{"id":52940,"date":"2025-03-02T05:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=52940"},"modified":"2025-03-02T05:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:26:04","slug":"persepolis-thirsty-for-title-ismail-kartal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2025\/03\/02\/persepolis-thirsty-for-title-ismail-kartal\/","title":{"rendered":"Persepolis thirsty for title: Ismail Kartal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TT &#8211; TEHRAN,<strong> Ismail Kartal, head coach of the Persepolis football team, has expressed their determination to win the title by the end of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following a 2-1 victory over their archrivals Esteghlal in the Tehran derby on Thursday, Persepolis have narrowed the gap with top teams Tractor and Sepahan at the 2024\/25 Iran Persian Gulf Professional League.<\/p>\n<p>Kartal, who was appointed as Persepolis coach two months ago, had previously stated that the team are focused on winning the title next season, a comment that sparked frustration among fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had a busy schedule over the past months, and I need to spend more time with my team. We want the championship this season and next, and we\u2019re working hard for it,\u201d Kartal said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great club must have great facilities. Footballers need to be comfortable. To build a strong team and develop players, we need two fields like Azadi Stadium. Unfortunately, Persepolis lack good facilities compared to those of Foolad,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aim to showcase beautiful football. I used to follow Iranian football, and now I understand it better. My players are eager to learn, which makes me happy. Ultimately, we want to bring joy to our fans, and our style of play achieves that. I want to win all possible trophies with Persepolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re not thinking about next season; we are focused on the current season to become champions. I\u2019ll have more time to spend with the players and discuss next season. I need time to build a good team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Turkey, the training fields and stadiums are of much higher quality than in Iran. There\u2019s no significant difference between Turkey and Iran; both countries are similar. If facilities improve, Iran will surpass Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the season, I want to present the championship as a gift to the fans,\u201d Kartal concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TT &#8211; TEHRAN, Ismail Kartal, head coach of the Persepolis football team, has expressed their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34468,"featured_media":52941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,172,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","category-persepolis","category-c14-ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup"],"views":1150,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940","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\/34468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52942,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940\/revisions\/52942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}