Hashemian and Zandi clearly are not used to our style of play and need more practice. A lot more! If they were playing par with our other players we could have won this game. Add to that the lack of practice of Kia, Rezaii, Kaabi, Karimi and Navidkia, and you got 6 out of 10 starting players (plus one sub)absent from most of our practices.
Other notes: Great job our defense, any time the defense doesn't give up a goal needs to be appreciated (I know we got lucky a couple times, but hey that's football).
Our offense sucked.
Our midfield played well, thanks mostly to Neekoo, except that our offense's contribution to the midfield sucked.
I'm a big Daei fan, but Daei played terrible. This style of play does not bode well with him, we needed someone more skillful to control the ball when balls got to him and the rest of the team were back in our 1/3 of the field. Coach should have subed him from min 60 on.
Other notes: Great job our defense, any time the defense doesn't give up a goal needs to be appreciated (I know we got lucky a couple times, but hey that's football).
Our offense sucked.
Our midfield played well, thanks mostly to Neekoo, except that our offense's contribution to the midfield sucked.
I'm a big Daei fan, but Daei played terrible. This style of play does not bode well with him, we needed someone more skillful to control the ball when balls got to him and the rest of the team were back in our 1/3 of the field. Coach should have subed him from min 60 on.