1994 World Cup Qualifying Campaign

[Ararat Tehran]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVPxjPwK4Xk

[Ararat Tehran]

Then Parvin is to blame for insisting that Gholampour should start in all the games after one poor performance after another.

[KC McElroy]

Or he was forced to under perform and the back up keepers asked not to go in goal if requested by the coaching staff (which is what happened).

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فارس: پروين شما را براي مقدماتي جام جهاني 1994 به قطر برد، روزهاي تلخ بهزاد غلام*پور بود، حسين پوردايي و تراب*پور هم بودند، همه مي*گفتند علي آقا شما را بعد از بازي با كره فيكس مي*گذارد اما نگذاشت، چرا؟

ـ دليخون: سخت بود. يك بازي در ميان مي*برديم كره را باختيم. ژاپن را برديم. عراق را باختيم كره شمالي را برديم و عربستان را هم باختيم. مربي نمي*توانست تصميم بگيرد.

* فارس: اما علي آقا گفته بود به شما گفته برو داخل زمين ولي عنوان شده بود كه شما ترسيده*ايد، آيا صحت داشت؟

ـ دليخون: اين را يك هفته*نامه نوشت و علي آقا تكذيب كرد. هيچكس از من نخواست به ميدان بروم.

[KC McElroy]

In this tournament Ali Daei became the best Iranian player and upon the teams return, he received the warmest welcome by the fans waiting for them at the air port by being carried on the shoulders of one particular fan while carrying a flower around his neck and his name being chanted by the fans.
By the way he performed in these qualifiers, almost everyone knew that he was going to be something special.

He did what any decent forward would do. Asian Cup 1996 is when he went beyond that.

[Irandoust]

That would be the 1996 Asian Cup. In these games he was just another forward.

In this tournament Ali Daei became the best Iranian player and upon the teams return, he received the warmest welcome by the fans waiting for them at the air port by being carried on the shoulders of one particular fan while carrying a flower around his neck and his name being chanted by the fans.
By the way he performed in these qualifiers, almost everyone knew that he was going to be something special.

[KC McElroy]

It was in this tournament that Ali Daei became Ali Daei the super star.
In the presence of enough talented and well known players such as Namjou Motlagh, Abtahi, Ghale Noei, Zarinche, Derakhshan, Fonouni zadeh, Marfavi and etc, it was the relatively unknown Ali Daei, who became the hero of this defeated group and the future star of Asia by scoring 4 goals. He was 24 years old at the time.

That would be the 1996 Asian Cup. In these games he was just another forward.

[Irandoust]

It was in this tournament that Ali Daei became Ali Daei the super star.
In the presence of enough talented and well known players such as Namjou Motlagh, Abtahi, Ghale Noei, Zarinche, Derakhshan, Fonouni zadeh, Marfavi and etc, it was the relatively unknown Ali Daei, who became the hero of this defeated group and the future star of Asia by scoring 4 goals. He was 24 years old at the time.

[Irandoust]

The interesting thing about this particular campaign was that for the first time, the Iranians living in North America got the chance to see Iran in action. The reason for that was because the famous TV personality, Parviz Gharib Afshar had bought the broadcasting rights for his TV channel, and the games against South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia were shown on his channel. Along side him, was the legendary ex National team player Hussein Kalani and the very famous political and football analyst Manook Khodabakhshian who would give their thoughts and their opinions on how the National team would perform.
Manook in particular had an in depth knowledge of the National team and its preparations and knew each player by name and his playing position. He had visited the National team during one of its camps that it had outside of Iran months before the start of the final round.
The interesting thing about Manook was that before the start of our first game against South Korea and when asked by Gharib Afshar on which two teams he would pick to qualify for the finals in U.S.A, he chose Japan and Saudi Arabia over Iran.
And if it hadn't been for Iraq's late equalizer against Japan in the final game which made South Korea to qualify instead of Japan along side Saudi Arabia, Manook's predictions would have been dead on.

[Ararat Tehran]

I saw the clip you had posted. I don't get that impression at all. To me it seems like they refused simply because they saw the pressure the team was under and did not want to put themselves in that position knowing they wouldn't do any better.

I think when you have been honored to be called to the 23 man team to represent your country, you should be ready to handle all the pressure that would come your way. It is not like they were facing Ronaldo or Messi or Baggio/Romario of their time.
The fact was Gholampour conceded 3 outrageous goals in the game against South Korea (all due to his error) and the most bizzare goal in the match against Japan (although Iran won that match). The backup goalkeepers were then asked to go in goal against Iraq which they refused (they should have had confidence at that point as Iran had defeated the Asian champions (Japan).
It still frustrates me to this day to see how easily Ghoalmpour conceded goals in the final round of qualifiers.

[KC McElroy]

Or he was forced to under perform and the back up keepers asked not to go in goal if requested by the coaching staff (which is what happened).

I saw the clip you had posted. I don't get that impression at all. To me it seems like they refused simply because they saw the pressure the team was under and did not want to put themselves in that position knowing they wouldn't do any better.

[Ararat Tehran]

Or he was forced to under perform and the back up keepers asked not to go in goal if requested by the coaching staff (which is what happened).

[KC McElroy]

Sure Gholampour himself was at fault for being so weak as our number one goal keeper, and he got hammered for it by the fans and the media in the worst possible way upon his return to Iran.
But as the head coach, Ali Parvin is more responsible because it was his decision to put an unfit Gholompour in the net to begin with.

Prior to the games Gholampour was in good condition. Perhaps the pressure got to him.

[Irandoust]

So he's responsible for fielding a weak keeper, not for Gholampour being weak.

Sure Gholampour himself was at fault for being so weak as our number one goal keeper, and he got hammered for it by the fans and the media in the worst possible way upon his return to Iran.
But as the head coach, Ali Parvin is more responsible because it was his decision to put an unfit Gholompour in the net to begin with.

[KC McElroy]

Hi there, how are you?
It is a head coach's responsibility to recognize his or hers players physical, mental and spiritual strengths and weaknesses.
The 3-0 loss of our first game against South Korea was the direct result of Gholompour's mistakes of his poor judgments on how to grab and control the ball on the first 2 goals which came from the crosses and the last one on not knowing how to close down the angle on the up coming striker with the ball.
So those three goals should have given the head coach Parvin the knowledge that his main goal keeper is not up to the task of guarding Iran's net with safety.
But he kept Gholampour in goal for all the remaining games, and Gholampour became responsible for allowing more bad goals which otherwise, another more prepared goal keeper would have stopped.

So he's responsible for fielding a weak keeper, not for Gholampour being weak.

[Ararat Tehran]

I have to convert the tapes into digital media to do it. I think they are available already
as you have linked.

And for Bagg10, yes some of the porn was on the tapes LOL!!!!

The games of Iran v South Korea, Iran v Iraq and Iran v North Korea are not available.