{"id":35733,"date":"2019-03-11T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=35733"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:18:34","slug":"winfried-schaefer-calls-for-esteghlals-fans-to-support-them-against-al-ain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/03\/11\/winfried-schaefer-calls-for-esteghlals-fans-to-support-them-against-al-ain\/","title":{"rendered":"Winfried Schaefer calls for Esteghlal\u2019s fans to support them against Al Ain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Esteghlal coach Winfried Schaefer has called on to the fans to provide excellent atmosphere to help them to beat Al Ain of the UAE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteghlal will host the Emirati football team on Tuesday in Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium in matchday two of the 2019 AFC Champions League Group C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteghlal and Al Ain had most recently clashed in the 2017 edition in the round of 16. Back then, Kaveh Rezaei gave the Iranian side a 1-0 win in Tehran, but an Omar Abdulrahman masterclass inspired the Emiratis to a 6-1 thumping in the return leg in Al Ain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, Rezaei and Abdulrahman have both left for pastures new. Esteghlal reached the quarter-final in 2018, while Al Ain exited at the round of 16 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst, I request the Esteghlal fans to respect our opponents. They should not use laser pen and don\u2019t throw objects onto the field during the match. I know that our fans are the best and should be role model for anyone,\u201d the German coach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need our fans to support us against Al Ain. The fans are our 12th man on the pitch,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows that how strong Al Ain are. They finished in the second place in the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 a couple months ago. I watched their match against Real Madrid at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi,\u201d the Esteghlal coach added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can beat Al Ain if we play them with full concentration. In my opinion, Al Ain played well against Al Hilal despite suffering a loss but we are capable of beating them in our home,\u201d Schaefer concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, Esteghlal coach Winfried Schaefer has called on to the fans to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":35734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,141,173,84,164,136,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-beach-soccer","category-esteghlal","category-c47-featured-news","category-ipl","category-iran-first-division","category-persian-gulf-pro-league"],"views":908,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733","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\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35735,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733\/revisions\/35735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}