairly, play competitively, shake hands before and after the match, why can’t we get along as nations? That‘s my challenge to the politicians.”


Gaspar will return to Iran after the National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention in Baltimore this week.


“It’s the safest place I’ve ever worked, and I’ve worked on four continents,” Gaspar said of Iran. “I’ve never had any issues being a Portuguese-American. In fact, I’ve been very well-received. The people are kind and generous. They have the same desires and the same dreams and aspirations as people all over the world. There’s a lot of misunderstandings and misconceptions.”


But Gaspar was not sure what he was getting into when he joined Queiroz in Iran in 2011.


“I accepted the invitation, one, because of my belief and trust in him of achieving success,” Gaspar said of Queiroz. “Number two, I had experienced the World Cup with the Portuguese national team in South Africa and that’s a feeling like no other, so I wanted to help Iran achieve qualification for the World Cup.


“When I shared it with friends and so-called experts and family, they all thought I was crazy and nobody encouraged me to take on this unique project. But I’m a risk-taker and I did it. And when we qualified for the World Cup, that single event made it worthwhile, the personal and family sacrifices I needed to make, to achieve that joy.”

https://www.oneworldsports.com/stories/interview-iran-assistant-dan-gaspar

[khodam]

man, he is an Arab, thats why you can't admit that not only he is much better than any player we have but he is also the best talent on the planet (check the video). He will become as good as Ronaldinho if not better.

I also thought he was very technical and a great play maker for his team. But IMO, he is really slow and doesn't have the quick agility you'd see from top players.

He is also not that physical and disappears when his team is defending.

[TheBoss]

Fatholazdeh, ex-Esteghlal CEO says, Bastian Schweinsteiger told him that if Michael Henke becomes Esteghlal's manager, he is open to coming to Iran and playing for Esteghlal

http://90tv.ir/news/199568/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%86%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3

(take it with a grain of salt of course)

[Kiarash]

Bastian Schweinsteiger in IPL? That would be awesome.

[Abtin]

^rofl lie of the millennium