The Padideh Gazette
Match21 Nov 2026
Padideh taken apart
1‑4 to Esteghlal Khuzestan, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Padideh
Vahid Torabi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Padideh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammad Reza Ghobeishavi 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.
Boardroom23 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Padideh dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Mehdi Taremi faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Mehdi Taremi after 1‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Reza Hajsafi beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
A promise honoured at Padideh
Something was said to Pejman Hosseini and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A day to forget for Karim Shojaei
Beaten 4 times, 0 saves, and an afternoon that will go on his record whether it was his fault or the defence’s. It is the quiet unfairness of the position.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Hossein Beiranvand
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout Saman Mohammadi gets picked when it counts
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Morteza Moharrami
- Market The Saeid Khodadad talk will not go away