The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ramin Vafaei damages knee ligaments — 20 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Arash Hashemi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gostaresh Foulad may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Gostaresh Foulad — 7.97
1 for Morteza Cheshmi, marked 7.97, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Gostaresh Foulad make their move for Milad Ahmadipouri
$100.0K on the table at Esteghlal Ahvaz. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Soheil Sahraei 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Gostaresh Foulad
Saman Karimi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match28 Aug 2027
Gostaresh Foulad see off Esteghlal
Three points for Gostaresh Foulad, 2‑0 the final word against Esteghlal in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Soheil Sahraei gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Ninety minutes of Hossein Dejagah at his very best
Marked 8.25. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Gostaresh Foulad.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings Masoud Hajsafi was immovable
- Market The Hossein Dejagah talk will not go away