We all remember that dark day in Manama 4 years ago. No matter how proud we are of Team e Melli, there are times we feel disappointment and get broken-hearted. Even the referee of that game said in an interview that was the strangest game he ever experieced during his whole career !!
When Bahrain and arab teams in general can't compete with bacheha technically in a football field, then they take ANY desperate means to get our team out of balance.
It started in the airport when none would transport the team to the hotel and facilites. Then came the food problem. We all remember the reports about fights for the foods in Team e Melli's camp.
Then the game started. I do not want to remember, to be honest with you. Hearing that horrible ROOZEH KHOONI and all noise make my whole soul start to shake.
The effective time of that game was only 35 minutes out of 94. The masters of ANTIFOOTBALL were grassrolling every minute and in situation even not a single iranian player was even close to them.
The referee was confused and didn't know which of warwounded Bahrini should get treatments of doctors on the filed. Then in the end of the game seeing Saudi flags in front of cameras was really "something".
Then November 17 came. Even one more crucial game for iranian fottball in Doha in Qatar. The same roozeh khooni , the same noise, 2-1 to Qatar and 10 minutes left. I saw Qatari start grassrolling again.
I could not even breathe now. But something was different this time. It can't be described in words. You could see it in the bacheha's eyes. They had not given up. They did crush Qatar in 10 minutes with a great discipline.
You might wonder why I am writing these memories. You know, I just want to tell you that WE HAVE LEARNED. We know how to react in their psycological wars. We are used to their "no sense of fair play". We are not going there with a superior attitude, we know that we can loose if we are not playing as a team.
Branko know what kind of injections our team need in such situations. Remember bringing Azizi in Doha and how it changed the spirit of the team? I read the news now and read that a whole team of doctors are going to Bahrain now to prepare bacheha's arrival and even preparing the food for them.
I just wanted to say that I am hopeful.
When Bahrain and arab teams in general can't compete with bacheha technically in a football field, then they take ANY desperate means to get our team out of balance.
It started in the airport when none would transport the team to the hotel and facilites. Then came the food problem. We all remember the reports about fights for the foods in Team e Melli's camp.
Then the game started. I do not want to remember, to be honest with you. Hearing that horrible ROOZEH KHOONI and all noise make my whole soul start to shake.
The effective time of that game was only 35 minutes out of 94. The masters of ANTIFOOTBALL were grassrolling every minute and in situation even not a single iranian player was even close to them.
The referee was confused and didn't know which of warwounded Bahrini should get treatments of doctors on the filed. Then in the end of the game seeing Saudi flags in front of cameras was really "something".
Then November 17 came. Even one more crucial game for iranian fottball in Doha in Qatar. The same roozeh khooni , the same noise, 2-1 to Qatar and 10 minutes left. I saw Qatari start grassrolling again.
I could not even breathe now. But something was different this time. It can't be described in words. You could see it in the bacheha's eyes. They had not given up. They did crush Qatar in 10 minutes with a great discipline.
You might wonder why I am writing these memories. You know, I just want to tell you that WE HAVE LEARNED. We know how to react in their psycological wars. We are used to their "no sense of fair play". We are not going there with a superior attitude, we know that we can loose if we are not playing as a team.
Branko know what kind of injections our team need in such situations. Remember bringing Azizi in Doha and how it changed the spirit of the team? I read the news now and read that a whole team of doctors are going to Bahrain now to prepare bacheha's arrival and even preparing the food for them.
I just wanted to say that I am hopeful.