Bahrain v. Iran stat now available The stat of Bahrain v. Iran which was played in Manameh as first match under new boss Ali Daei is now available on the site.                                                                                                                                                                                         more...

Why teams now play rarely with sweeper or libero This question is a very common question among football fans and sometimes among the coaches                                                                                                                                                                                        more...

Human Afazali became the youngest coach in Iranian professional football history at 30 when he took charge of division one side Shahab Zanjan. During his three years with the club, he implemented the modern 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 systems with flat back four which was refreshing and daring in Iran’s football dominated by traditional 3-5-2 formation. Zanjan club produced some fluid and contemporary football despite limited talent and finance. Afazali’s tactical genius and practical savvy did not go unnoticed. After a friendly match between Iran’s national team and Shahab Zanjan in Tehran, Iran’s then head coach Miroslov Ciro Blazovic, who had already guided his Croatian side to third place in World Cup ’98 invited Human to join the national team staff as technical advisor and analyst. Ciro, “Human is a football mastermind and we need to have him on board even though we are fully staffed. He simply must join us.” After Ciro departed, Afazali stayed with the national team for four more years as newly promoted Branko Ivankovic called Human ‘my right hand man’. With a gold medal in Asian Games, third place finish in Asian cup, a World Cup 2006 appearance with Iran, and more than 100 international matches under his belt, the 35-year old tactician is considering offers from Iran and abroad.                                                                                                                                                                                        more...

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