The Padideh Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ali Beiranvand runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Morteza Ebrahimi pops up at the right end — 7.21
7.21, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market10 Aug 2026
Naft Tehran come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Padideh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Padideh
Vahid Vafaei 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Padideh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sardar Pouraliganji 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sardar Pouraliganji
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Padideh share the spoils with Esteghlal Khuzestan
A 1‑1 draw with Esteghlal Khuzestan leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ahmad Taremi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Ramin Ghoddos in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ramin Ghoddos has his answer from Padideh; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Alireza Naghizadeh brings the grey hairs Padideh lacked
- Market Padideh put Ali Gholizadeh up for sale