{"id":12026,"date":"2011-03-18T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T05:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/03\/18\/ebrahimzadeh-satisfied-after-shabab-stalemate\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T22:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T05:01:23","slug":"ebrahimzadeh-satisfied-after-shabab-stalemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/03\/18\/ebrahimzadeh-satisfied-after-shabab-stalemate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebrahimzadeh satisfied after Shabab stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"
AFC – RIYADH, Zob Ahan coach Mansour Ebrahimzadeh was satisfied with a point after last year’s AFC Champions League finalists held Al Shabab to a goalless draw which sees the Iranians top Group D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The stalemate at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd International Stadium leaves Zob Ahan on four points, one ahead of Emirates after they beat Al Rayyan 2-0 at home and Ebrahimzadeh was pleased with a tactically astute performance. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t permit Al Shabab to implement their plans because of our tactics,” he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think Al Shabab\u2019s goalkeeper was the most valuable player of the game because he saved many shots. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey controlled some parts of the game but we were in charge more than the home side. \u201c Ebrahimzadeh did stress, however, that it was still too early to start making predictions about who will progress from Group D. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t still say who will qualify as we\u2019ve only been two weeks into the Champions League. We haven\u2019t got even halfway through and it\u2019s too early to predict. <\/p>\n

\u201cEmirates are a good team and they even have chances for qualification. Al Rayyan are also strong and the reason Al Shabab didn\u2019t play well tonight was that we played a good game. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure they\u2019ll get better in the coming weeks after Camacho returns to the squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny team who has more discipline and better planning gets better results and that\u2019s what Esfahan-based teams are doing in the AFC Champions League. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a good situation in the standings at the moment but we should also focus on the coming games taking into consideration that each game has its own importance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opposite number Enzo Trossero was also happy enough with another point in the bag following a second consecutive draw. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good game. We were playing against a big team like Zob Ahan, we implemented our plans and got one point,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t forget that we were playing without some big names such as Camacho. I owe this one point to all my players on the field especially our keeper. He also played really well against Al Ittihad and helped us get one point from that game as well. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe games are tough in the Champions League. I\u2019m sure you remember that Bunyodkor, who had Rivaldo, Denilson and even Scolari, didn\u2019t get good results last year. Maybe yesterday you thought it would be an easy game for Zob Ahan but we didn\u2019t let them do what they wanted to. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf all my injured players come back to the team, not only will we play better games, I can even promise we will qualify to the next round.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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