The Padideh Gazette
Match6 Sep 2028
Padideh bow out of the cup
Esteghlal Khuzestan go through and Padideh go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Karim Vafaei scores twice — 8.90
Two goals and a mark of 8.90 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A one-man rearguard from Masoud Hajsafi
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Tempers go at Padideh
Ali Cheshmi 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Masoud Hajsafi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match9 Sep 2028
Padideh get the job done against Esteghlal Ahvaz
A 2‑0 win over Esteghlal Ahvaz, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Hossein Abarghouei
“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.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Mohammad Alinejad runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match6 Sep 2028
No time for Esteghlal Khuzestan to settle
The goal that put Esteghlal Khuzestan ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Padideh equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Tatsuya Tabira
- Market Exequiel Márquez leaves for nothing
- Market Lance Rozeboom placed on the list