{"id":20708,"date":"2015-03-04T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=20708"},"modified":"2015-03-25T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T22:51:25","slug":"skocic-still-sees-a-good-chance-for-foolad-khouzestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2015\/03\/04\/skocic-still-sees-a-good-chance-for-foolad-khouzestan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skocic Still Sees A Good Chance for Foolad Khouzestan"},"content":{"rendered":"

the-AFC.com – TASHKENT, Foolad Khouzestan coach Dragan Skocic believes the Iran champions can still secure a second consecutive appearance in the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League despite Wednesday\u2019s 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan\u2019s Lokomotiv their second stalemate in Group C.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mehrdad Jamaati\u2019s deflected strike 12 minutes before half-time saw Foolad follow up last week\u2019s opening goalless draw at home to Qatar\u2019s Al Sadd after midfielder Oleg Zoteev had opened the scoring for the home side after seven minutes.<\/p>\n

Foolad are now unbeaten in their last 10 games in the AFC Champions League having exited in the Round of 16 last year despite not losing a game in the entire competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a draw is a good result for us as we may have lost the match today. We had a lot of mistakes during the match. The players took control sometimes and this is why we are satisfied with the result,\u201d said Foolad coach Skocic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not pleased with some of the player\u2019s mentality in the beginning of the game. I told them my opinion of them during the match because you lose if players have no concentration.<\/p>\n

\u201cLokomotiv is a good team and they played good football. Our opponents tried to create many chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have four more matches in the group stage. We played well against Al Sadd and it depends on our next result. We will try to show good football.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t play well in the centre of midfield and on the wings and Lokomotiv had advantage in the midfield zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The draw represented a first-ever point in the AFC Champions League for Lokomotiv after the tournament debutants lost 3-1 to Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al Hilal last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was our first game at home in this competition and some of the players were under pressure. We scored a fast goal, but then the team went down. When Foolad equalised we began to play well. We created chances, but we couldn\u2019t score,\u201d said Lokomotiv coach Vadim Abramov.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Temurkhuja) Abdukholikov tried to play well and help the team, but we had a little pressure and it may have affected the players.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Jasur) Khasanov is good when we have enough space, so I chose Zoteev to start today. (Timur) Kapadze needs to recover his form and he will be better after some games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young players can\u2019t play all games with a high level and (Sanjar) Shaakhmedov showed good a performance in Riyadh, but he was not so good today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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