{"id":12018,"date":"2011-03-16T02:18:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T09:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/03\/16\/mazloomi-were-down-but-not-out\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T02:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T09:18:32","slug":"mazloomi-were-down-but-not-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/03\/16\/mazloomi-were-down-but-not-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazloomi: we\u2019re down but not out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.the-afc.com\/afc\/comps\/acl\/2011\/300x200\/r2\/nassr_esteghlal_action3_300x200_afp.jpg\" height=\"235\" width=\"353\" \/>AFC &#8211; Riyadh,  <strong>Esteghlal coach Parviz Mazloomi is confident his side can progress to  the next round of the AFC Champions League despite Tuesday&#8217;s defeat to  Al Nassr<\/strong>.     <\/p>\n<p>Second-half goals from Omar Sulamani and Saad Al Haarthi saw Al  Nassr fight back from a goal down to overcome Esteghlal 2-1 at King Fahd  International Stadium, Soheil Omranzadeh having headed the visitors in  front.<\/p>\n<p>And Mazloomi said: \u201cWe didn\u2019t deserve to lose. Esteghlal kept the pressure on, but we were unable to prevent the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe  were caught off by guard when we conceded the first goal from a long  drive and their second goal came from a free-kick where unfortunately  the defensive wall wasn\u2019t tight enough. I would like to extend my  congratulations to Al Nassr for their victory tonight, though I believe a  draw would be fairer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAl Nassr were playing home and we could feel the positive impact of the spectators on the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut  my team effectively stopped their key players functioning well and if  my player (Omranzadeh) hadn\u2019t missed the chance in the dying minutes,  the result would have been different now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have some  chances. There are four games left meaning that 12 points are still  there. Rest assured, Esteghlal will make it to the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opposite  number Dragan Skocic was delighted as his side adapted to the differing  demands of the competition to record their first victory in Group B.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am satisfied with the game and its result and I am glad we won the game,\u201d said Skocic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe  could have scores more goals in the final minutes, but two were enough  to win this game. The victory and the three points were much worthier  than the two goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur previous game was a tough match against  the Uzbeks. You need to be strong and fit against Pakhtakor, but in this  game you need to be skilful to play against Esteghlal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery  team has its own weaknesses; even the best teams in the world may have  problems. That\u2019s why you even see Barcelona losing some games.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; Riyadh, Esteghlal coach Parviz Mazloomi is confident his side can progress to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":2367,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}