Conspiracy theory?

[Shah Abbas]

no official informed the Tiraxtur staff, it was Toni's son who told the team! However, it's not clear who told Toni's son!
What a joke of a club.

[mehdiKia15]

TS lost when they fired Khatibi... Good for sepahan at the end of the day whocares.its over with.TS lost it themselves, they have no one to blame but themselves.

[Martin-Reza]

Noone says Sepahan were looking at the live broadcast. Probably either the final result was prematurely and wrongfully announced in Esfahan, like back then with Schalke and Bayern (just that then suddenly live images of Bayern's winner showed up on the video wall) or we have some issue with Irib delaying the live broadcast again, so match was actually over but broadcast for us was lagging from Tabriz.

[Shahin]

TS had the ball and they had taken it to the corners. Go watch the game.

Exact moment from 2 different videos. Have no idea what you are talking about. GK is injured, nobody has taken the ball to the corner. Sepahan clearly know the result before the supposed final whistle in Tabriz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvcpLu0TqS4&t=2h12m15s

I especially like this one because the IRIB director suddenly realizes he has fucked up and removes the side by side pictures. As soon as he sees Sharifi crying he removes that feed.

Here is another video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWb1zPq3tk8&t=2h00m10s

What a massive joke.

[kia]

[kia]

Sorry, but another nonsensical, factually flawed post. I put the IRIB's own side by side screenshot. It shows the second Sepahan start cheering which doesn't really correspond to anything significant on field. Balls out, keepers down, the ref can easily add another minute to the extra time if he so chooses. The danger wasn't from Teraktor anyway. It was from Naft. They could have easily had at least 90 seconds more to score. Plenty of time. Sepahan clearly begin celebration because they know the final score.

TS had the ball and they had taken it to the corners. Go watch the game.

[persianpopinjay]

http://screamer.deadspin.com/stadium...t-w-1704980730

Lol I know this is pretty damn irrelevant but couldn't resist.
I was looking through some of the comments posted and even though they're misinformed and quite ignorant about the situation (which isn't new), there were some funny ones:
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- Breaking: USA no longer the only place for a story involving 90,000 idiots, a stadium, and tractors
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- Man, how drunk were those fans...
- Why doesn't this ever happen to Chelsea?

[Shahin]

I had both games on 2 screens and only 50 seconds before the end of the game the Sepahanis started jumping up and down. At that point a 10 man lethargic TS team had the ball in Naft's half & it was evident the score wasn't going to change.

Sorry, but another nonsensical, factually flawed post. I put the IRIB's own side by side screenshot. It shows the second Sepahan start cheering which doesn't really correspond to anything significant on field. Balls out, keepers down, the ref can easily add another minute to the extra time if he so chooses. The danger wasn't from Teraktor anyway. It was from Naft. They could have easily had at least 90 seconds more to score. Plenty of time. Sepahan clearly begin celebration because they know the final score.

[Team Melli Fan]

http://screamer.deadspin.com/stadium-lied-to-fans-players-cheer-title-they-didnt-w-1704980730

“Something bizarre happened,” said Naft chief executive Mansour Ghanbarzadeh, trying to explain how joy had turned to outrage.

“We were following the other game on television in the changing room but at 87 minutes in, suddenly the TV, radio and cellphone networks blacked out and we had no means of communication.”

“At that very moment, we were told the match between Sepahan and Saipa had ended with 2-2 draw,” he added.

The AFP article dances around the point, but it seems that some officials—whether these were Persian Gulf Pro League officials, Iranian government officials, or some other officials is unclear (not the least because I don’t speak Farsi)—relayed the misinformation in an attempt to prevent angry Tractor Sazi fans from rioting after losing the title.

[kia]

How do you guys explain this? According to IRIB side by side pictures Sepahan players are celebrating before the final whistle is blown in Tabriz. If all communication is cut from Tabriz how do Sepahan players know about the result of a match that is clearly being broadcast on a delay?

None of this makes any sense. There is clearly some major shenanigans happening here. Anyone denying it is burying head in the sand.

I had both games on 2 screens and only 50 seconds before the end of the game the Sepahanis started jumping up and down. At that point a 10 man lethargic TS team had the ball in Naft's half & it was evident the score wasn't going to change.

[O-ZoNe]

So Sepahan officials know Yadegar Imam stadium facilities better than Tractor officials who play half of their in that stadiums. Interesting theory. Why don't you just go ahead and call all Azeris donkeys to give your theory more credence?

Well I won't go as far as to imply that, but if Tractor fans and management are relying on Toni's son for news about other matches...then something is seriously wrong with the team.

[persianpopinjay]

I remember he was praising Lak for not wasting time and that this is what fair play is called.
Also let's imagine Tractor and Toni knew that Sepahan had won their game, you think they were capable of scoring another one? I highly doubt it. They couldn't even manage to control the game, what makes you think they could have won the game?
Iran was with 10 men and they managed to tie the game twice and Tractor wasn't capable of defending well for 20 minutes. No one is to blame but Toni and their management.

Definitely Lak was being a good sport there; I think though, what Bi-honar was trying to point out was the superior logic in Lak's move.

[Shahin]

Simple, Esfahan's football clubs used something called a telephone, and not the cellular version (though in another thread it was clearly shown that Tractor players were able to use cellphones to communicate on the sidelines), and they knew where the scoreline was in the match unlike Tractor's management staff who were clearly listening to rumours but likely just assuming they had done enough.

So Sepahan officials know Yadegar Imam stadium facilities better than Tractor officials who play half of their in that stadiums. Interesting theory. Why don't you just go ahead and call all Azeris donkeys to give your theory more credence?

[O-ZoNe]

Now the TS management is blaming Tony Olivera's son^^^

If it is true that Toni's son was on the players bench and had to be removed and asked to sit with the fans that just shows the level of professionalism in Tractor Sazi. The more this story goes, the worst it makes them and their management look.

[O-ZoNe]

How do you guys explain this? According to IRIB side by side pictures Sepahan players are celebrating before the final whistle is blown in Tabriz. If all communication is cut from Tabriz how do Sepahan players know about the result of a match that is clearly being broadcast on a delay?

None of this makes any sense. There is clearly some major shenanigans happening here. Anyone denying it is burying head in the sand.

Simple, Esfahan's football clubs used something called a telephone, and not the cellular version (though in another thread it was clearly shown that Tractor players were able to use cellphones to communicate on the sidelines), and they knew where the scoreline was in the match unlike Tractor's management staff who were clearly listening to rumours but likely just assuming they had done enough.