The Saba Sentinel
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ali Hajsafi breaks a bone — 34 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ehsan Torabi asks to leave Saba
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Saba get the job done against Rah Ahan
A 2‑1 win over Rah Ahan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Match29 Aug 2026
Vahid Cheshmi answers Rah Ahan immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Vahid Cheshmi had Saba level again within 3 minutes, and Rah Ahan never got to play with a lead at all.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Vahid Cheshmi
A mark of 7.74, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Reza Shojaei 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Milad Hosseini runs at them all day
- Squad Sardar Ghoddos finally opens his account
- Squad Vahid Cheshmi finally opens his account
- Player ratings The referee tires of Vouria Hosseini