{"id":36442,"date":"2019-05-19T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T23:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=36442"},"modified":"2019-05-19T16:34:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T23:34:50","slug":"gucci-likens-a-league-to-english-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/05\/19\/gucci-likens-a-league-to-english-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Gucci likens A-League to English Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tasnim &#8211; SYDNEY, <strong>Sydney FC forward Reza Ghoochannejhad has likened A-League to the English Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reza Ghoochannejhad has had a stellar football career, having played nationally for the Netherlands underage sides as well as scoring goals for Iran. With stints in the Belgium Pro League, Eredivisie in the Netherlands, and the EFL Championship he brings along an abundance of experience to our national competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to expect when I arrived here in Sydney. But I have to be honest with you, it\u2019s a very competitive game, a very competitive league,\u201d Gucci told sportsradio.com.au.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 31-year-old Iranian international striker gave high praise to the A-League as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have similarities (with the English Championship), it\u2019s very physical\u2026 and there\u2019s not one easy game,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving onto the A-League Grand Final, Reza reflects on the \u2018crazy\u2019 semi-final 6-1 thrashing over Melbourne Victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything we hoped and wished for came true that night,\u201d former Iran striker added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking towards the future and of a possible stay with the Sky Blues Reza had some cheeky words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy main concern right now is the game ahead\u2026 the club is way bigger than Reza Ghoochannejhad,\u201d Gucci concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; SYDNEY, Sydney FC forward Reza Ghoochannejhad has likened A-League to the English Championship&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":36443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,91,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-c20-other-news","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":446,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442","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=36442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36444,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442\/revisions\/36444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}