The Padideh Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
Ehsan Nekounam breaks a bone — 92 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 92 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match19 Sep 2026
Padideh let it slip despite Pejman Hajsafi
Pejman Hajsafi had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Persepolis were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Fabrizio Santoro keeps Padideh in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Saman Vafaei
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 Sep 2026
Still nobody has beaten Padideh
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Pejman Hajsafi has a hand in both — 7.99
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.99, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Saman Vafaei in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Padideh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Ashkan Taremi 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Padideh share the spoils with Persepolis
A 3‑3 draw with Persepolis leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Ali Taremi
- Loan watch Saman Rezaeian keeps scoring at Saipa
- Market The shop window has Ehsan Mohammadi in it