The Sepahan Sentinel
Squad6 Sep 2027
Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi breaks a bone — 16 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match1 Sep 2027
Sepahan march on in the cup
Esteghlal Ahvaz are out and Sepahan go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market6 Sep 2027
Aria Yousefi asks to leave Sepahan
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Adib Zarei says Sepahan went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
No sign of nerves from Mahan Bandani at 21 — 7.86
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mahan Bandani did not need any: 7.86, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Arash Rezavand, 33, rolls back the years — 8.08
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.08 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market6 Sep 2027
Sepahan sign Sina Asadbeigi for $1.5M
The paperwork is done: Sina Asadbeigi joins from Foolad in a deal worth $1.5M. Now comes the harder part.
Market6 Sep 2027
Sepahan say no — this time
The offer from Malavan for Amirmohammad Salehi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Real improvement from Mohammad Reza Bordbar at Sepahan
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mohammad Reza Bordbar is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Sepahan
- Loan watch Seyed Pouria Rafiei has seen enough of Esteghlal Ahvaz
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Mahan Bandani