{"id":34366,"date":"2018-12-04T18:12:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T02:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=34366"},"modified":"2018-12-04T18:12:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T02:12:53","slug":"the-friendly-rivalry-between-nottingham-forests-strikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/12\/04\/the-friendly-rivalry-between-nottingham-forests-strikers\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘friendly’ rivalry between Nottingham Forest’s strikers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nottinghamshire Live – NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Karim Ansarifard on joining the club and waiting for his first start for the Reds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karim Ansarifard is chomping at the bit to make his first start for Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

However, the striker accepts it is going to be tough to unseat Championship top scorer Lewis Grabban from the Reds\u2019 starting XI.<\/p>\n

Ansarifard has been restricted to four substitute appearances for the club so far, after penning a one-and-a-half-year deal a month ago.<\/p>\n

He says there is plenty of \u201cfriendly competition\u201d with fellow forwards Grabban and Daryl Murphy, with the former\u2019s 14 league goals leading the way in the scoring charts.<\/p>\n

But regardless how long he gets out on the pitch for, the Iranian says he will continue to give his all for the cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure, it would be great for me to do that (start a game) but it is the choice of the manager,\u201d Ansarifard told the club\u2019s matchday programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to respect that and all I can do is make sure that I keep on working hard and when my time comes I have to try my best, whether it is for one minute or 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a brilliant player, so is Murph, and all of the players here are very good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of quality and it gives us lots of competition, lots of friendly competition and everyone is working for the team, which is really important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is friendly competition. That makes us work harder to do well, even in each training session and then to perform well in the games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ansarifard has so far come off the bench in the games against Sheffield United, Hull City, Aston Villa and in Saturday\u2019s 2-0 triumph over Ipswich Town as Aitor Karanka\u2019s side moved up to fifth in the table.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old made one substitute appearance for Olympiacos early on this term, against Burnley in the Europa League, before his contract was terminated in August.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, he had been limited to the odd match for his country while waiting for work permit approval to seal his move to the City Ground.<\/p>\n

Now it has all gone through, he says he is enjoying his first taste of English football.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good, a fantastic experience for me. I am still learning and I hope that I can get used to this league even more,\u201d Ansarifard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went away with the national team I played there, but as a club player my last game was when I was at Olympiacos.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter almost three months, to get out on the pitch was great.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a brilliant feeling. I had been waiting for a while to play, but I am really happy now that I can play.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the front man adds his new team-mates immediately made him feel welcome as they all work towards achieving their promotion dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are really nice guys and lovely people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the beginning, they have been helpful to me and I really like them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really happy that I joined this club. I can achieve my goals here in my own life.<\/p>\n

\u201cNottingham Forest are one of the historic and good clubs and we are all working hard, doing well in the games to get promoted to the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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