The Saba Sentinel
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Reza Beiranvand
Successful dribbles: 56. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Dec 2026
Saba make home a hard place to visit
12 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Saba
Omid Shojaei was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Saba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Karim Vafaei is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match26 Dec 2026
Saba see off Siah Jamegan
Three points for Saba, 1‑0 the final word against Siah Jamegan in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
The afternoon belonged to Omid Shojaei
7.99, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Saba had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Squad Saba pick somebody else ahead of Mani Sharifnejad
- Squad The manager makes an example of Saeid Vafaei
- Player ratings Ahmad Jahanbakhsh ran the game
- Player ratings The referee tires of Karim Vafaei