The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Match28 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Gostaresh Foulad
35 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ramin Azmoun in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gostaresh Foulad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Baba Bello Ilou
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Baba Bello Ilou, and the manager let it.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Gostaresh Foulad count the cost of losing Ehsan Noorafkan
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeid Beiranvand 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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Esteghlal came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Mahan Bandani
Successful dribbles: 7. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market30 Aug 2027
Reza Yazdani leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Reza Yazdani leaves Gostaresh Foulad the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market30 Aug 2027
Amir Torabi leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Amir Torabi leaves Gostaresh Foulad the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Jude Soonsup-Bell
- Market The Ehsan Shojaei story refuses to die