Sardar: I may leave TM after the WC2018 if Iranians are not happy with me

[Shantaram]

Sardar’s voice after the game vs spain

https://varzeshvideo.com/?p=23459

Really heartbreaking, Ashke manam dar avord. Time to give our brothers in arms some love and support. Hamishe Sardar ma hasti😍🇮🇷😘❤️

[Tehranto]

Sardar’s voice after the game vs spain

https://varzeshvideo.com/?p=23459

Heartbreaking. We need to support him and I am glad people at @GolBezan are compiling videos of support and love to Sardar Azmoun. They will deliver it to him.

He is one of our best strikers ever. Yes, he needs to have thicker skin, but he is a kid from a simple village - remember that.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Sardar’s voice after the game vs spain

https://varzeshvideo.com/?p=23459

[DR Strangemoosh]

wallah man ke as sardar azmoun bishtar doidam tu russia....he have to attack also in defense mode. not just waiting for crosses to head in masalan..

But that's just not the case what you're saying. He did run and hustle. He did exactly what he was meant to do. How many strikers in a defensive system would cover short of 10km in a match ?

I don't understand peoples' expectations

[Pedram123]

I raise statements, and ask questions, I don't do more then that. When you say such things you are putting words in my mouth. Again - The world is not Black & white.
We/I can support a player although not think he has performed to his level. I am never, and i mean never an advocate of writing nasty messages to our players or harrasing them before/during or after the match.
On the other hand, I am ok with giving opinions in a respectful manner in a football forum.

Regarding your second point you raise a very good point. Top strikers can miss such chances, in fact, top top players like Messi and Ronaldo can miss such chances.
BUT... I am not a psychologist although i have studied and read about Human behavior in the past... and I got the impression that he could have done beter if he was more confident.
Even Messi seems to be suffering from a slight lack of confidence (pressure seems to have gotten to him), and if you think i utter garbage, go listen to the analysts, pundits and commentators, who unlike when it comes to Iran, shouldn't have a bias towards Messi.
At the end of the day, your facial expression and body posture reveal allot about how you are feeling, without actually verbally saying how you are feeling.

I might be wrong, I don't claim that I am right, but that this is the impression that I got - It´s nothing to feel ashamed of because it´s a human trait, and all footballers/athletes go through it at some point.

^So you are saying intelligence and quality can't disappear (Azmoun is still a quality player) but self confidence can. So now let's not boost our best player's confidence but take that little he has now away as well.. How does that make sense?

Secondly, the chance Azmoun had is not what you call a 1 on 1, there were clearly other players in the box, preventing him to move around freely. Was it a big chance? Yes!
But, and now this is really important, please name me a player that scores on every big chance they have gotten. Do we have such a player in our team? Does Spain have one? Is there any team I'm this world cup that has one? Has there ever been a player in the history of football that was able to do that?

[Babak agha]

The real Ronaldo (Brazil), Romario.
They would finish such chances and 1v1's 99 out of the 100 times. But then you're speaking about 2 of the best forwards the game has ever seen.

Amin jan as you know they both played for PSV and they both missed their fair share.....however, indeed (not accounting for the "morde khor types" as these two created their own chances as well and would usually dribble before scoring) their success ratio was amazing!

I would argue that this was even a bigger chance that Azmoun's

[Adesor Vafaseya]

I´d like to ask you a question though.
When you watched Sardar play in the last 2 matches - Did you see a player that was full of confidence?

Absolutely full of confidence!
And I am glad CQ and me have the same opinion of him!

PS: And I am not a Video Psychologist loool

[Amin_]

Has there ever been a player in the history of football that was able to do that?

The real Ronaldo (Brazil), Romario.

They would finish such chances and 1v1's 99 out of the 100 times. But then you're speaking about 2 of the best forwards the game has ever seen.

[Babak agha]

^So you are saying intelligence and quality can't disappear (Azmoun is still a quality player) but self confidence can. So now let's not boost our best player's confidence but take that little he has now away as well.. How does that make sense?

Secondly, the chance Azmoun had is not what you call a 1 on 1, there were clearly other players in the box, preventing him to move around freely. Was it a big chance? Yes!
But, and now this is really important, please name me a player that scores on every big chance they have gotten. Do we have such a player in our team? Does Spain have one? Is there any team in this world cup that has one? Has there ever been a player in the history of football that was able to do that?

[Pedram123]

I definitely see where you are coming from, and understand what you mean (although dont 100% agree) - But was the 1 on 1 chance that Azmoun failed to score vs Morocco because of CQ?
When people say "form is temporary, class is permanent", what i understand from this expression is that the talent, intelligence and skills of a player doesn't disappear over-night. But his conditioning, health, physicality and ESPECIALLY his self-confidence can.
The latter part has been IMO his biggest problem.
Of-course the WC is a special event, but when you look at some of our other players and look at their performances.. Players who play in the domestic league.. out-performing one of our supposed "stars" it does ring alarm bells, but I wish all the best for Azmoun and hope he realizes that he CAN play better and that is a really good player.. He just needs to believe in it a bit more.

It would be really harsh to do such thing. First of all because it's CQ that makes Iran play in way that even if you would put Zlatan upfront ur wouldn't be able to anything special.
Second of all, if he's having a mental break down, instead of helping him, make it even worse by subbing him could really kill his career for a while.

Regardless of this WC, we need Azmoun the coming years and we highly need him! Making him doubt himself even more isn't a wise idea in my opinion.

[Babak agha]

CQ should monitor Sardar's state of mind closely, if he's having a meltdown his place in the next decisive match should be given a lot of thoughts.. maybe not to start and use him as a sub later in game if needed..
CQ will know better..

It would be really harsh to do such thing. First of all because it's CQ that makes Iran play in way that even if you would put Zlatan upfront ur wouldn't be able to anything special.
Second of all, if he's having a mental break down, instead of helping him, make it even worse by subbing him could really kill his career for a while.

Regardless of this WC, we need Azmoun the coming years and we highly need him! Making him doubt himself even more isn't a wise idea in my opinion.

[Pedram123]

I respect your opinion, and i hope you don't get offended by what i am about to say, but It seems to me that it´s a matter of standards.
The majority of people would probably disagree with you.. Perhaps I expect more from one of only a few top talents that we possess at the moment.
But i am glad you were satisfied with his performance, at the end of the day we played a great game versus Spain and that´s what i care about the most.

I´d like to ask you a question though.
When you watched Sardar play in the last 2 matches - Did you see a player that was full of confidence?

I disagree... with YOUR opinion!
In my opinion he played excellent and gets 8 out of 10 from me, simply because he fulfilled his tactical duties the way he should have!

[Mr.Click]

CQ should monitor Sardar's state of mind closely, if he's having a meltdown his place in the next decisive match should be given a lot of thoughts.. maybe not to start and use him as a sub later in game if needed..
CQ will know better..

[shahabGAOL]

I still hope on Monday Sardar Azmoun will show the World that he is the new Messi as he is called. I had high expections from Sardar Azmoun. Big clubs want him but at this level and in this World Cup he did not show it, but he has a chance in our last match on Monday.

I think if he not do it in the match on Monday then we must bring him out for Reza Ghoochannejhad and i hope that Alireza Jahanbakhsh will playing full-game

[Adesor Vafaseya]

No he didn't play as good as you are making it out to be, but maybe he didn't play as bad as others are making it out to be either.
Their was definitely IMO not much note-worthy from him, and I think i could list at least 6 or 7 players who were better if i was bothered.

I disagree... with YOUR opinion!
In my opinion he played excellent and gets 8 out of 10 from me, simply because he fulfilled his tactical duties the way he should have!