According to the Mehr reporter, from the 23rd week of the Premier Football League competitions on Thursday, Esteghlal and Persepolis will face each other in Azadi Stadium, and the conditions of the table are such that it is unlikely that the champion of this season will be a team other than one of these two teams. And this issue has increased the importance and sensitivity of this game.
The Blues, who are at the top of the standings with 54 points, are preparing for this important match, while three members of the team may experience the first Tehran derby in this match. Players who have just joined Esteghlal and have never experienced such an event.
Esteghlal right-back Saleh Hardani, who joined the Blues in the winter window and soon found a special place in the team’s regular squad, is one of the three players who has a great chance to experience his first derby.
The second player to be a foreigner is Uzbek midfielder Aziz Bek Amanov. The 24-year-old Uzbek player, who has just joined the Blues, is so capable that he will immediately become a regular player in the team. Amanov also has a great chance to play in the main squad of the Blues against Persepolis, in which case he will experience the Tehran derby for the first time.
The third Esteghlal player to make the first derby is their new Brazilian defender Rafael Silva. Esteghlal, who faced a shortage of players in the central defender position after the separation of Muradmand, Yazdani and Aghasi, used their free quota to recruit this player, and Silva only made it to the main squad after two training sessions with the Blues. Ziad will be one of the main players of Esteghlal in the derby, in which case he will be the third player of the first blue derby in this match.
The match between Esteghlal and Persepolis teams within the framework of the 26th week of the Premier League will be held at 17:30 on Thursday, March 17 at Azadi Stadium.