An Iran Fan’s Agony on the Brink of the World Cup

[Rasputin]

[Rasputin]

I must say, though, to the Iranian football fan, such organizational ineptitude from the IFF is not at all a surprising thing; we have grown with such inadequacies yet still have achieved marginal success. This time around is no different. Hope lingers in the heart of every true Iranian—whether admittedly or not—that maybe, just maybe, the heroics of our players will suffice for a happy ending this summer.
And so, given up on the men in suits (and turban and abbas in our case), we turn to our Persian Lions; to the Karimis, the Mahdavikias, the Rezaeis. The potential exists. We know it. We witnessed it. Remember Asian Cup 2004? There needs to be an exhortation that impels Team Melli to the next round. However, logic dictates that drive, motive, and emotiveness are not enough.
Hence, we turn to Branko Ivankovic, the head coach, the commander in chief, the professor, the genius behind the tactics. But Ivankovic, nowadays, has taken a faintly different image in the minds of most fans than the post-Asian Cup era. The continual decline of Iran’s performance is, understandably, correlated to the continual decline of Ivankovic’s popularity.

Personally, though, I had maintained my trust of Ivankovic throughout the years. Adamant in my faith of his capabilities, I consistently refused engaging in disputation about Iran’s head coach. I usually ascribed pessimism and ‘over-exceptionsim’ as the causes of some rather aggressive criticism. Slowly but surely, nevertheless, I have been forced to consider jumping on the bandwagon of wanting him out of Team Melli.
As an individual whose highest standard is reason and logic—and not abrupt emotivity—I am obliged to give in to reality. When expert and popular opinion alike cannot isolate a distinct strategy from Iran’s games, I cannot help but speculate. When the team speed is comparable to that of high school teams, I cannot help but speculate. When Ali Daei plays 90+ minutes in absolutely meaningless matches, while bright talents like that of Mobali are not even invited to the squad, I cannot help but speculate. When the likes of Nosrati and Zareh are constantly in the starting line-up despite innumerable appalling performances, I cannot help but speculate.
When ultra-conservatism is employed despite the inherently attacking nature of Iranian football, I cannot help but speculate. All this speculation, in the end, leads me to a syllogism, however cursory, that I cannot but divulge:

Ivankovic’s Iranian team is talented
Ivankovic’s Iranian team is constantly underperforming
Therefore Ivankovic is at fault for the deficiencies.

While the above is, obviously, a daring oversimplification, it is indicative of the most probable central source of Team Melli’s weaknesses. Indeed, this is our last resort. For if we cannot change the system, if we cannot drive the IFF into action, then we ought to, at least, realize the potential in our exceptional players. Branko Ivankovic owes it to the Iranian nation… He must admit to the weaknesses and do his utmost to deal with them. Not doing so only adds credibility to the bandwagon that is asking for his departure.

I have not jumped on that bandwagon yet; but by the looks of things, I will in the very near future.

By: Parsa Pezeshki

[EverGreen]

joone Redi az dafeye baad inaro ye kami kholase tar benevis.
age hameye inaro too 4-5 khat kholase koni vaghan mamnoon misham.

[Rasputin]

joone Redi az dafeye baad inaro ye kami kholase tar benevis.
age hameye inaro too 4-5 khat kholase koni vaghan mamnoon misham.

dadash,margeh mash esmal bi khial

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[Parinaz_M]

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[abadani69]

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[EverGreen]

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ye classe tond khani boro, bad tond tond mitoni hame article haro bekhooni

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Shoma boro hamoon baghieye khabe kharedeto bebin.

[EverGreen]

dadash,margeh mash esmal bi khial

nemitunam dast tooyeh article bebaram !!! sorry amigo !

Joone EverGreen too dehate shoma be kholase kardan chi migan?

[Rasputin]

Joone EverGreen too dehate shoma be kholase kardan chi migan?

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[Parinaz_M]

eeee, nima, age bekhay enjoori koni sham bi sham, gofte basham

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man migam bannesh konim (nima to een ghesmato nakhoon)

[EverGreen]

lol

Ta shomaha bekhaid mano ban konid, ye dafe mibinid khodetoon ban shodid. j/k

[Parinaz_M]

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[EverGreen]

Are joone dadash. injooriast.