In an interview with the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, Mohammad Reza Karbakandi said about the match between Iran’s Sepahan and Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad in the second week of the group stage of the Asian Champions League, he said: Although the Saudi teams have recruited good players at the world level, they are a very uniform team. They are not, and it can be said that Sepahan is a better team. Definitely, in the analysis carried out by the technical staff of Talaimoushan, measures are taken to control the big rival players, but in my opinion, we should not focus too much on the control and cooperation with the named players of Ittihad, and the control of other Ittihad players should not be forgotten from the point of view of Sepahan’s defense. .
He further added: Although Karim Benzema is injured, we should not focus on other names of the Ittihad team. A clear example of this was the Persepolis-Nasr game, where Ronaldo’s control was overdone. A part of the job of great players is to put pressure on the opposing player and disrupt the opponent’s concentration, which happened in the game with Al-Nasr.
Sepahan players had underestimated the air force
Referring to the match between the Iraqi Air Force and the Iranian Sepahan in the first week of the group stage of the Asian Champions League, the veteran of the Sepahan club said: Iraqi teams usually have great motivation and effort in the game against their Iranian rivals, and they are the so-called black cats of Iranian teams. Although the Iraqi team benefited from the hosting privilege and played a good game, the unexpected mistakes of some defenders and goalkeepers of the Sepahan football team had an impact and the victory was lost. To be fair, he has been one of Sepahan’s least-mistakeable players during the recent games, but that day he did not perform to his full potential. Maybe they underestimated that team and thought they would get three match points.
Sepahan managers acted professionally in welcoming the union
Regarding Sepahan club’s welcome to Ittihad team, which was compared to Persepolis club’s welcome to Al-Nasr team and Cristiano Ronaldo, he stated: In my opinion, Sepahan managers acted more professionally in this matter. Of course, Ronaldo is a big world figure who is very popular. In other countries, the road has been closed because of Ronaldo, but in the case of welcoming Nasr and Ronaldo, the irregularity in planning was evident.
Bad memory from the Omani referee
About the Omani referee of the Sepahan-Ittihad match, the Isfahan football veteran also mentioned the bad memories that the Iranian representatives have in front of him: due to the presence of the video assistant referee, there is certainly a possibility of fewer mistakes by the referees.
The effect of deducting disciplinary points on the performance of sepahan
Regarding the possibility of the psychological effect of the decision to deduct disciplinary points on Sepahan’s performance in future games, including Al Ittihad, Karbakandi said: There is still a chance that the verdict of the case will be changed in the appeals committee of the Football Federation. In addition, the professional club should be so capable that it mentally prepares itself for this issue until the match with Al-Ittihad and does not break down mentally. Of course, in my opinion, before the important game of Iran’s representative Sepahan against the Air Force in the Champions League, it was not a suitable time to announce the disciplinary vote. Gentlemen could have announced the disciplinary order at a better time.
Criticism of the Premier League’s frequent holidays
Referring to the consecutive suspensions of the 22nd season of the Premier League, he stated: In any tournament, a shutdown is not beneficial for the teams, unless the situation of a team is critical and the problem can be solved with a break. In European countries, they go to the field once in three days, or the same Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr appear in the field once in three days. In the continuation of my speech, I must add that an unprofessional and suspicious thing was done in the announcement of the Omid team list, where three players were invited from some special teams so that they could have an excuse for not holding their match. In my opinion, these tricks have become threadbare.
Ronaldo and friends in Azadi were more careful about themselves than their football
Referring to the match between Persepolis and Nasr in the group stage of the Asian Champions League, the veteran of our country’s football said: I think the stars of Nasr took care of their health and did not play their usual game because they wanted to prevent injuries on the uneven field of Azadi Stadium. Players like Ronaldo show their impact in 90 minutes, so there is no need to be on the field with all their strength in such matches.